Great Northern Audio Theatre

We are makers of modern audio theater. It used to be called Radio Drama, but it's not on the radio as much as we'd like, and what we do isn't particularly "drama." We'd like to be serious. We just don't know how.

WE are Jerry Stearns and Brian Price. (See Biographies) Brian lives in Brookings, SD, and Jerry in Minneapolis, MN. We started working together in 1995. We found that we both wanted the same things from our work, and that each of our experience and interests complemented the other's.

We write and produce our own material, and we have done script development, reviews, consulting, and educational work with colleges, high schools and other community organizations. We enjoy collaborations with other audio theater groups, like the National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF) and the annual Mark Time Awards for science fiction audio. (See below for some of the people we have worked with in various capacities.)

Great Northern Audio Productions:

• Super Pal: The Saving of the World, and featuring David Ossman in The Jewels of the Eleventh Generation, with Unrelated Cliffhanger Theater and Cart 437. (2006) (70 minutes)


• Dialogue with Martian Trombone, with High Moon, Wizard Jack and A Cure for Science (2004) (72 minutes)


• Peter Galaxy, Interstellar Envoy and Tell Them NAPA Sent You (2003) (46 minutes)


• Drummer's Dome and The Velveteen Submission (2002) (60 minutes)


• Permafrost, MN (1998) (39 minutes)


• Tumbleweed Roundup and Solid State University (1995, 1993) (60+ minutes)


• Vince Washburn, New Age Detective (1988, 1996) (47 minutes)

People and Organizations we have worked with:

• KFAI, Fresh Air Community Radio, Minneapolis, MN.
• Jaleo Band, Mike Wheaton's music, and lots of lyrics by Brian Price.
• NATF, National Audio Theatre Festivals
• Audio Theater.com, a website for all things related to audio theater.
• The Firesign Theatre
• Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
• Atlanta Radio Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA.
• AudioFile Magazine
• Otherworld Media, Judith Walcutt and David Ossman, Freeland, WA.
• AIR, Association of Independents in Radio (professional organization)
• Balance Publishing (radio theater in the classroom)
• McClure and Trowbridge Publishing, Nashville, TN.
• The Talent Center, Don Cosgrove, St. Paul, MN.
• The Mark Time and Ogle Awards, for Science Fiction and Fantasy Audio.
• The Grist Mill, AMFM Theater.com, Lowell, MA.
• Darren Callahan, musician (Chicago, IL)
• Michael Sheard, the late lamented actor (UK)
• Digital Excellence, St. Paul, MN. Creates and manufactures CD, DVD, video & audio.
• Kris Markman, consultant: NATF, and the University of Texas at Austin.
• Phyllis Cole Dai, pianist.