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Jerry Stearns - jerry@greatnorthernaudio.com

  • 2001-2002 - Training staff of National Audio Theatre Festivals annual workshop in Missouri.
  • 1999 - Producer of "407 Arachne" winner of 2000 Mark Time Award for SoundStories:, a Twin Cities audio theater group.
  • Since 1995 - Maintain the premier World Wide Web site for Radio Theater around the world.
  • 1997-2004 - Producer of the national Mark Time and Ogle Awards for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Audio Production; presented annually atan internationally attended science fiction convention.
  • 1994 - Winner of National Federation of Community Broadcaster's Golden Reel Award for Best Radio Drama for Solid State University.
  • 1988 - "Vince Washburn - New Age Detective" - contest winning script produced at Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, Columbia, MO
  • 1979-2004 - Hosts a radio theater program on Community radio - KFAI, Minneapolis, MN.

Brian Price - bprice@greatnorthernaudio.com

  • 2001-03 - Producer of The Dakota Reader (a series of poetry, music and audio theater performances) with the South Dakota Art Museum, funding by the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • 1997-2003 - founding Board Member of National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
  • 1991-94 - wrote and directed approximately 3-1/2 hours of short audio plays for the Iowa Radio Project, produced by Dan Coffey.
  • 1992 - original audio-play "The Reign of Doug" produced and performed live at the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop, Columbia, MO.
  • 1989-1991 - Producer of the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop's Technical Assistance Series. Six one-hour "how-to" educational cassettes on contemporary radio theater.


Collaborative "Great Northern Audio Theatre" Productions:

Written by Price and Stearns, produced by Stearns, directed by Price

  • November 2004 - Release of "Peter Galaxy, Interstellar Envoy" and "Tell Them NAPA Sent You" on compact disc. Recorded live, July, 2003, at CONvergence, Bloomington, MN.
  • November 2004 - Release of "Tumbleweed Roundup" and "Solid State University" on compact disc. Originally produced in 1995 and 1993 respectively, with Tumbleweed now entirely digitally remixed from the original tapes.
  • May, 2002 - Release of "The Velveteen Submission" and a studio version of "Drummer's Dome" on compact disc.
  • July 2001 - "The Velveteen Submission" and "The Clones' Day Parade" by Price, performed live at CONvergence, Bloomington, MN.
  • April 2000 - "Drummer's Dome" and "Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid" performed live at Minicon (annual Minnesota Regional Science Fiction Convention.) 35.
  • April 1999 - "Duplicating Duluth" performed live at Minicon 34.
  • June 1998 - "Permafrost, MN" - recorded and mixed Minneapolis, MN, national broadcast distribution - The Radio Works, Hempstead, NY.
  • April 1998 - "Wizard Jack" written by Price, performed at Minicon 33.
  • June 1997 - The Twin Cities Radio Theater Workshop. Executive producer: Stearns. Producer: Price. Five plays by local writers, with local actors and musicians. Public performance broadcast live on two stations.
  • April 1997 - High Moon by Stearns, The Last Shuttle and Collapse of the 20th Century by Price, produced for Minicon 32.
  • April 1996 - Several short works written and produced for Minicon 31.
  • August, 1995 - "Tumbleweed Roundup." Midwest Media Artists Access Center access grant. Multitrack production.


Jerry

Brian


Brian and Jerry at NATF Workshop 2002
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