A story of redemption reminiscent of the Shawkshank prison yards... well not really but there is a prison! Our waves are graced with the tones of Thomas Kelly from legendary improv group Sand! Listening to him make faces will delight your ear bones, or whatever is in those things! Below is the AI generated summary for your amusement. Please like and subscribe anywhere podcasts are available. Also check out a video of a recent show here:

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A prison warden decides the answer to rehabilitation is spring break, and we immediately regret letting him cook. Recorded live at Bughouse Theater in Chicago in the style of a classic Golden Age radio broadcast, we spin an improvised audio theater comedy where a “camper prison bus van” heads toward the Grand Canyon, two soul cellmates plot their dumbest escape yet, and the prison laundry room becomes the birthplace of something genuinely sinister.

Along the way, we meet Cindy Winterson, the warden’s daughter, who insists she’s done all her homework and now wants to ride along with the inmates. Her awkward, overheated bus conversation with a jaywalking “bad boy” turns romance into danger, and the trip detonates into a crash that leaves the whole group relying on an unlikely rescuer: a Grand Canyon tour guide and a heroic donkey named Misty. If you love live improv comedy, foley sound effects, and narrative twists that only happen when performers are making it up together, this one keeps escalating.

Back at the prison, the real plot surfaces: Lollipop’s cauldron lair, mind control, and a surprisingly sad origin story that reframes the chaos as a crooked search for connection. We end up with satire about “easy fixes” for broken systems, plus a weirdly sweet reminder that love can show up in the middle of a disaster. Subscribe for more improvised radio theater, share this with a friend who loves audio drama comedy, and leave us a review with the moment that made you laugh hardest.

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Guys and Dolls... and Tornadoes! And some weight changing gigantic water melons. It's a rare 3-person cast honored to grace the stage of Crawlspace Theater in Kalamazoo Michigan for a special double bill with written old-time show All Ears Theater. Thanks much to those who put the show together and invited us. If you are ever in Kalamazoo please visit Dann and the team at Crawlspace for some great comedy and vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnLPdtdCFlQ (This show!)

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https://www.allearstheatre.org/shows

Cast:

• Eric Muller - Joe DiLombardi, Guy Masterson, High school students, Anthony the School Scamp Who Ain’t Got No Parents What Care About Him
• Philip Amler - Francesca Plantagenet, Jasmine Lacroix, High School Students
• Eric Pedersen - Jessica , Gus, Chucko the Janitor, Little Timanthony, High School Students
• Foley Artist Katlin Schneider and Gary Brown
• Chuck Cotterman - Announcer

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Michigan soft wool presents a pointless tale of weirdos and mendicants! Live at Second City on 8/21/25 featuring Improvised Shakespeare Beth Melewski! How lucky are we!? (very lucky).

Host: Peter Corey

Foley: Katlin Schneider

Production: Ed / Victoria

Cast:

• Ashley Whitehurst - Kid!, The Other Jockey
• Ben Vigeant - Opening Narrator, Randy the Bookie, a Jockey
• Beth Melewski - Borris the bookie, Hank The Tallest Jockey
• Carly Olson - Denise, The Constable
• Eric Pedersen - Buddy, Pete the Tiny

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A silent door swings open, a woman in red steps into a Chicago office, and Buddy the financial consultant realizes he’s not just balancing books, he’s staring down a full-blown noir mess. We’re performing a fully improvised old time radio comedy show live, so every choice becomes canon instantly: the slippery olive oil “fix,” the nervous narration, and the dawning fear that the client’s problem isn’t a spreadsheet, it’s a crime story with teeth.

The trail leads straight to a racetrack where the races are fixed, the bookies are desperate, and a “Trojan horse” is not a metaphor. We meet crooks with big plans and bad instincts, a teenager who’s furious at her mother, and jockeys arguing about whether winning is even allowed when mob money runs the board. Special guest Beth Meluski joins the chaos with sharp character work that helps the whole audio theater world snap into focus, from menace to sincerity to pure nonsense in a single beat.

Then it all slides toward the docks at Navy Pier, where a floating wooden horse, a very real badger, and a too-convenient clue threaten to turn Buddy’s investigation into a punchline. The finale brings the conspiracy back to its source, crashes into family secrets, and ends on the one place every good mystery eventually goes: a race you can’t control once someone decides to mean it.

If you love improvised comedy, audio drama, classic radio vibes, and Chicago stage energy, queue this up now. Subscribe, share it with a friend who misses old time radio, and leave a review, then tell us: which reveal hit you first, the badger or the “business plan”?

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