The 21st Century Scop

Lawrence C. Connolly

The 21st Century Scop

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The 21st Century Scop

Lawrence C. Connolly

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The 21st Century Scop

Lawrence C. Connolly

The 21st Century Scop

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From RETRO - The Other Brothers Basement Tapes 1977.
Storyteller Joe Coluccio attended New Experimental College in Denmark, served as an early program director of WYEP-FM, and founded the comedy group Lackzoom Acidophilus (which had a Saturday night show on WYEP and a weekly Sunday morning progra
The circular room has twelve locked doors, each positioned like the hours of a clock and labeled with a random word or phrase. Your challenge: find a way to open the doors before time runs out. (Originally released Mar 3, 2022.)
What happens when you try catching a thief in a trap full of monsters? Find out as the New Towne Players stage an unscripted confrontation in which nothing is as it seems. 
After examining the clues and finally identifying a culprit, you might think the next logical step would be calling the authorities. But a reality-TV host has a different idea—one that may result in considerable danger to all involved.
What do you do when a perfect solution proves incorrect? Today’s episode features a number of plausible solutions and a series of challenging contradictions—all moving you closer to the realization that “when you have eliminated all which is im
What lies beyond the devil’s door? Find out as you follow August LaFleur into the smoky shadows of a region “commonly referred to as hell.” This episode also features a brilliant reply to last week’s mystery question, submitted to us from Profe
How do you get a reality-TV crew into a locked theatre without interrupting a dress rehearsal for Frankenstein? Mystery writer August LaFleur claims he has a solution. Unfortunately, it involves passing through something called a devil’s door.
Mystery solved! Or is it? You may have found your missing actor, but the story of his disappearance is not as clear as it seems. Get ready for some final surprises as August LaFleur reveals that a good story need not be bound by the reality tha
The clock is ticking. In a few minutes, you’ll be needed to be on stage – but right now you’re hot on the trail of your missing co-star. Can you find him in time to make your entrance and save the show, or are you both about to be caught up in
What do you do when a perfect solution proves to be wrong? Today’s episode features a number of plausible solutions and a series of challenging contradictions—all moving you closer to the realization that “when you have eliminated all which is
There’s more than one way to find a missing person, but how would you do it without looking for them? Today’s episode invites you to consider not one but two prompts that could lead to solving the mystery. 
It’s opening night, and a player is missing. Now it’s up to you to follow the clues, find him, and deliver him backstage before his all-important scene. Written especially for Prime Stage by author, playwright, and screenwriter Lawrence C. Conn
You have just presented an explanation as to how Toby Payne fled the locked dressing room, but his whereabouts remain unknown. Fortunately, you have a theory--one that leads you back to the basement and toward a final revelation that none of th
Bestselling mystery writer August LaFleur has found missing actor Humphry Jones lying on the floor of the men’s dressing room of the New Town Theatre. But the hot-tempered Toby Payne is still unaccounted for. And even more perplexing is the mea
One would think that the best way to solve a locked-door mystery would be to open the room and see what’s inside. But what happens when what’s inside proves even more confounding? In today’s episode, we discover that the solutions we seek may n
Strange things are afoot at the New Towne Theatre! Two actors are missing. Another has run off to hide in a water closet. And the New Towne players are struggling to open a locked room that may harbor a terrible secret. But August LaFleur holds
Something strange is afoot at the New Towne Theater. A dressing room is locked. Two actors are missing. And you are there to join the investigation as a cast and crew confront a mystery in which nothing is as it seems.
Introduction to the Mystery Theatre podcast. 
Hello theatre lovers and ghost-story fans, and welcome to this special supplement to Prime Stage Mystery Theatre, in which we’ll be discussing a first-hand paranormal encounter at the old Pittsburgh Playhouse and an investigation into the true
Lawrence C. Connolly reads the Frankenstein creation scene from Chapter V of Mary Shelley's novel.
Lawrence C. Connolly reads the prologue from his novel Vipers: Book Two of the Veins Cycle, published by Fantasist Enterprises. Text, music, and performance copyright (c) 2010-18 by Lawrence C. Connolly. Recording produced by Fantasist Enterpri
From the monthly fiction reading series in New York City, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. This episode features Tom Monteleone and Lawrence C. Connolly.
From the monthly fiction reading series in New York City, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. This episode features Mary Robinette Kowal and Lawrence C. Connolly. Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of historical fantasy novels: Ghost Ta
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