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1st Sep 2019

A Stranger Amongst Us

Episode One: A STRANGER AMONGST US

A young man is discovered wandering along a deserted stretch of highway outside of Makepeace, located in North Central Texas. His discovery changes the lives of a small group of locals, propelling them into a confrontation with the nature of physics, greed, disease, mortality, family, time and the potential annihilation of the human race.

Written and directed by Bruce R. Coleman with music by Gregory Lush. Sound Engineering by Richard Frohlich. Thanks to S.T.A.G.E., The Texas Radio Theatre Company and KatHäus Studios.

THE SCORCHED EARTH was performed by THE I-35 RADIO REP COMPANY.

Cast of Characters

Ridge Prothro:         Rick Espiallat

Pete Hertwig:           Max Swarner

Luanne Bellman:      Lisa Anne Haram

Ray Purcell:             Blake Blair

Doc Martinez:           Adrian Godinez

Alice Tisdale:           Arianna Movassagh

Micah:                    Heath Billups

Lydia Vossburgh:       Lee Jamison

Frank Lassiter:         Daylon Walton

Originally released April 12, 2012

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About the Podcast

The Scorched Earth: A Cautionary Tale
The small Texas town of Makepeace becomes ground zero for a time traveling ecological disaster. Humanity's only hope is a beautiful stranger from the future sent to prevent the destruction of Earth.
The Scorched Earth
A serialized Science Fiction Radio Drama in nine parts By Bruce R. Coleman

Cast of Characters

Ridge Prothro: Rick Espiallat
Pete Hertwig: Max Swarner
Luanne Bellman: Lisa Anne Haram
Ray Purcell: Blake Blair
Doc Martinez: Adrian Godinez
Alice Tisdale: Arianna Movassagh
Micah: Heath Billups
Lydia Vossburgh: Lee Jamison
Frank Lassiter: Daylon Walton

THE SCORCHED EARTH focuses on the lives of a small group of ordinary people living in the Texas town of Makepeace ( 40 miles west of Decatur, circa 1976.) Those lives are threatened when a mysterious and desperate stranger materializes out of a dark summer night.

Written and directed by Bruce R. Coleman with music by Gregory Lush. Sound Engineering by Richard Frohlich. Thanks to S.T.A.G.E., The Texas Radio Theatre Company and KatHäus Studios.

THE SCORCHED EARTH was performed by THE I-35 RADIO REP COMPANY.

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Richard Frohlich

Writer, adapter, producer and professional video and audio storyteller. My love of audio production started as a kid. It was honed and improved at WXCI-FM while getting my Media Arts degree at Western Connecticut State University. I founded the Texas Radio Theatre Company in 2001 and RF Media in 2017