The Cleansed, Season One – The Republic

Fifteen years after the dreadful unmaking of society in the pilot of The Cleansed, an older, more haggard John Prophet is ousted from Corinth, a new name for the old city of New York. In his stead comes a powerful, well-armed totalitarian regime has taken charge of what used to be New York, and that's just the beginning of the trouble. In the Republic's shadow, two men are raising armies to wage the ultimate war, Armageddon, and will stop at nothing to destroy one another. Will John and his force arrive in time to stop the carnage?

Also see the teaser for THE REFUGE portion of the story.

Fifteen years after the dreadful unmaking of society in the pilot of The Cleansed, an older, more haggard John Prophet intrudes on the bucolic Refuge where David Brenner and Sam Miller have taken a band of civilians and soldiers to remake society. John's message will rock everything the Refuge has ever known - and resonates with Sam and David's beautiful daughter Maria. The ripples of John's arrival set them on a course which will change everyone forever.

In this teaser, we learn a little about the storyline of THE REFUGE. Maria (the daughter of David and Sam) pleads for the life of John Prophet, who has earned the ire of nearly everyone in his struggle to raise a force to fight against the Republic.

Also see the teaser for THE REPUBLIC portion of the story.

Egads! Is that a man in sports coat or a snarling bloodthirsty troll?

Answers to these and other questions are revealed in the new documentary of FinalRune's The Troll of Stony Brook.

Videomaster Matt Morris followed us around back in April for our recording in the woods of Alfred. He got some great clips of Bill Dufris (The Troll) manhandling Johnny Speckman (Rick) as well as commentary from the cast and yours truly zipping around like a decapitated chicken.

Click below to watch:

FinalRune - Troll - edit 3 from Matthew Morris on Vimeo.

Matt Morris, guitarist for the Big Coffin Hunters, created this video trailer of our latest show, the Troll of Stony Brook:

Here's a selection of videos from the recent Joe Gunther audio drama field production!

This is the video that appeared in the Wall Street Journal article! Will keep it posted here as long as the link is live...

In this scene we show a continuous take of actors leaving a car, going up some steps and then entering a house

In this take, we see another continuous take, this time of the detective (Bill Dufris) arriving at a house, greeting the widow (Christine Marshall) and then entering the house.

Bill Dufris and Christopher Price piled in the back of a car!

Author Archer Mayor comments on seeing his work become an audio drama!

We took a lot of video of our live Halloween radio drama with the Zoom Q3. Here are some nuggets to let you know what goes into a live radio show!

Cast and Crew Interviews - Halloween 2009 Radio

Interviews with cast and crew of the FinalRune Live Radio Drama show, Halloween 2009.

Live Sound Effects Demo - Halloween 2009 Radio Drama

A chat with the sound effects artists performing at FinalRune Live Radio Drama show, Halloween 2009.

Behind the Scenes - Halloween 2009 Radio Drama

Behind the scenes view of cast and crew at FinalRune Live Radio Drama show, Halloween 2009.

This video precedes Fred's work with FinalRune - consisting of street scenes of New Orleans collected in 2004-05 prior to Hu Hurricane Katrina. Photos include "Jazz Funeral for Democracy," street scenes, artist and more. The song "Rebel Spring" by Tom Pacheco.