Here Comes F.O.X.E.S.! Lightning Bolt: Resurrection Debuts on May 28th with new Sound Designer Bren Thoreson!

As we enter the 'Spring Hiatus' for Stranger In Paradise: I Dream of You with the release of the 16th episode this Friday, Ocadecagonagon Theater Works prepares for its next entry into the 8TW Audioverse with a new person behind the engineering board.

"After recording Death Code: Ninja, I knew I wanted David Ellis to continue telling stories about Yuki and Sally," Creative Director Thomas Deja said.  "So I challenged him to come up with another adventure based on another obscure spy-fi film...and he came back to me with an document outlining our favorite female fighters' next few adventures--including character arcs and everything.  It felt natural to welcome the Federal Operative eXecutive for Espionage and Security to our little universe of original audio drama heroes and heroines."

Joining Yuki (Femmie London), Sally (Lauren A. Kennedy) and their faithful pet ocelot Mr. Whistler will be sound designer Bren Thoreson.  "We've been looking to add a second sound designer to staff for a while," Deja explains, "and he wowed us with the work he did on a rough cut of Lightning Bolt: Resurrection's first episode.  So it was natural to offer him the entire serial.

"I am a new editor in training on this project," Bren says.  "I enjoy anime/manga, comics, martial arts films, TTRPGs that aren't D&D, and listening to audio books and podcasts. My other work can be found at Splinters of Jade Pod an Legend of the Five Rings thriller actual play podcast, and Fortune and Strife another L5R Actual Play by the Court Games Network over on d20radio.com."

Bren will also be tackling our next Feature Length Audioplay, Women's Prison Massacre, presently scheduled for a late Summer release.

The first episode of Lightning Bolt: Resurrection, also featuring the voice talents of Vanessa Van Zerr, Nicole Thomte and Jamal McKinley, will drop this May 28th.  Keep checking this site for more news!

TREKKER ENTERS PRODUCTION--MEET THE CAST!

While work on Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You starts to reach its conclusion, the Ocadecagonagon Theater Works prepares to turn its attention to its next featured adaptation, an audio drama of the first storyline of Ron Randall's future noir Trekker.

Show runner Gene Hendricks, who wrote and will direct this three parter to be broadcast in the late summer, says, "I am really excited to be moving forward with Trekker. It's a great story and the talented people that have been cast will bring something special to the parts. We had such a wonderful group audition for the roles that it made my job really tough, but those are the best kinds of problems to have."

Playing Randall's iconic bounty hunter will be Amy Riddle, who is about to become a menacing presence as Tambi in SiP.  Mercy's confidante and best friend Molly will be Femmie London, who plays the secret agent/martial artist Yuki in our feature presentation Death Code: Ninja and its upcoming sequel, Lightning Bolt Resurrection.  Alex, Mercy's uncle and her police source, will be played by David Ellis, who floored people when he took over as David in Stranger In Paradise: I Dream of You.  And playing Bolt, the Rigel agent whose path frequently crosses with Mercy, will be Jamil McKinley, one of our new recruits who you'll hear later this month in a lead role in Lightning Bolt: Resurrection.

"When 8TW came together surprisingly quickly, the intention has always been to explore and celebrate a wide variety of genres and tones," Creative Director Thomas Deja says, "and Ron Randall's unique mash-up of film noir, crime and sci-fi is going to be loads of fun for us to bring to life, and hopefully fun for fans of both Ron's series and audio drama in general!  I cannot wait to hear the interpretations these actors will bring to these key roles, and I am really looking forward to the soundscapes our Sultan of Sound Design Chris Honeywell will come up with.."

Recording on Trekker will begin on May 30th.  To continue following thia project, please visit us at 8TW.ninja