Sonic Cinema Productions

Sonic Cinema Productions

Previously from Electric Vicuna Productions,. collected in this podcast are two decades of audio drama productions and creations from Jack J. Ward including original works, series, fan-fiction, and remakes and reimaginings of audio drama. Jack J. Ward is one of the stalwarts of the modern audio drama movement as he created and co-hosts The Sonic Society (the longest-running showcase of the medium), and is CEO of the Mutual Audio Network (the world's largest curated collection of modern audio drama and audio fiction in podcast form).

Episodes

May 4, 2025 27 mins
Retro Rockets returns with an original tale of the execution of a man whose only crime is he can't fit in with the rest of the town, and the woman who loved him until the end! Starring Mel Rose, Pete Lutz and Lothar Tuppan. Produced by John Bell and written and directed by Jack J. Ward!
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Darker Musings is an anthology series of fantastical mystery and terror. Inspired by Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, Darker Musings always includes an air of another world that may be an alternate universe, or a terrifying nightmare, one in which the characters can not wake up. Darker Musings may not always be horror, but it should always leave you thinking! In this Darker Musings episode, four women have their monthly book club mee...
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And we're back with our final salute, for now, to John Barber's Reimagined Radio as he took my two shows "A Chaste Kiss Good-Bye" and "Chrysalis" and put them together for his Valentine's Day spectacular. Let's have a listen shall we?
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We're back with another episode this month from SCP! This week we continue our trilogy from John Barber's Reimagined Radio with a combination of my script "Great Day for a War" with "Fall of the City". Let's see how it turns out, shall we?
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Happy New Year and welcome back to SCP. This week we begin the first of three episodes from John Barber and Reimagined Radio featuring our work. The first will be some favourites with "Coast to Coast".
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The 15th season of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse saw a season finale in two parts as Jack Ward adapted the classic "Bringing Up Baby" movie originally starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn both for Mutual Stage and the Playhouse! This week it's the conclusion!
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The 15th season of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse saw a season finale in two parts as Jack Ward adapted the classic "Bringing Up Baby" movie originally starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn both for Mutual Stage and the Playhouse!
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October 30, 2024 49 mins
Retro Rockets revisits the classic War of the Worlds from two Welles/Wells and brings its very own Jack J. Ward twist. The Martian invasion starts today!
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October 6, 2024 20 mins
Retro Rockets moves to the twilight of humanity as Cassie lives the last moments of her existence with her life-long partner, Paris. Her husband Paris is a robot, and he's part of the quiet removal of humankind.
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September 1, 2024 10 mins
Retro Rockets fires lifts off with "Summer Break". It's Summer time and the children are let out for summer break. But all aren't as they appear.
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August 4, 2024 13 mins
Split-Second- Two men in a tube discussing the fate of humanity while precious time ticks away.
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Summerstock Playhouse is a seasonal series in which fans of old time radio produce new presentations of OTR scripts. From Sonic Cinema Productions and the incredible screwball comedy from FIRST NIGHTER- "Love is Stranger Than Fiction" starring John Bell, Patte Rosebank, Angela Young, Larry Groebe, Joe Stofko, and introducing Paul Arbisi and Trevor Rines!
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June 2, 2024 32 mins
Summerstock Playhouse is a seasonal series in which fans of old time radio produce new presentations of OTR scripts. This week The Amigos and Sonic Cinema Productions close the Playhouse for another year as your host David Ault introduces from the classic series Suspense- The Long Night! Hold on to your seat belts! 
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From the far-flung silver age of science fiction, comes a new anthology. Retro Rockets fires off with "Spirit Drive". A space ranger take the final report of a scientist on the death of his colleague on a far-distant moon. But, was it an accident?
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April 7, 2024 16 mins
The Wave Front Shorts Series is a science fiction collection with each episode 20 minutes or less. Reservations- Jack Ward takes a comedic look at the Afterlife and Time Travel conundrums. Produced by Austin Beach, this episode stars David Ault, John Bell, Angela Young, Jeffrey Billard, Lothar Tuppan and Jan Didur.
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March 3, 2024 8 mins
Darker Musings is an anthology series of fantastical mystery and terror.  Inspired by Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, Darker Musings always includes an air of another world that may be an alternate universe, or a terrifying nightmare, one in which the characters can not wake up.  During a pandemic, all sorts of people have ideas as to who they occur. Things were no different for Mrs. Bitters and Mrs. Sours in the Black Plague. Written...
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February 4, 2024 13 mins
Darker Musings is an anthology series of fantastical mystery and terror.  Inspired by Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, Darker Musings always includes an air of another world that may be an alternate universe, or a terrifying nightmare, one in which the characters can not wake up.  Darker Musings may not always be horror, but it should always leave you thinking! In this Darker Musings episode from the original short story by Will Stanto...
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January 7, 2024 33 mins
The Wave Front Anthology series is a science fiction collection that explores futuristic societies, distopic nightmares, technological travesties and bleak tomorrows and this month in a near future, jobs are scarce and robotic cars are everywhere. As the world falls apart, Jerry and Brooklyn race against time to save the world.. Written by Jack J. Ward. Produced by Richard Frohlich with rough editing by Austin Beach!
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December 3, 2023 30 mins
The Christmas Wreath Anthology are stories both classic and new about the holiday season and in this O. Henry classic remake by Jack J. Ward , John Bell produces with Tanja Milojevic, Erika Sanderson, David Ault, Jeff Billard and Joe Stofko performing for a Christmas tale!
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November 5, 2023 19 mins
At the twilight of humanity, a robot comes to the cabin door of an old woman to have her join the rest of the human species in the Singularity. Jack provides a short from the Wave Front series with "Trans-Humanity" starring Rissa M, Jeff Billard, and Lothar Tuppan!
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