BRADLEY THUNDERBIRD
PHOENIX'S ENTERTAINMENT RESUME
Bob Hastings, actor of television (McHale's Navy), stage, and film
(on the left).
Brad Phoenix, scriptwriter, voice-over artist, producer and director of audio movies
/ plays
(on the right).
Photographed at the Friends of the Old-Time Radio Convention (FOTR) in
Newark, NJ (near the Newark Airport).
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, African American and Native. Born in Brooklyn, NYC. Raised in
Bay Shore, Long Island, NY.
Lives on Long Island, NY (Suffolk County, NY). He writes poetry, short
stories, and scripts. His plays have been performed on stage,
in digital studios (committed to audio CDs), and live over the radio and Internet
on 2, 3, and 4-hour specials over WUSB - 90.1 FM, a
listener-supported radio station, Stony Brook University, NY.
Bradley has
written, produced, and directed over 100 of his audio short stories
(radio plays - audio movies -
audio plays & skits); these scripts
are various lengths and genres (most under 15 minutes). All Bradley's
scripts
are registered with the Library of Congress and/or registered with the Writers Guild of America, East.
Contact e-mail: info [@] bradleyphoenix.com
POSITIONS DESIRED: Voiceover Artist
/ Voice Actor - Radio Talk Show Host - Scriptwriter - Workshops (audio theater)
Actor for television,
radio, internet
commercials, and magazines - Comic book / Graphic novel writer
EDUCATION
June 1977 Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY, received an Associate
of Arts Degree in General Studies.
April 1980 U.S. Army Admin. School, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. - Soldier
in the U.S. Army (1979 - 1985).
August 1985 Cal Simmons Travel Agent Schoo1, Alexandria, VA.
- receieved a certificate of completion.
July 2006
Cablevision Public Access Training Workshop (5-week course)
- received a certificate of completion.
JOB EXPERIENCE:
SCRIPTWRITER: I have written over 100 original audio scripts (plays, skits, radio promos,
and radio commercials). My audio movies (audio
plays & skits) are of
various genres: Twilight
Zone-type plays, satire, science fiction, comedy, suspense, Christian, pro social justice
plays, and drama.
I'm proud of one of my
latest
scripts,"The Gods in the Pentagon"
(or "Dr. Strange-Body"), a homage to the late Stanley Kubrick's, "Dr. Strangelove".
My theater troupe, Montage Radio Theatre, performed "The Gods in the Pentagon"
live over the radio airwaves and the internet on Memorial Day 2002.
One of my artistic goals was to be a "Black Rod Serling"; that is, follow in the footsteps of
great artist, Mr. Rod Serling, creator and host of
the original "Twilight Zone".
For a
list of the scripts I've written
GO TO: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
(My
story ideas for
original television series and motion pictures are on this same web
page).
My script in the spirit of Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove"
is entitled: "The Gods in the Pentagon" or "Dr. Strange-body".
I saw Spielberg's,"War of the Worlds", and wrote his my worlds at
war alien-invasion story: "Some Kinda ???-Headed Deity".
I'm offering my original scripts to Hollywood producers and studios to
make into television movies, television series, or motion pictures.
ACTOR / VOICEOVER ARTIST: I've narrated radio promos, radio commercials, play intros, credits and
acted in several of my own audio
short story productions (plays) for Montage
Radio Theatre. You can HEAR samples of my voice and acting at:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskit.html
Look for the titles of my plays, skits and promos in BLUE listed on the aforementioned
web page.
CLICK ON the following and you'll hear some of my character voices (stated in the parentheses): X-Cursion Tour (narrator), KCSN Superman and Shadow promos (narrator), The Big Big Big Church (P.A. announcer),
Harlan Speaks (Jerry Smith (Bill & Ted surfer-dude type voice), Montage
Western-Theme Promo (all the voices including the
Lone Ranger voice), Jack Benny skit (Rochester), It's a War
Out There (narrator & corporal Douglas), the Prayer of Corporate Greed (Prophet Profit,
(elderly black minister voice),
Unjustifiable Genocide (narrator), Prevent Wild Fires (Steve
and the Smokey
the Bear-type character), The Day the Music
Lived (opening narration), and
The Gods in the Pentagon (introduction and 1940's
style newsreel announcer
of the Pentagon officials,"This is
the Pentagon...!".
SEE VOICES
by Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix of
this web page (SCROLL DOWN)
DIRECTOR: I've hired actors and techs (cast & crews), directed actors for stage,
in recording studios, and live over the radio/web. I am familiar with
digital
editing in audio productions and committing many of my productions to CDs/DVDs.
I produced and directed all of the audio movies (audio plays)
listed on my web page,
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html (some of my audio
movies (audio plays & short stories) have yet to be produced).
RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Announced the weather, put on PSAs, gave
movie reviews, and played an eclectic range of music
(Nat "King" Cole, Diana Ross, Vangelis, Cab Calloway, Wendy Carlos, Frank Sinatra,
Buddy Holly, Elvis, Perry Como, Sting, Glen Miller, Patsy Cline, Mozart, Satie,
Debussy, J.S. Bach, Ennio Morricone, Mozart, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, James
Brown, The Godfather of Soul, and more! I interviewed guest speakers, local
artists and Hollywood celebrities both in person and via the telephone live
over radio station WUSB-90.1 FM. BELOW is a partial list
of interviewees on
my LIVE radio talk show, the Montage Radio Arts Magazine (October 1997 - January
2003):
Amy Goodman - journalist and host of Democracy Now on WBAI-99.5 FM (NYC). *
Amy Goodman and I went to the same high school:
Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, Long Island, NY
(she graduated two years after I did).
Robert Groden - wrote several books on JFK's assassination (
www.jfkmurder.com).
Mayatah Dreamwalker - performance poet - Long Island, NY.
Dr. Charles Pellegrino - scientist, author of "Her Name: Titanic" and
consultant on James Cameron's film,"Titanic".
TELEVISION TALK SHOW HOST:
I have my own public access TV program
called "X-Cursion". It has aired from 2:00 -
2:30 AM
and on Saturdays from 11:30 PM -
12 Midnight. I've interviewed the following individuals
so far: Mindy Kronenberg (Creative Writing),
Professor Herb Norman (professional announcer and teacher at C.W. Post),
Kathleen Flynn-Bisson (Health Educator), Professor Terry Morrone
(Scholars for 9-11 Truth), Ian Wilder (Green Party official),
and Bill McNulty (political activist).
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
African American & Native writer-producer-actor-director of audio
movies (audio plays & skits)
Scriptwriter - actor - voice-over artist - radio talk show
host
Founder & President, X-Cursion Media Montage Radio Theatre (founded
in 1995)
www.bradleyphoenix.com
WORK HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS:
2000 - 2001 Customer Service and cashier - Part-time Borders Bookstore
& Music, Bohemia, NY.
Assisted customers in finding books, at the information
desk special ordering books, and operated cash register.
* Over 15 years in customer service work
(call centers, receptionist, retail, telemarketing, etc.)
1998 - 1998 Financial Investigator - St. John's Episcopal Hospital,
Smithtown, NY.
Verified insurance coverage by phone with insurance companies,
unions, doctors, clinics, and patients.
1994 - 1998 New York State Civil Service - Quad Secretary to Quad
Director (Roosevelt Quad) - Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, Long Island, NY. Customer service (students,
parents, vendors, and faculty), light typing, dorm-room
key maintenance, data entry for dorm-room vacancies,
mailing, and word processing.
1992 - 1994 Data Entry Clerk and File Clerk at the Attorney General's
Office, in Centereach, NY.
1979 - 1985 Administrative Specialist - soldier - SP4, U.S. Army.
Worked in an Army Record Center (St. Louis, MO)
and personnel office (Washington, DC area). Congressional
inquiries, word processing, driver, mail distribution, and filing.
Documentation will be provided upon request.
BRAD'S ENTERTAINMENT RESUME -
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List of interviewees on my radio program (Montage Radio Arts Magazine) broadcast LIVE
over the airwaves at 90.1 FM and the internet:
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES:
Phil Proctor...............................Actor, writer, director, voiceover artist, member of the Firesign
Theatre
Geoff Levin...............................Composer and musician
David Ossman..........................Actor, poet, scriptwriter, & director; member of the Firesign
Theatre
Will Hutchins............................Actor of stage, motion pictures, circus, and television (Sugarfoot TV series)
Geoffrey Lewis.........................Actor of stage, television, & film ( celestialnavigations.tv)
POLITICAL TALK:
Susan Blake..............................Political activist and co-founder of Peacesmiths (anti-War organization)
Bill McNulty.............................Political activist for pro peace, Pax Christi, and radio host
on WUSB
Bernard White..........................Program Director of WBAI - 99.5 FM in NYC
Dr. Jim Krivo...........................Political activist liberal progressive Long Island Friends of WBAI
Amy Goodman........................Journalist, reporter, and host of Democracy Now on Pacifica Radio
Cynthia Briggs........................Refuse and Resist organization
Tiokasin (Veaux) ...................Ghosthorse...political activist and host of "First Nation"
talk show on WBAI.
John McDonagh......................Political activist and host of Radio Free Eireann on WBAI-99.5
FM
Professor Terry Morrone.........Political activist and with the 9-11 Truth
and Justice organization.
LOCAL ARTISTS (Long Island, NYC, and New York state) :
Mayatah Dreamwalker........................Performance poet
Debbie Starker..................................Actress, singer, director &
founder of "Deb's Web" for Long Island theater news
John Tabacco.....................................Singer, songwriter, composer,
DJ, and audio engineer
Marci Geller.......................................Singer, songwriter, and keyboardist
Sue Zizza...........................................Sound designer, teacher,
and co-director of her own business, Sue Media in Hempstead, NY
Anthony "The Voice" Mandriota.........Actor and voice-over artist.
Deb-or-Rock.....................................Rock singer, plays guitar, &
songwriter
Stephanie Clark..................................Jazz singer
Ruth Solomon....................................Performance poet
Shirley Harrison-Brown.....................Actress, director, and founder of
the Huntington Village Theater Co.
Paula Curci.......................................Performance Poet
Craig Oliver......................................Musician, audio
engineer, and former manager of 3-TV at Stony Brook University
Paul Michael Barkan..........................Singer, songwriter, & composer
- CD: "No Writing on the Signs"
Dr. Bill Bruehl....................................Professor, Stony Brook University
Theatre Department and author
Alan Inkles........................................Director of Staller
Center for the Performing Arts, Stony Brook University
Stevie GB.........................................Stand-up comedian, actor, and
playwright
Professor Mindy Kronenberg............Scriptwriter, award-winning poet, and
gives workshops in creative writing (Public Access TV
interview)
Kathleen Flynn-Bisson.......................Health Educator, actress,
founder of PTA / Swallow This Theatre company.
(Television interview)
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Professor Herb Norman - Former
newsman, actor, founder of the Post Radio Theatre, and give workshops.
Dr. Charles Pellegrino - Author of Her Name: Titanic and consultant on Cameron's
film
Kathleen Flynn-Bisson - Health Educator at Stony Brook University, Long
Island, NY
Mark Banash - Writer and co-director of Tharsis Productions
Dr. Bill Bruehl - Professor at SUNY Stony Brook
Theatre Arts Dept. and Chair - Author of book on acting
Denise Shubin - Actress and director of theater
Tiana Christoforidis - Artistic Director, Bay Shore YMCA, Bay Shore, NY
Vic Skolnick Co-founder and co-director of the Cinema Arts Center, Huntington,
NY
Charlotte Sky - Co-founder and co-director of the Cinema Arts Center, Huntington,
NY
Stephen Oney...Co-founder and writer of the Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theatre
Dylan Skolnick - Staff member & projectionist at the Cinema Arts Center,
Huntington, NY
Anthony Browder Cultural Historian, lecturer, and author of several books on
Black History
(SEE my Black History web page:
http://bradleyphoenix.com/bhm.html)
Robert Groden - wrote several books on the JFK assassination (
www.jfkmurder.com)
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I was interviewed for the radio by the following:
Mary Ann Miller and Prairie Miller, WBAI Arts Magazine, WBAI radio station in Manhattan, NY.
(the interview was conducted by Mary Ann Miller in person at the WBAI radio
station)
Jack Ward and Andrew at Sonic Cinema, Nova Scotia Canada to air on several
Canadian radio stations
(the interview was by phone). I'm told
that someone heard this interview on WBAI-99.5 FM - NYC.
SONIC SOCIETY Andrew Dorfman and Jack Ward (Nova Scotia, Canada)
a new radio program airing in Canada on several Canadian radio stations.
www.sonicsociety.org
- E-mail address: SonicSociety@gmail.com
I have been interviewed by Andrew & Jack on August 26, 2005 via
phone.
Go to the Sonic Society website and CLICK ON "MEMBERS" and you'll
see my name: Bradley Phoenix
Also interviewed by John Tabacco (WUSB radio station) and at
3-TV, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
MY REFERENCES (Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix & X-Cursion Media):
I graduated from Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, NY and Suffolk Community
College, Selden, NY.
I served in the United States Army from November 1979 - November 1985--Regular
Army.
Basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. U.S. Army Admin training
School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Received an Honorable Discharge from the
U.S. Army in 1985 after six years of military
service.
My body of work is on my website: CLICK ON
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
For a partial list of the plays and skits he wrote (not counting my poems,
newpaper articles, teleplays, & short stories)
please CLICK ON:
http://bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
I started my own theater company,"Montage Radio Theatre". My theatre
company has PERFORMED LIVE OVER
THE RADIO AIRWAVES, AND THE INTERNET ON 90.1 FM in 2, 3 hour and 4
hour specials on Memorial Day
and Labor Day between 2000 - 2002. Audio scripts written, produced, announced,
and directed by Brad Phoenix.
(SEE "The Montage Photo Gallery" photographs at
http://bradleyphoenix.com/photogallery.html
PERFORMED AUDIO THEATRE ON STAGE AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:
The Huntington Public Library (2002), Border Bookstore & Music in Farmingdale,
NY (2002),
Babylon Town Annex Building (2002), SAC (Student Union Activities) Auditorium
(along with
performance poets (1998), Stony Brook University Student Union Auditorium
for the ICON
Science Fiction Convention (1997), Stony Brook University Student Union Hall
(1996),
My website,
www.bradleyphoenix.com , is posted alphabetically under "M" at
www.audiotheater.com
This website has a list of established audio theatre companies and troupes
in America and Europe.
My website is listed at "Deb's Web", a respected Long Island Theatre reference
website -
www.debsliweb.homestead.com/index.html
Under the LINKS page:
www.debsliweb.homestead.com/LINKS.html Debbie Starker, the founder of this website, has performed
audio theatre live over the airwaves with Montage Radio Theatre. Ms.
Starker played
United States President, President Strong, in the |
Dr. Strangelove-type play "The Gods in the Pentagon", a murderous clown in
"Always Leave'em Laugh'n", a betrayed friend in
"Aggavated" (not spelled "aggravated"), Captain Barbara "Babs" Gold, space
pilot of Space Limo, Inc, in the audio play comedy:
"Space Car", and the liberal wife in a 2-character play entitled: "Color
Me Bigot".
*NOTE: You can hear Debbie Starker in the following audio plays: "The
Day Music Lived"
"The Gods in the Pentagon" (or "Dr. Strange-body (inspired
by Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove")
Please CLICK ON:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
X-Cursion Media, my web business, is registered with E-Bay & Paypal,
a reputable online business. E-Bay requires
that a person fills out their application, has a checking account
and/or credit card and, they are in contact with your
bank (for FREE bank to Paypal money transfers). E-bay (Paypal) is very
thorough in their screening process. That's
why they're one of the best online businesses in the WORLD! I don't
get any kickbacks from E-bay/Paypal, I just
think they're great!
Known by the following folks in the Suffolk County community: Mr. Rodney
Marve, Assistant Director, Bay Shore -
Brightwaters Public Library, Mr. Jerry Berka, attorney and President of the
School Board in Bay Shore, NY, Dr. Richard Harmond,
Board of Trustee member, Bay Shore - Brightwaters Public Library, Tiana Christoforidis,
Cultural Arts Director for the Bay Shore
YMCA and the Boulton Center for the Arts in Bay Shore, Long
Island, NY. Charlotte Sky, Co-manager,
Cinema Arts Ctr., Huntington, NY.
My audio theatre company, Montage Radio Theatre, is registered with BACCA.
The acronym BACCA stands
for Babylon Citizen Council on the Arts (some refer to it as the Babylon
Arts Council) -
www.babylonarts.com -
(631) 661-7558. Currently, Ray Zaccaro is the Executive Director.
Carol Kennelly is the office manager.
Currently working with Mindy Kronenberg (Vice President) to bring about a new
convention/conference/forum
for performing artists
here on Long Island, NY.
Brief bio of Mindy Kronenberg:
A professor with SUNY Empire State College.
She's an award-winning poet.
Has written for television and stage.
Given creative writing workshops for over ten years.
Edits Book/Mark Quarterly Review.
Conducts the Writers Space at BACCA (Babylon Arts Council, Babylon, NY).
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Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix is available for voice-over work.
Available
for narrations, internet voice-over projects, radio commercials,
promos....
Samples
of Brad's voice
can be heard
on this website
at:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
BRAD'S
VOICE-OVERS & VOICE ACTING
(The roles Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
announced OR acted are
below in parentheses)
The Day the Music
Lived..................................opening narration
KCSN Promo
(Superman)...................................Jackson-Beck type
announcing voice
It's a War Out There...............................................opening
narration and Corporal
Douglas Calverton
Montage Copyright Claim......................................announcer
Montage Station I.D.............................................announcer
Under
construction...............................................announcer
X-Cursion Tour
Intro...........................................announcer
All Robots Go to Heaven.........................................opening
narration
Color Me
Bigot......................................................opening
narration
Dogs are People Too................................................opening
narration
Don't Point at
Me..................................................opening
narration
Dr.
Hygiene...........................................................announcer
I Know Who Killed JFK.....................................opening
narration & P.A. announcer
Jack Benny
Skit...................................................Rochester
(comical raspy African American voice)
O
Vanity!................................................................opening
narration
Prevent
Wildfires..................................................Larry
and the "animated" Smokey
the Bear-type voice
Selfish Affirmations #2.............................................announced
closing credits
Space
Car...............................................................announcer
The Big, Big, Big Church.........................................P.A.
announcer (part mid-Western and Southern
accent)
The Outcast
Ones.................................................opening
narration and credits
KCSN Promo (The
Shadow)...............................announcer and
performed the laughter
The Tell-Tale
Heart................................................opening announcement
Wait
Loss............................................................announcer
Watchdog..............................................................announcer
Montage Western-Theme Promo.............................all the
voices (including Lone Ranger voice at the end)
Who's On
First?.....................................................announcer
You're Still
Guilty..................................................opening
narration
The Day Music Lived............................................opening
narration
Arts Magazine Promo............................................announcer
Bush's
Clone........................................................announcer
Do Blind People Dream in Color?..........................announcer
Draftsman...........................................................announcer
Harlan
Speaks...................................................Jerry
(young male Caucasian California surfer-dude voice)
It's a War Out
There!......................................opening narration
Military Industrial
Machine...............................Machine-like announcer -
satire on Star Trek's Borg
Nommo Radio
Promo.......................................announcer
with James Brown's music in the
background
Obstructing
Injustice..........................................announcer
Phil Proctor
Interview.....................................one of
the radio host interviewers over WUSB radio
station
Road-Kill Restaurant..........................................closing
credits
Prayer of Corporate Greed.................................Prophet
Profit (Old Negro Preacher voice
for comedy)
The Plutocracy is My
Shepherd.......................narrator
Tears Microwave/TV..........................................announcer
Terrorists at
1600...............................................announcer
Terrorist
Flu......................................................Cheney Media
Network anchorperson
Unjustifiable Genocide.......................................Cheney Media
Network anchorperson
Unjustifiable Mass Murder.................................announcer
You're a
Casualty............................................opening
narration
Crackies...........................................................announced
the credits
The Gods in the Pentagon..................................opening
narration & 1940's-style Caucasian newsreel
announcer
HIRE
BRADLEY THUNDERBIRD PHOENIX FOR VOICE-OVER
WORK:
info [@] bradleyphoenix.com
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HARLAN ELLISON, MY FAVORITE WRITER, LIKED MY AUDIO
PLAY ABOUT HIM!
I was able to meet Harlan Ellison at a science fiction convention; he signed two
of my books.
BELOW is the letter my favorite
author, Harlan Ellison, sent to me dated August 16, 2006.
I sent Mr. Ellison an audio CD with several of my audio plays.
I especially
asked him to
listen to my audio play comedy based
on him entitled,"Harlan Speaks". I wrote,
produced,
directed, and acted in this audio
play (I play the part of Jerry Smith, the annoying
computer geek with the
surfer-dude accent
who calls the character Harlan Elfson at 3 AM
to
chat).
Name of the audio (radio) play: "Harlan Speaks"
Scripted, produced, & directed by: Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
Running time: Approximately 15 1/2 minutes long (the unabridged
version)
Credits: Harlan (Anthony Pomes), Jerry
(Brad Phoenix), and Maynard (Phillip Rogers).
Below
is the letter Mr. Ellison sent after listening to my audio play,"Harlan
Speaks",
scanned and placed on this web page for all to see.
It makes me feel good knowing that
Mr. Ellison's listened to one of my audio short
stories and liked what he heard! It's
one
of the greatest moments in my life.
BACKGROUND: My friend Paul, a
talented musician &
composer, sent Mr. Ellison one
of his music CDs. Ellison liked Paul's music. With
Paul's permission, he provided music
from
his music CD as background music for two of my radio promo productions.
I don't think
Mr. Ellison was really mad at Paul. Ellison's the
teddy bear that likes to growl. :)
I sent Octavia Butler, a
well-known African American fantasy writer,
a letter along
with some of my audio plays just as I did
with Harlan Ellison. I was hoping to
establish a rapport with Ms. Butler. I was
surprised and saddened to learn that
Ms. Butler passed away the only a few days
before I sent my cover letter and audio CD
to her. I figured it would take
3 days to get out to the state of Washington from New York.
Unfortunately, making a connection with Octavia Butler was
just not meant to be.
I thank God I did reach Mr. Harlan Ellison.
SEE below, a picture of Octavia Butler.
-- Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
Octavia Butler 1947 - 2006
Author of several fantasy / science fiction books
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My business mailing address:
Brad Phoenix is a resident of Bay Shore, NY for over 40 years.
X-Cursion Media
* This post office box is my lastest valid P.O. Box
ATTN: Brad Phoenix
P.O. Box
58
Bay Shore, NY 1170
E-mail
address:
info@bradleyphoenix.com -
Website: www.bradleyphoenix.com
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