UPDATE:
The NEW contract (license) from an attorney I connected
with through my membership with and application to
the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York City are done. I'm in
the process of setting up before high schools, colleges, prisons,
churches, science fiction conventions, businesses, charities, and theater
troupes and companies can contact me regarding the script(s) they
are interested in.
These NEW contracts (licenses) are for my business dealings only, I'm not providing
them for use by other artists.
Contact me via e-mail
( scriptbird@gmail.com )
and let me know which script(s) YOU are interested in.
All my original plays are copyrighted BUT are registered
with the Writers Guild of America, East (NYC).
Unauthorized productions, selling, or trading of my original scripts will result in a
lawsuit.
HERE'S WHAT'S ON
THIS WEB PAGE:
List of X-Cursion Media ORIGINAL scripts with story descriptions,
sound effects needed, and running time
Leasing guidelines
Leasing for Schools (public, parochial, and private (includes colleges)
Selling X-Cursion Media plays via CDs, DVDs, and analog tapes
Sample leasing contracts for theatre companies, charities, organizations, conventions,
& non-USA theatre companies
My horror-story anecdotes from over the years of being an audio theater writer-producer-director
References for Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix and X-Cursion Media
Donations will be given to a
charity: The Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Bradley Phoenix's audio short stories -
Audio short stories by Brad Phoenix
- Audio Short Stories by Bradley Phoenix
Brad's original scripts can be made into
independent films -
Brad's scripts can work for STAGE PLAY
productions
Brad Phoenix's scripts can be made into motion pictures
- Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix's scripts
can work for TV movies
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UPDATE ON BRADLEY THUNDERBIRD PHOENIX'S ORIGINAL SCRIPTS!
TWO OF MY AUDIO PLAYS ARE BEING
MADE INTO INDEPENDENT FILMS IN THE SUMMER OF 2010!
THEY ARE: "THE EDUCATIONAL TOY"
AND "SLIGHTLY PARANOID".
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER, DONALD PRUDEN JR. WHO WON AN AWARD AT THE HUNTINGTON FILM FESTIVAL
HERE ON LONG ISLAND, NY AND ALSO MADE A
DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM,"FALLOUT", IS DIRECTING
"THE EDUCATIONAL TOY". DONALD PRUDEN JR. CAN
BE FOUND ON THE IMDB WEBSITE (SEARCH HIS NAME).
Check out Don Pruden's web pages on the IMDB website:
"Gat Crazy":
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699161/
and "Elvis Presley: From Beginning to the End":
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2865730/
TITLE OF PLAY / SKIT DESCRIPTION RUNNING
TIME (for audio plays)
MOST OF MY AUDIO PLAYS ARE SHORT AND CAN FILL-IN
BEFORE OR BETWEEN LONG
PLAYS.
CONTACT ME, THE SCRIPTWRITER (OWNER OF THE LITERARY PROPERTY FOR THE SCRIPTS BELOW) AND
LICENSOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY SCRIPTS BELOW. QUESTIONS CONCERNING MY CONTRACT
WITH YOU, YOU'LL NEED A LAWYER. IN SOME CASES, I CAN GIVE DISCOUNTS AND SUPER DISCOUNTS.
CAN MOST OF MY AUDIO PLAYS WORK AS STAGE PLAYS? YES! BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE ELEMENTS
OF BLOCKING, COSTUMES, LIGHTING, PROPS, AND SETS. HERE
ARE MY AUDIO PLAY SCRIPTS:
All Robots Go to Heaven..........Humans are herded into detention
camps in this bleak future - Approximately 6 minutes long.
This is one of several fantasy, horror, and science fiction
MONOLOGUES
written by Brad.
SFX (sound effects) needed: Rhythmic pounding in the background and sound of flying robot.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
Color Me Bigot................................Two-character play involving a husband and wife. Genre: Comedy
- APPROX.: 17:00
An Archie-Bunker
type and his liberal progressive high-school teacher wife.
This audio
play can work well as a stage play; there's only ONE setting:
the Bedroom.
Music needed for two transitions in the play
(it should be brief).
SFX
needed: bathroom door opening & closing, an alarm clock,
and a toilet flushing.
You can hear an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
When Montage Radio Theatre performed this play, the husband had a Rodney
Dangerfield voice.
DEATH STARE..............................A
prison warden is having problems sleeping.
MONOLOGUE - Genre: Horror / Drama.
One
setting...main character could be a
male or female -
APPROX.: 4 minutes
This story
is based on Timothy McViegh, who bombed a federal building in Oklahoma.
Music is optional...you can just have the
thunder & rain in the background.
SFX needed:
Thunder, lightning, and rain OR no sound effects...it's
the director's call.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
You can hear an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
The Plutocracy is my Shepherd....A political monologue
/ POEM on corporate greed & fascism. Genre: Political satire
patterned after the 23rd Psalm. Not intended to mock the Bible (a sacred book), but used
as a warning against the evils of political corruption and corporate greed. APPROX.: 2:15
No SFX needed OR you can have a montage of sound effects...factories, police sirens, etc.
This script can be performed in coffeehouses OR between long stage plays or live radio plays.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
"Aggavated"...................................It only goes to show ya that
you can know someone and not really know them - Genre: Drama.
the word is
not "aggravated" but "aggavated" for this drama - APPROX.: 12 minutes.
This play can be done with the two lead characters as the same sex or the opposite sex.
5 characters in this play.
There's nothing supernatural about this play, it's
a drama.
Music needed for a transition OR
during this audio play at the director's discretion.
SFX needed: fire engine siren, office sounds, door
opening & closing.
It
could work as a short independent film.
The Rifle Man..............................This isn't starring Chuck Connors,
but a budding vicious serial killer - APPROX.: 15 min.
No foul language,
but a violent story with an unhappy ending...college level / for
mature audiences
only. About 5 characters and extras needed for shouts
and background dialogue.
SFX needed:
Shotgun and handgun reports and an office ambience.
Vocal effect: person
on office
p.a. system.
Genre:
Crime Drama (there's nothing supernatural or
science fiction about this play).
You're Still Guilty!...........................A racist Southern judge and a very old law make powerful allies. - APPROX.: 12 minutes.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
Always Leave'em Laugh'n..............A homicidal clown preys upon the rich. Only one setting: a park. 2-character play basically a female
clown and a businessman.
(SEE "Confession of a Cheater) - APPROX.:
15 minutes long.
Sound effects (SFX)
needed: children playing in a park and birds. Genre: Drama.
"Always Leave'em Laugh'n" is the twin piece to "Confession of a Cheater", but they CAN be done independently.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
Confession of a Cheater...............A conceited playboy meets his
match. (SEE "Always Leave'em Laugh'n").
"Confession of a Cheater" is the twin piece to "Always Leave'em Laugh'n”, but they CAN be done independently
Don't Point at Me!.....................Courtroom drama involving a supernatural
twist. A man acquires
the power to kill
people just by pointing at them. Genre: Horror / Drama.
Prayer of Corporate Greed............. Prophet Profit, White House Chaplin,
has a special prayer YOU need to hear!
Genre: Political
satire - MONOLOGUE - APPROX.:
3 1/2 minutes long.
Can be done as a STAGE PLAY or a radio play (audio play) over the radio OR on stage.
This skit doesn't require
sound effects (SFX).
Suggested music: religious organ music playing softly in
the background.
This script can be performed in coffeehouses OR between long stage plays or live radio plays.
I Know Who Killed JFK...........Reporters and journalists team up to shoot a documentary about the
conspiracy to assassinate JFK, unaware of an ancient supernatural evil about to attack them.
Five characters in
this play - Genre: Horror
- APPROX.: 30 minutes
Music needed for
two transitions between scenes.
SFX needed: paper
crinkling, footsteps, physical wrestling among three people,
squeaky screen door
opening & closing, birds singing, and light traffic.
It
could work as a short independent film.
QUESTIONS CONCERNING ORIGINAL X-CURSION MEDIA SCRIPTS? - E-MAIL: lease [@] bradleyphoenix.com
Major Screw-Up............................A military pilot kills 300 people and the government cover up which follows. Genre: Drama.
Vocal effect: man or woman on a PA system. It could work as a short independent film.
Wash Your Own Butt.................2 main characters, an Army private and staff sergeant. One female character.
Can be done as an audio play on stage OR as a stage play.
Wait Loss...................................A woman is trapped inside a room at a college during winter break. Will she live
or starve to death? Genre: Drama. This audio play can be performed as a stage play.
About 5 characters in this play - APPROX.: 9 minutes
SFX needed: racquetball bouncing off the walls, zipper on bag being zipped and unzipped,
footsteps, police walkie-talkie radio, jiggling a door knob, and dialing a phone.
It could work as a short
independent film OR as a television
episode in an anthology series.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
Watchdog....................................A man riddled with guilt,
kills a dog, then hears the dog barking.
This play is salute to Edgar Allan Poe's,"The Tell-Tale Heart". Genre: Horror.
Only two characters in this play, they can be two brothers or two sisters
I Wanna Live Too!....................A murderous alien entity imitates
a human to reach...Earth - Running
time: @ 30 min.
Not a whodunit, but a WHO-IS-IT?
Who is the alien being???
Multiple characters.
Setting: spaceship. Genre: Science Fiction - Horror.
MUSIC needed
for transitions, background music, and credits
at director's discretion.
SFX needed: Laser-gun
shots, spaceship doors opening & closing, background computer sounds
(beeping and humming),
ship alarm. Vocal effect: possibly for the ship's computer.
They're Deadly.......................Astronauts trapped between LIFE & DEATH - science fiction / black comedy. Monologue - @ 6 min.
Do Blind People Dream in Color?...Hundreds of alien spaceships are heading for
Earth. Are they friends or...invaders? - @ 12 minutes.
3 characters:
Captain of the space station, Commander John Mars, & Commander Shannon
Megan.
There are only two scenes: The ship's bridge
and the garbage disposal dock.
Story can be cut to one scene. Genre:
Science fiction space drama.
SFX needed: Spaceship
door opening & closing, misfiring of a gun (Clicking), warehouse
SFX of machines lightly in the background, and footsteps.
The Montage Radio
Theatre performed this science fiction drama live at Borders Bookstore &
Music,
Farmingdale, NY
in 2002. Also did this live over the airwaves & webcast the year before
on WUSB.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
O Vanity!.........................................A vain woman accuses a man of sexual harassment in a gym. Genre: Drama.
SFX needed: Gym
equipment being used and background conversations in a health spa.
Music suggested: Aerobics music lightly in the background. It
could work as a short independent film.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
Hell Hath No Fury....................An abusive pimp experiences his own private hell. Genre: Horror. APPROX.: 8 minutes.
Almost a monologue
(male character). Three to five actresses needed as background voices.
Actor needed to play the demon. You'll
need at least 5 actors. Setting:
Hell
SFX needed: Flames in an oven or blow torch sound throughout the play, and doorbell rings.
Vocal effects:
demon speaking. The voices of women's testimonies of mistreatment--optional.
They can be done with
special vocal effects OR just have the actors perform without any vocal effects.
This can be performed as a stage play.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
Miss Piggy Bank............................A mother confronts the woman
who murdered her son. They meet in a high-class restaurant.
Supernatural twist at the end.
Not for children.
Genre: Horror & drama -
APPROX.:
20 minutes.
2 main characters with extras needed for restaurant scene and
hospital scene.
Music needed
for transition from the restaurant to the
hospital.
SFX needed: Ambience
in a restaurant, pocketbook being opened and closed, footsteps, and
hospital ambience.
Vocal effect: Nurse on a PA system. Can be
done as a stage play in two acts.
This play / script
would work in a horror
/ fantasy / science fiction anthology
series.
An Hour in the Shower...................Annoyed parents + a teenage girl = COMEDY - less than 10 minutes long
A fun play for parents and teenagers. 3 characters only.
Can also be done as a stage play.
Only 1 scene.
Music can be used for opening narration, but
there's just one setting with no transitions.
SFX needed: Squeaky
shower faucet being turned, water from shower, door opening & closing,
knocking on door, footsteps,
and chiming of a grandfather clock.
The Outcast Ones........................A Protestant pastor is on trial
by his denominational superiors for misconduct. Genre: Drama.
This story has nothing to do with sexual misconduct, but about Christian love
and the homeless.
Do Christian fellowships and local churches really reach out or do they
just build financial empires?
This story would make a good
stage play as well. Only four characters...all pastors with
one woman cleric -
APPROX.:
12 minutes long.
It could work as a short
independent film.
SFX: Pages being
turned, background sounds of A-V equipment being set up...maybe a church bell.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
Thinning the Herd......................A group of redneck hunters are
attacked by a unique conspiracy between certain ghosts
and animals. Genre:
Horror / supernatural tale -
APPROX.:
30 - 40 minutes long.
SFX needed: birds
in the forest, car radio, shotgun reports, jeep pulling off and coming to a
stop.
It could work as a short
independent film OR as a television
episode in an anthology series.
This play / script
would work in a horror
/ fantasy / science fiction anthology
series.
The No. 2 Greatest Discovery.....Aliens visit our solar system on an urgent
mission. Genre: science fiction
/ black comedy.
A 3-character audio
(radio) play. Setting: a high-tech government facility.
SFX needed: Toilet
flushing, footsteps, door from a high tech facility opening & closing.
MUSIC for opening, background music, transitions, and closing credits is at the
director's discretion.
Vocal effect: Man
on a PA system. Running time
is approximately 12 minutes long.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
You're a Casualty.........................A crazed young man holds a man hostage
in his own car. Only 2 characters. APPROX.: 8 minutes.
Violent ending, not
recommended for children under 12. Would make a good stage play.
SFX needed: Power
window opening, car doors being unlocked, car door opeing & slamming shut,
drivers license removed
from a wallet, and gun shots. Genre: Crime Drama.
It could work as a short independent film OR as a television episode in an anthology series.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
The Terrorist Flu..........................Not to be confused with the "Communist Flu" :) Main character: TV anchor - APPROX.: 1:30
Only 1 character
needed. No sound effects necessary for this skit. Genre: Political
comedy skit.
You can HEAR an excerpt of this audio play
at: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
The Big Big Big Church............This church is so big, it has buses and
cars inside it! Genre: Satire / skit -
Monologue
You can hear this
audio play on the web page: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
SFX needed: Light
traffic, buses, and car horns, footsteps like on a city street.
APPROX.: 1:15
Vocal effects needed:
P.A. announcer (man or a
woman (suggest Midwestern accent).
REMINDER: You can perform X-Cursion Media audio short
stories (radio plays written by Bradley Thundebird
Phoenix) as:
1. Audio plays (you'll need microphones) 2. Dramatic readings
(no microphones) OR 3. Stage plays.
SOME OF
THESE PLAYS WILL WORK AS SHORT PLAYS
BETWEEN LONG PLAYS OR IN A SERIES OF
SHORT PLAYS.
It's a War Out There!.............The USA fights a brand new war. Only has 3 characters. APPROX.: 9 minutes.
The Greatest Writer of All Times......A Self-centered person thinks they are the greatest writer of all times. APPROX.: 8 minutes
5 characters in the story (inlcuding the person making the p.a.
announcement).
This audio play could work as a stage play.
MUSIC used
in the X-Cursion Media production was "Pomp and Circumstance".
SFX needed:
footsteps, crinkling of paper, and paper landing in a trash can.
Vocal effect:
Person on the P.A. system.
Genre: Light
comedy.
Parental Supervision..............Teenager has joined a Nazi cult and his
parents are clueless. APPROX.: 13 minutes.
This play should definitely
wake up some parents! Not for the faint-hearted.
SFX needed: Knock on
door, footsteps, door squeaks open, closing of door, and Hitler's
voice (exerpt
of one of Hitler's demonic speeches).
It could work as a short
independent film.
This play / script
would work in a horror
/ fantasy / science fiction anthology
series.
When Dimensions Collide......Science fiction play with a female Captain lead.
Two universe are involved. APPROX.: 30 minutes.
MUSIC needed for opening and transitions at the director's discretion.
SFX needed: footsteps, spaceship doors opening & closing, background
computer sounds
(beeping and humming), ship
alarm. Vocal effect: possibly for the ship's computer voice.
This play / script
would work in a horror
/ fantasy / science fiction anthology
series.
Almost Embarrassed to
Death......Man talks about his wife behind her back until she turns
the tables. APPROX.: 20 minutes.
Not for high schools.
The husband gets what he deserves, don't feel sorry for the husband.
The husband ran down
his wife, to amuse and entertain his friends, his wife never ran him
down. The husaband
didn't respect his wife or himself.
Genre: Light comedy.
SFX needed: Television
on a Sports program, beer bottles being opened, and footsteps.
A Paycheck with Legs.......An adult mistreats his only aging parent.
The main character doesn't want to
place their parent in a
nursing home because it would cost too much. Genre: Drama.
4 characters with dialogue
in this play: main character, two persons from the
Adult Protection Agency, and
a police officer (there are 2 police officers, but one doesn't speak).
SFX needed: Doorbell, door
opening & closing, person sitting on a sofa, footsteps.
APPROX.: running time:
7 minutes.
It'll make a good STAGE PLAY.
It could work as a short
independent film.
Guaranteed any adult will
be moved by this play.
Maniac Driver.....................A maniac driver injures many
people and damages other motor vehicles.
There's nothing supernatural about this story.
Genre: Drama.
3 main characters in the entire play:
Bus driver, dispatcher, and Bus Company manager.
Additional characters: at least 3 police officers.
SFX needed: Car doors opening &
closing, car crash, police sirens, and car
horns.
It could work as a short
independent film.
APPROX. running time: 11 minutes
A Moon With My
Name on It.........Story takes place in the future.
The main character is an African American woman
who is one of the top athletes on Earth. They say that
good gifts come in small packages,
but not always! This is a
love story with
a happy upbeat ending.
Genre: Fantasy (with science fiction elements). Running time approximately 10 minutes.
This play can work as a stage play.
* Montage Radio Theatre performed this audio play LIVE over the radio (WUSB)...twice.
The problem was that I (Brad Phoenix) went with two Caucasian actresses
who did not
sound "black". This play will work with a black
woman with a "black voice".
They're Come'n To Your
House!......A racist ultra right wing paramilitary group is dragging certain
people away to death camps.
This play deals with them knocking on the door of political activist who is the
manager
of a leftist newspaper.
This play was performed as an audio play by the Montage Radio Theatre, and is
posted
at
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html in
GROUP A.
Please contact me if you have
any questions...
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix - Contact e-mail:
info @ bradleyphoenix.com
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* All plays and skits
scripted by Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
(for X-Cursion Media) are
copyrighted with the Library of Congress and / or registered with the Writers
Guild of America, East (NYC).
No one has the right to make a film, teleplay, or perform any of X-Cursion Media's scripts without
MORE MONTAGE AUDIO PLAYS WILL BE ADDED! J
If the lessee (X-Cursion Media's client) has a problem with an
X-Cursion Media contract,
they should contact X-Cursion Media with their concern. No person
outside of X-Cursion Media
should be altering X-Cursion Media leasing contracts. Altering X-Cursion
Media contracts can
result in your school, college, convention, church, theater company,
or organization being prohibited
from leasing, performing, or using X-Cursion Media scripts for classroom-study
use. Contracts
are not official until they are authenticated / signed by BOTH parties--the lessee and X-Cursion Media.
In audio (radio) theater, the actors stand in front of microphones (there
could be 2 to 8 microphones on stage)
and perform while reading their scripts (on stage, in a recording studio, or
live over the radio). Microphones are
essential to performing audio plays. Sound effects punctuate the play.
You can have a sound effects station
OFF STAGE or ON STAGE. You can have the sound effects (SFX) channeled
through a mixer to go out over
the P.A. system in the auditorium or venue for your productions. In audio
(radio) theater, the person putting in
the sound effects manually and/or electronically (CDs, lap top, pc, sound
sampler, etc.) is called a
* Your high school band may be able to supply some of the background and
transitional music needed for
your productions! :) OR you can search for music on CDs in
public domain.
BUT you can have an audio play without music and sound effects. With
audio plays, the announcer reads
the intro in some cases, but always reads the credits (cast & crew)
after EACH play or skit. Yes, audio plays
are different, but very interesting. Go to a search engine and search for
the Radio Theater Conventions nearest YOU.
HOW DO I CONVERT AN AUDIO PLAY INTO A STAGE PLAY?
COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY CONTRACT for colleges / universities (public, parochial, and independent).
The contracts for each college and university will expire at the
end of EACH semester, and NOT for the entire school year as in
the contracts for high schools, junior high schools, and grade
schools.
CONTRACT FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS for churches (Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Scientology...ANY
RELIGION).
The clergy, officer, secretary of the church should contact X-Cursion Media
in a letter or by e-mail, and identify your church...address, religion,
spiritual leader
of your church, fellowship, synagogue, mosque, temple, spiritual center.
* In time,
more religious-orientated plays & skits will be added, but
"The Outcast
Ones", "The Big Big Big Church", and "Nuke'em" are plays
which take
place in churches (in these plays, Christian churches).
The audio play skits,"The Plutocracy is My Shepherd" and "The Prayer of
Corporate Greed"
are NOT intended to mock the Bible (or poke fun at religion),
these two
plays were written to warn against the destructive power of corporate
greed (the
LOVE / LUST of money is the root of all evil) and political corruption.
The love of
money causes some to steal, lie, murder, and even start unjustified
wars.
But religious
organizations are welcome to select any X-Cursion Media audio play they
feel would
be entertaining or an education tool.
We've got science
fiction and horror MONOLOGUES that are less than 8 minutes.
Remember, like READING
THEATER, the actor / actress performs while READING
the script--no memorization
is needed. We've got scripts such as: "The Day Music Lived!"
"All Robots Go to Heaven",
"Do Blind People Dream in Color?", 'The "Made' Rat"
(Goodfellas meets
the Twilight Zone)...and much more.
NON-USA CONTRACT ONLY for established audio theatre companies outside
of the United States of America. Here are
the requirements:
Your theatre company must: Be registered alphabetically on the site
www.audiotheater.com . They must have their own website, and the president, business manager,
producer, stage manager,
or secretary must contact X-Cursion Media via e-mail
(e-mail: lease
[@] bradleyphoenix.com). X-Cursion Media scripts will be MAILED via
the U.S. Post Office
(at no charge), Fedex or DHL (at lessee's expense) and NOT e-mailed.
Please plan ahead
for X-Cursion scripts (taking into account rehearsals and performance dates).
What IF the foreign theatre company is NOT an audio
theatre company? OK, so IF they're theatre company
has been established for at least four years and
they have a website.... E-mail X-Cursion Media with your
references...what plays have you done? Who are the
officers in your troupe? X-Cursion Media's needs to know
if you're an established theatre company and what
you've done BEFORE we can lease to your theatre company.
X-Cursion Media's not gonna need DNA samples or anything
like that, but we just want to do business with established
organizations.
HOW ARE X-CURSION MEDIA SCRIPTS SENT TO THE LESSEE?
For foreign audio theater companies registered on www.audiotheater.com, please plan ahead, because
X-Cursion Media does not want to send its scripts via e-mail to a foreign
country. It's a matter of
control and cutting down the chances of script
piracy.
When scripts are mailed to the lessee via the U.S. Post Office, there's
NO charge. ONLY if a school,
organization, or theater company needs a X-Cursion Media script or scripts
OVERNIGHT is there an
EXTRA charge for shipping & handling (Fedex, DHL, UPS, Airborne,
etc.).
Please CLICK ON this link to...
WHAT DO THE TERMS LESSOR AND LESSEE MEAN?
BEFORE WE LEASE X-CURSION MEDIA SCRIPTS, MAY WE HEAR SOME
OF THEIR AUDIO PLAYS?
TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIST OF SCRIPTS BRADLEY PHOENIX HAS WRITTEN:
CLICK ON: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.hmtl
HOW DO EXPIRATION DATES ON X-CURSION MEDIA CONTRACTS WORK?
If a theatre company, school, church, etc., leases an X-Cursion
Media script for 4 months for example,
and the contract is signed by the lessee and then the lessor on
January 15th, then the last day in
May is the expiration date. IF the contract is signed by the lessee
and then the lessor on
April 24 for a six-month contract, then the expiration date will be
on the last day of October.
For colleges and universities, the expiration date is at the end of
each semester (the beginning and ending dates
of a semester must be written on the contract), and NOT for a entire school year (as for junior
and senior
high schools). The expiration date is the day when ALL X-Cursion Media scripts should
either be mailed to
X-Cursion Media OR completely destroyed.
If the lessee received a script or scripts via e-mail, then ALL
X-Cursion Media should be completely
deleted from their pc / computer once the
contract has expired. Most public schools have a school
year from
September to June. So, for example, the expiration
of their contract for September 2007 is the last day of June 2008.
WHAT IF THE LESSEE SIGNS THE CONTRACT, PAYS, AND THEN DECIDES NOT TO LEASE?
IF the lessee has ALREADY signed and mailed back the X-Cursion Media
contract with their payment
AND then decides NOT to produce / perform a certain audio play or
plays or make use of them for classroom use.
Then the lessee has one of two choices:
A. Get credit toward a new contract and new selections of a X-Cursion
Media script or scripts.
Since the lessee's money was already received. As long as
it matches the amount of scripts
covered by their payment. For example, if $100 was paid for
four scripts, then the lessee (client)
may select four NEW X-Cursion Media scripts for the same
price. If the lessee needs MORE
scripts which is NOT covered by the initial payment, then additional
money would be required to X-Cursion Media.
B. Be refunded HALF of the amount paid. For example, if the lessee paid $50.00
then
they are entitled to get half of the amount back: $25.00. Similar to passengers canceling
airline flights, there is a monetary penalty for cancellations.
This cancellation penalty is due mostly to two
factors: processing fee and portions of the proceeds will be
given to a the Helen Keller Services for the Blind.
THE SCRIPT SELECTING PROCESS...
It is very important that the lessee (client) contacts X-Cursion Media
and asks questions about any
X-Cursion Media script they are considering to produce and perform
BEFORE signing an X-Cursion Media
contract. There is a list of the audio plays for leasing on
this web page (PLEASE SCROLL UP);
it gives the titles of the copyrighted X-Cursion Media plays, the description
of the stories, the genre it
falls under (science fiction, suspense, drama, etc.), how many characters
in the play, and the approximate
running time. In some cases, the audio play the lessee is considering
is on this website as an excerpt
or a full play. For example, the audio play, "Color Me Bigot", is
a comedy, it has two characters only
(a husband and wife), and the running time as an audio play is approximately
17 minutes. As a stage
play it would probably be closer to 20 minutes. There is no excessive
foul language or taking of the
Lord's name in vain in any of X-Cursion Media's original audio plays
(we don't need cursing and foul
language, what we need are character-driven stories and strong plots).
PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK, FIND OUT ABOUT THE SCRIPT(S)
THAT INTEREST YOU.
WHAT IF THE LESSEE (CLIENT) HASN'T SIGNED A CONTRACT OR
SENT ANY MONEY
AND THEY DECIDE NOT TO LEASE AN X-CURSION MEDIA SCRIPT OR
SCRIPTS?
The lessee has these options:
1. Discard the X-Cursion Media contract.
2. Use the blank contract toward new selections at a later date.
3. Give the blank contract to another business OR organization that may be interested
in leasing from X-Cursion Media.
CAN A TEACHER, TEACHER'S AID, INSTRUCTOR, OR PROFESSOR USE THEIR
PERSONAL MONEY?
The bottom line: Upper management school officials
must be aware of what you're doing. So X-Cursion Media will
need your schools principal's name, address for the school, and phone number
for the principal's office.
For colleges, we will require the Dean of Student's name, address, and phone
number OR the college president's
office. Without this information, X-Curision Media will
not sign the contract.
WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS PAYMENT METHODS?
PAYMENT METHOD: Check (company, corporate, government, or personal
check), money orders (bank money
orders, U.S. Post Office money orders, & Western Union money orders), travelers
checks, and in some cases--CASH.
(SEE THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS (SCROLL DOWN).
No scripts will be sent until
the check clears and money orders are cashed.
Personal checks will NOT be accepted from non-USA (foreign) theatre companies.
For foreign (non-USA) theatre companies, payment MUST be
in U.S. dollars by one of the following methods:
Paypal
Bank money order
Personal check
Travelers check
Western Union money order
* No money orders from
foreign Post Offices, please.
WHAT
IF A CHECK SENT TO X-CURSION
MEDIA BOUNCES?
IF a check bounces, then X-Cursion Media reserves the right not to
do business with that entity again.
IF a check or money order is fraudulent, then X-Cursion Media will contact the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
CAN A SCHOOL, THEATER COMPANY, OR ORGANIZATION SELL THEIR PRODUCTIONS
OF X-CURSION MEDIA PLAYS?
From time-to-time, there will be sales and discounts on leasing original
X-Cursion Media scripts.
Any business, school, theatre company, church, or organization that recommends
the leasing of X-Cursion Media
scripts to another business entity (science fiction convention, church, theater
company, school, college, etc.),
AND they lease X-Cursion scripts, then they can get a discount. The recommendation has to be in writing,
via
the mail (your business's or organization's stationery)
signed and dated. The recommendation CANNOT be via e-mail,
because e-mails can be altered. For now, any recommendation should be by letter via the U.S. Post Office or Post Office
in your
country. X-Cursion Media needs to see the letter and the date-stamped envelope it came in.
For example, Acme Theatre Troupe in Baltimore, Maryland sends a letter to
Act IV, Inc. theater company
in San Diego, California recommending that they lease X-Cursion Media scripts
for their theater company.
Act IV, Inc. in turn contacts X-Cursion Media and selects a script or
several scripts, signs an
X-Cursion Media contract and leases an X-Cursion Media play(s). Acme Theatre
Troupe in Baltimore is
entitled to a discount the next time they decide to lease any X-Cursion Media
scripts. It works the same
for schools, science fiction conventions, churches, etc. YOU can get a discount
(a recommendation discount)
when another business or organization leases X-Cursion Media scripts based
on YOUR RECOMMENDATION LETTER.
WHAT SHOULD THE LESSEE DO WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE X-CURSION MEDIA SCRIPT(S)?
Before the lessee photocopies X-Cursion Media scripts for the cast &
crew OR for classroom / workshop use, there's one thing
they should do....Make sure ALL of the pages are in the script. The scripts will be numbered.
IF it's discovered that there is a
page missing, contact Brad Phoenix at X-Cursion Media ASAP and request the missing page.
The page can be sent via e-mail.
WHY WOULD A SCHOOL BE INTERESTED IN LEASING X-CURSION MEDIA
SCRIPTS?
1. For classroom or workshop use: Students can perform the
plays within a classroom or just discuss the mechanics
of audio play script writing.
2. Perform the audio plays over their school radio or internet (live or pre-recorded) OR ON STAGE
as stage plays or radio plays (traditionally with actors in front
of microphones). The agreement allows a school to
use X-Cursion Media plays for classroom / workshop use, perform
on stage, or over the school radio (live or pre-recorded).
3. The mission of X-Cursion Media is to promote and preserve the
ART of audio theatre. Because there's one thing
audio theatre helps "children of all ages" (as they say
in circuses) do and that is PRACTICE LISTENING.
There's no way you can learn anything, if you don't know how
to listen attentively.
We have short skits less than 2 minutes long and scripts
that are 15 minutes up to 40 minutes long.
The other thing is: most folks today are not used to audio theatre
or audio scripts...it's something new for them!
And audio plays encourage people to LISTEN...because the art of listening
is not doing to well in the 21st Century.
X-Cursion Media scripts are for individual schools only, not for an
entire school district in a town or
city.
If a high school in one district buys 10 or less plays to lease from X-Cursion Media for one school year,
then the junior high or grade school CANNOT use the
same plays in that school
district.
There's ONE contract for EACH school. Three different
high schools in one school district will require
three (3) separate contracts.
Contracts must be signed by a school official with the knowledge of the principal in each school.
Colleges and universities have a separate contract from grade, junior,
and senior high schools (public, independent, and parochial).
WHAT OTHER SCRIPTS / PLAYS HAS BRAD PHOENIX WRITTEN?
Twilight Zone-type plays, comedy, political satire, suspense, science fiction,
fantasy, adventure, horror, DRAMA...
even a black comedy play which salutes Stanley Kubrick's brilliant film,"Dr.
Strangelove". Brad's play is entitled:
"The Gods in the Pentagon" ("Dr. Strange-body"). See the list of plays
written by Bradley Phoenix...
Brad's working on his James Bond-type super-agent and has story outlines
for four stories:
La Dies.........................Female assassins almost destroy our hero
and the law-enforcement agency he represents.
Mr. Nightclub...............Also known as Casino Fatale...trouble with
a new kind of mafia in Hollywood.
Supermen Are Go......An organization of Hitler-rites are trying to establish....
Human-esque...............This time our hero's worst enemy is not...even...human.
PLEASE GO TO:
ww.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
(to see a general list of audio play written by Bradley Thunderbird
Phoenix)
BRAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY THEATER HORROR ANECDOTES?
I sure do!
One middle-aged male actor told me in an orientation meeting for audio
theatre,"Brad, I only
like the lead roles." I just looked at him. I might have even
smiled my big cheesy smile.
Because I knew right there and then in my little heart of hearts that this
self-centered entity
WOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH ME!!
One middle-aged actress e-mailed me that she would love to work with me in
performing
audio theatre...BUT...she didn't like to drive at night. Some of our rehearsals
were in the afternoon and some were at night. Did she ever work with me?
NOPE.
Did I lose any sleep over her not working with my theater company?
Not one
microsecond of sleep.
I asked a man who runs a small black box theatre if my actors could
rehearse in his
theatre. I did this because I wanted to work with this man in the future
and introduce
him to audio theatre because they only did stage play productions. He graciously
allowed
me to use his theatre. On the night we were scheduled to use his theatre,
neither he or any of
his theatre company officers were present to open the theater. It was pouring down
rain, and there
I was with my actors outside his theatre, pounding on the door and tapping on
the door
with my keys, but no one ever came. The next day, I phoned him. He told
me he was
trying to reach me. He called me at work, but I wasn't there. He wanted to
let me know
that he or his staff couldn't make it down there that night. Which was
wonderful news
after the fact! Now, anytime I call him by phone, he treats me as if he's
angry and always
seems to rush me off the phone. This guy would make a wonderful Nazi. You
try to be nice
and work with people, and they treat you like you belong in a leprosarium.
One of my actors missed a final rehearsal and we made some changes on one
of the scripts that day. When we did the
performance the next day for a science fiction convention, there were some
"pregnant pauses" and a slight bit
of confusion, but the audience was not aware of it. We pulled it off
(the production).
Thank God.
I hired an actor to perform the voice of a demon and we agreed on
how the voice should sound in rehearsal.
You know what's coming, don't ya? When we did the actual performance
LIVE OVER THE RADIO, the actor
decided all by himself to go with ANOTHER voice. Well, the voice
he chose to go with didn't sound as good as
the one agreed upon in rehearsal, and the production suffered. As the
director and writer, I wasn't smiling after that
performance. Listen to the director!!!
One man came to one of my auditions drunk out of his mind. If you flicked
a cigarette lighter near his nose
his mouth would have become a blow torch. Needless to say, he didn't
get the part. Drug abuse will kill
your artistic aspirations, as well as what little life you have left
on this planet. No big revelation here, just a fact of life.
I asked one of the audio techs to drop in the sound effects over the
PA system via a sound effects sampler
(which stores many sound effects at the press of a button). I was backstage
following the play and the audio
tech put on the sound effect of a flushing toilet...the wrong sound effect!
The actors had the wisdom to play it off as
part of the scene, but I quickly moved to the audio tech board and manned
the sound effects. How did this
person make this mistake? The sound sampler has eight buttons and
banks A - D. Now, if you're in
bank B and you hit button number 4, you would hear a different sound effect
than if you left the mode in
bank A and hit button number 4. IF bank C, button 3 is a car horn,
and you're still in bank A and you
hit button number 3...you might get the sound effects of crickets, fireworks,
or anything but what you need for
the actors at that moment. Mistakes such as these come from people
who,"Yeah yeah yeah you to death"
but don't take the time to focus on what they're supposed to be doing.
How would you like to drop in sound effects via a REEL-to-REEL
tape? I did. We didn't have the
sound effects sampler when we first started out in 1995, and it was
a nightmare putting on the sound effects
that way. I had all the sound effects (SFX) I needed on the reel-to-reel,
separated by a different colored tape.
That means you have to intensely watch the reel-to-reel to make sure you don't
go over into another sound effect.
Probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done, but we didn't have the sound
sampler yet (which made things
100 times easier). I was on stage at a sound effects table. The Pioneer
reel-to-reel (which I still have) was
sitting on the table. I put in sound effects manually and electronically.
It was a nightmare going through it,
but a comedy looking back on it. We've come a long way...praise God.
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1. Please view the list of scripts for leasing and consider which play(s) you would like to perform (SEE BELOW).
2. E-mail Bradley Phoenix at lease
[@ ] bradleyphoenix.com to ask any questions on any script or aspect of leasing
X-Cursion Media scripts. Please supply a business phone and
address (and e-mail if you send a letter via
the U.S. Post Office). Please tell X-Cursion Media who you
are: School official, business manager for a
theater company, President of a science fiction convention, church
secretary, etc. Let us know if you
have a website. If you're a drama club, tell us something
about your organization.
3. X-Cursion Media can mail our contract to you OR you can print the contract (you'll need legal-size paper).
from off the X-Cursion Media's leasing web page: www.bradleyphoenx.com/lease.html
4. After selecting a play or plays, signing the X-Cursion Media contract, and attaching your payment (unless it's PayPal),
mail this contract to: X-Cursion Media, Attn: Bradley Phoenix, P.O. Box 58, Bay Shore, NY 11706.
NOTE: There are different rates for each contract. ( PLEASE EXAMINE THE CONTRACTS).
As a stage play: The actor will perform the play from MEMORY. Music and sound effects can punctuate the performance.
As a dramatic reading: The actor will perform while reading the script. Sound effects, microphones, and music are not required.
As an audio play on stage: The actor will perform while reading the script WITH sound effects
and music in FRONT OF A MICROPHONE.
Microphones are the key technical
ingredient to producing audio plays (theater).
As an audio play in a recording studio: The actor will perform while reading the script to the director's satisfaction.
Sound effects and music
can be added
in POST production. The final product can be placed on an audio CD.
As an audio play over the radio & web: The actor performs while reading the script with sound effects and music
punctuate the LIVE performance.
The venue
can be in a radio station or in a venue to webcast.
* Audio theatre (radio plays) can be performed live over the radio,
in a recording studio, and live on stage.
REFERENCES
for
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, Founder & President of X-Cursion Media or
My own body of work is posted on my website: Please CLICK ON www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
For a partial list of the plays and skits I wrote (not counting my poems, articles,
& short stories) -
CLICK ON: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
SEE "The Montage Photo Gallery" photographs at www.bradleyphoenix.com/photogallery.html
(photos of cast & crew at WUSB radio station - Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY.
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 Center Activities) Auditorium
(1998),
Stony Brook University Student Union Hall for the ICON Science Fiction Convention
(1997),
This website has a list of established audio theatre companies and troupes in America and Europe.
My website (bradleyphoenix.com) 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
* CHECK OUT Debbie Starker
(important to Long Islander in theater)
by CLICKING ON "FREE SAMPLES - MONTAGE
PLAYS & SKITS" Debbie Starker is the main character in audio play
entitled: "The Day Music Lived" and "The Gods in the Pentagon".
I have a public access television program entitled:
X-Cursion. It falls under the Hauppauge, NY office
and broadcasts to
the Brookhaven District of Long Island, NY.
Cablevision Public Access, P.O. Box 5843, Hauppauge, NY 11788.
NOTE: On my online resume web page (www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html ), you can SCROLL DOWN and see the thank-you
letter that famous author, Harlan Ellison, sent me when I sent him my audio play comedy of him on an audio CD entitled: "Harlan Speaks".
Mr. Ellison said my audio play was..."horrifyingly
on-target" and thanked me for it. This was one of
the greatest moments of my
life to have my favorite writer repond with a kind word about one of my scripts.
Who's Harlan Ellison? James Cameron's "Terminator"
is based on Ellison's work. Ellison has received numerous awards for
his short stories and teleplays.
CLICK ON
X-Cursion Media Leasing Letter for schools (public, private, & parochial)
and colleges & universities. Please CLICK ON...
X-Cursion Media Lease Letter.doc
PRINT the X-Cursion Media contract YOU need for your school, church,
convention, or theatre company by CLICKING ON...
Hooked on Phonics is a form of audio theatre along with audio books out today. I'm one of those people who
believes that audio theatre sharpens the imagination of folks, especially our youth. When you watch television
(and there are some good programs on television, especially PBS, the History Channel, and The Discovery Channel),
a lot of shows are so formulaic that you can put your mind on "automatic pilot". NOT SO with audio theatre
(radio theatre). With audio theatre you have to scrape the rust off your imagination and use it.
Promoting and preserving the ART of audio theatre is part of my mission.
NOTE: In my audio plays / scripts, there is a refreshing absence
of excessive foul language and taking the Lord's
name in vain. The emphasis is on story and characterization, and not on how
many curse words you can squeeze into a play.
I'm guilty of loving character-driven stories. I'm guilty of admiring
the work of Rod Serling, Jack London, Philip K. Dick,
Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Paddy Chayefsky, and my favorite
author: .
Respectfully,
Brad Phoenix :)
1. Leases X-Cursion Media scripts - www.bradleyphoenix.com/lease.html
2. Purchases X-Cursion Media audio plays online - www.bradleyphoenix.com/purchasing.html
3. X-Cursion Media Garage Sales and Auctions -
www.bradleyphoenix.com/garage.html
Portions of the proceeds of X-Cursion Media will be DONATED
to the Helen Keller Services for the Blind
(more details will follow: addresses,
contacts, etc. in the weeks to come).
The goal for the remainder of this year (2009) is: $4,000.00
(four thousand dollars).
OR
Help support the Helen Keller National Center's mission by making
an online donation at
http://www.hknc.org/Giving.htm
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