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Don't Close Your Eyes is Montana's longest-running and most-popular live radio theatre presentation! Each week during the summer, writer/directors Ryan Cassavaugh and Keith Suta take turns writing and presenting a brand-new one-hour play in a variety of genres from the golden age of radio! Since 2011, DCYE has produced weekly radio plays all summer long at Bozeman's Verge Theater! Each new play is written in just one week previous in order to recreate the vibrant energy and demands of live r ...
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Season 6.5, Episode 2: "Gerda von Misery Vs. Apocalypse Inc.!'" A Supervillainous Comedy Written and Directed by Keith Suta! Gerda von Misery's first day on the job at the elite villain organiztion, Apocalypse Inc., has not gone well. Attempting to take over the company before she even underwent orientation, she finds herself ousted by the head of …
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Season 6.5, Episode 1: "Lady Victoria Ramsey and the Sands of the Pharoah!'" A Comedy Adventure Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! English adventuress Lady Victoria Ramsey returns to the aid of crown and country to assist Sarah Hayden-Carter to complete the life's work of her father, who went missing on a quest for the lost tomb of Pharoh Anh…
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Season 6, Episode 7: "The Road to H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks!" A Road Comedy to Hell and Back Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh & Keith Suta! Our rousing Season 6 finale finds Keith and Ryan returning as their comedic dopplegangers: Keith and Ryan! This time, the duo have found themselves on a quest to return a book to a far off library -- the …
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Season 6, Episode 6: "The Casebook of Prudence Pearly, Girl Reporter of the Old West: 'Trouble at the Bar-None Ranch!'" A Comedic Western Adventure of Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Prudence Pearly is a go-getting, no-nonsese reporter with a nose for news -- but she's forced to write human interest fluff pieces instead of substantive poli…
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Season 6, Episode 5: "Tournament of Quizzards!" A Trivial Whodunit Written and Directed by Keith Suta! Ruby Kallen wants to be a great writer -- but all her plays have closed before they opened! To make ends meet, she writes trivial questions for the terrible but popular trivia program "Quizzards," hosted by her ex-, Gordon Clifton, and his Transis…
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Season 6, Episode 4: "The Dark Hallway: The Knife!" A Story of Suspense Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Mack and Jenny Heath are hosting Mack's old commanding officer, the Colonel, and his wife for a perfectly normal dinner party -- food, conversation, listening to music, maybe a game of charades -- like regular people do. But Mack has nig…
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Season 6, Episode 2: "Mystico the Magnificent Mentalist in 'The Mystery at St. Agnes' Home for Wayward Girls!'" An Adventure Tale Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Mystico the Magnificent Mentalist and his crew of stalwart companions return in a new adventure! Lillian has witnessed a crime and goes to the only person who can help her; along …
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Season 6, Episode 1: "Foxglove Greens!" A Snobs-vs-Parvenus Comedy Written and Directed by Keith Suta! Foxglove Greens is Great Britain's most-exclusive golf course, having only one member, and serving primarly as a refuge for wild foxes and eccentrics like Lady Wethered. But when ruthless American real estate developer Fred McLeod comes to buy the…
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Season 5, Episode 7: "The Road to Murder!" Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh and Keith Suta! In our glorious Season 5 finale, Keith and Ryan hog spotlight and forego story for jokes, as their loveable reoccurring characters: Keith and Ryan! This time, our hapless heroes have bumbled into a scam posing as world-famous condiment designers -- an…
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Season 5, Episode 6: "Tales of the Bloody Bozeman" Written by Ryan Cassavaugh and directed by Sadie Cassavaugh! The Weston Family are homesteaders in Montana, trying to hold onto their little piece of land and carve out a future -- if they can hold off Asa Bryson and his illegal attempts to steal their soil! It all comes to a head when mysterious s…
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Season 5, Episode 5: "The Contest of the Cosmos, or How Divinia von Presterton and Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite Defeated Invaders from Another Planet!!" A Steampunk Galimaufrey written and directed by Keith Suta! 1901: Divinia von Presterton and Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite are assisting their friend, Nikola Tesla, in his latest experiment -- beami…
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Season 5, Episode 4: "Old Glory vs. The World of Tomorrow!" A Four-Star Hero Comic on the Radio written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! In 1932 Commander American Flag and the Freedom Squadron of America were the greatest superheros in the world -- but by 1964, times had changed. Super-Villains were no more, there was a New Freedom Squadron keepin…
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Season 5, Episode 3: "Jimmy Ackerman: Monsterologist!" A Scary Coming-of-Age Tale written and directed by Keith Suta! Jimmy Ackerman is like any kid in New York during WWII: His dad is overseas fighting; his mom works at a munitions plant; and he's got to do his dad's job as superintendant of a small tenement filled with... interesting folks. Jimmy…
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Season 5, Episode 2: "Lady Victoria Ramsey and the King of Skull Island!" A Thrilling Adventure written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Presumed dead, but merely avoiding her humdrum existence back in England, Lady Victoria Ramsey always seems to find adventure! Or, more to the point, adventure always seems to find her! The Royal Geographical Soci…
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Season 5, Episode 1: "The Not-So-Great Zambronski!" A Sleight-of-Heart Comedy written and directed by Keith Suta! Maria Tura has had enough -- relegated to the thankless role of "lovely assistant" to her unappreciative and philandering husband Joseph, she quits the act and her marriage and strikes off to become "The Great Zambronski" in her own rig…
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Season 4, Episode 7: The Road to the Big T.O.P.! A Road Comedy Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh and Keith Suta! Ryan and Keith return as the characters they were born to play: Ryan and Keith, failed soup salesmen and ne'er do wells! After finding out they have inherited a circus from a dead relative, they also find out they have inherited it…
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Season 4, Episode 5: "The Devil and Daniel English!" An Apocalyptic Comedy written and directed by Keith Suta! Daniel English was a wunderkind investment banker, until he lost everything in the Great Crash of '29. Unable to bear his mother's disapproval, he does the only logical thing he can do to regain wealth and power: sell his soul to the Devil…
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Season 4, Episode 6: "Elmer and Verne in 'E-L-M-R Radio'!" A comedy written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Everyone's favorite old-time dreamers are back and this time they have a get-rich scheme that is sure to work: Build their own radio station! Of course, Bigfish is ready to supply all the licenses and construction for a small fee and a contr…
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Season 4, Episode 1: Rocket Red and the Space Simians! A Space Age Comedy Written and Directed by Keith Suta! Space Hero Rocket Red accidentally destroyed an uninhabited planet (uninhabited by humans, anyway) and now must patrol the outer reaches of the Central Order where NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. Beset by boredom, Rocket Red, Andromeda, Chauncy and B…
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Season 4, Episode 4: "The Time Cabinet of Professor Darwin: The Liberty Gambit!" An Alternate Historic Adventure written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Professor Archimedes Darwin has spun off into his own adventure as he constructs a time traveling cabinet (smaller on the inside) and sets off to witness the revolutionary war! Unfortunately, it t…
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Season 4, Episode 3: "The Sisters of St. Barbara's and the Mona Lisa Larceny!" A WWII Adventure written and directed by Keith Suta! St. Barbara's Convent is a small nunnery, staffed by three sisters in a small village in occupied France. They kept a vow of silence until the night Rose Villard appeared on their doorstep, shot in the arm, pursued by …
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Season 4, Episode 2: "Mystico the Magnificent Mentalist and the Scourge of the Swamp Demon!" A Supernatural Adventure written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Mystico and his evil-fighting friend Doc find themselves on the trail of missing scientist Albert Hauser and have followed him to the secret swamp hideout of the fiendish Doctor Malforce -- t…
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Season 3, Episode 7B: "Rocket Red and the Nemesis Chamber!" A Sci-Fi Comedy written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! For our final episode of Season 3, Keith and Ryan switched off writing each others' most famous creations! In this installment: Rocket Red and her courageous chums Andromeda and Bleepy need to save a kidnapped diplomat from a very fa…
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Season 3, Episode 7: "The Curious Case of the Clockwork Killer!" A Comedy with Everyone's Favorite Old-Time Dreamers written and directed by Keith Suta! For our final episode of Season 3, Keith and Ryan switched off writing each others' most famous creations! First up: Elmer and Verne have just the idea to finally strike it rich -- running for Pres…
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Season 3, Episode 5: "Linus Graham and the Great Pumpkin Jewel Caper!" A Criminal Comedy written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Linus Graham, better known as The Black Cat, recalls another tale from his thrilling life of crime! This week, he recounts the adventure he and his trusty butler, Codswallop, enjoyed in the wilds of Montana as they attem…
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Season 3, Episode 6: "The Curious Case of the Clockwork Killer!" A Steampunk Adventure written and directed by Keith Suta! Inventress/Adventuress Divinia Von Presterton and Lord Tiberius Q. Briathwaite have put aside their differences when they are called in to help the greatest living detective, Sherlock Holmes, get to the bottom of a mysterious a…
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Season 3, Episode 4: "True Adventures of the Old West!" A Western Comedy of Errors written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Bert and Charlie are on the run from the law when they accidentally help catch a villain much more wanted than THEY were! Mistaken for lawmen, they don't do anything to disabuse the good townsfolk of Wildflower of just such a …
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Season 3, Episode 3: "Dr. Jekyll and the Archaeopteryx Cure!" A Scary Comedy written and directed by Keith Suta! Dr. Hiram Q. Jekyll has made the discovery of the century: a potion that entirely changes one's personality to its polar opposite! What could possibly go wrong? Soon the Hughley Institute is being menaced my a masterful thief known only …
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Season 3, Episode 2: "The Cafe Sophia: The Adventure of the Jade Seal" A Noir Adventure on the Streets of Istanbul by Ryan Cassavaugh A young woman enlists cafe owner Rosalind Brand in the search for her missing husband, but things soon take a deadly turn when the young woman is murdered and Rosalind is named as the killer. Now with the help of a l…
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Season 3, Episode 1: "The Fynally Truwe Adventures of Robyn Hoode!" A Gender-Swapped Tale of Adventure by Keith Suta! You thought you knew the story of the famous outlaw living in Sherwood Forest outside Nottingham, but turns out the history books got a few details wrong! Robyn Hoode and her Winsome Women battle the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and P…
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Season 2, Episode 9: The Road to Easter Island! A Not-So Musical Comedy Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh and Keith Suta! Join us for our victory lap as we celebrate the successful end of our second season! Ryan and Keith collaborated together to create the story of Keith and Ryan, the least-successful soup salesmen in the United States -- as…
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Season 2, Episode 7: The Most Splendid Return; or How Divinia von Preserton and Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite Saved the World with the Power of Invention! A Steampunk Gallimaufry by Keith Suta! American inventress Divinia von Presterton and English gadabout Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite are ready to recommence their airship race around the globe -- T…
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Season 2, Episode 8: Mystico the Magnificent Mentalist! Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh! Garvman Goodrick is a circus illusionist and mentalist, who gets caught up with globe-trotting adventurer Rosemary Darwin and a mystical idol and discovers his supernatural abilities to become Mystico the Magnificent Mentalist! Joined by his circus frie…
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Season 2, Episode 1: Rocket Red and the Numan Invasion! Written and Directed by Keith Suta! Space Hero Rocket Red returns with her plucky pal, Andromeda, and their bionomic robot chum, Bleepy, for more adventure in the far-flung future! Tasked with protecting a two-headed Prince on a diplomatic mission, Rocket Red will soon face the only foe who is…
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Season 2, Episode 6: The Dark Hallway: "Make Mark Do It!" Let your mind wander down the unlit side streets of the ordinary world, where every shadow hides a secret and every doorway is a porthole to another world. Take a turn down...The Dark Hallway! Mark Flynn is a radio broadcaster who explores live and exotic locations around the world! When no …
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Season 2, Episode 5: Betsy McGuyver: Nazi Puncher! A Well-Manicured Two-Fisted Adventure Tale written and directed by Keith Suta! 1941 was a time of strife, of war and battles, of great deeds and great sacrifices. But not for Betsy McGuyver -- consigned to cleaning pottery shards in the basement of the New York Museum of Antiquities, she loses hers…
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Season 2, Episode 4: Elmer & Verne in: "Bilgewater Downs" Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh It's time once again for everyone's favorite old-time dreamers: Elmer and Verne! With a little extra money in their bank account (for the first time), Bigfish convinces Elmer that it's time to invest in the Sport of Kings! Verne is not keen, and decide…
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Season 2, Episode 3: The Hard-Luck Kid! A Fairytale of Newark written and directed by Keith Suta! Manny Midman is the saddest of sad sacks: living in the basement of Our Lady of Blessed Austerity Orphanage, working four jobs, and caring for his deaf and blind terrier Nippers. Manny should be miserable, but isn't -- because he loves boxing. He's ter…
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Season 1, Episode 6: The Dark Hallway: "An Autumn Drive" Let your mind wander down the unlit side streets of the ordinary world, where every shadow hides a secret and every doorway is a porthole to another world. Take a turn down...The Dark Hallway! Fredrick and Amanda Stone are newlyweds, sidetracked from their honeymoon in the woods of New Englan…
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Season 1, Episode 5: The Most Splendid Race; or: How Divinia von Presterton Raced Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite Around the World and, Concurrently, Saved the United States with the Power of Steam! The year is 1899. As the world approaches the millennium it is a time of wonder-- the Industrial Revolution has spawned an unprecedented era of invention …
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Season 1, Episode 2: Strade and Holmes: "Holmes to Rent" In a time when the law would not allow women to become detectives, Summer Holmes applies as secretary to Boston's least-successful Private Eye: Gulliver Strade. When his father was murdered by a notorious crime family, Strade quit his promising legal career and hung out his shingle as a detec…
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Season 1, Episode 3: "The Crimson Cowpoke" The evil Hacker Brothers have run just about everyone out of town except for Miss Kitty the *ahem* "saloon keeper," Schoolmarm Pearl Hart, Ichabod the undertaker and old drunk Jesse. Prospector MacGuffin finally struck gold and the Hackers aim to take over the claim. The town's only salvation lies in dime-…
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Season 1, Episode 4: Elmer & Verne in: "Elmerworld" What new, old-time radio series would be complete without a comedy duo? Meet everyone's favorite old-time dreamers: Elmer and Verne! Running the Ityl-Dew Hotel in Rocky Start, North Carolina, has not been the money-making machine they'd hoped it'd be. So when Bigfish proposes a loan so they can bu…
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Season 1, Episode 1: Rocket Red and the Ridicularium of Dr. Fang! Rocket Red, her perky and violent chum Andromeda and their incredible robotic pal Bleepy are off to adventure in the farthest reaches of the universe! Along the way they'll have to fend off an audit by Central Order Accountant Third-Class Chauncy Avon and the slightly larger problem …
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