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Illustration by Matt Lichtenwalner. Click to view larger image.
Jarnsaxa Rising is nominated for The AudioVerse Awards! This award celebrates the best in independent audio drama podcasting, and provides a signal boost to introduce new listeners to the world of audio drama podcasts. AudioVerse produces a podcast which showcases work from all the nominees. You can listen and subscribe here: 2016 Showcase.
Vincent Friel is nominated for the award for Music, for SoloMom and Jarnsaxa’s Theme.
Lindsay Harris-Friel is nominated for Writing.
Katherine Kupiecki is nominated for the Actress award, for her portrayal of Agent Sumner Bachman.
MaryLynn Mennicke is nominated for the Actress award, for her portrayal of Jarnsaxa.
Ethan Bjelland is nominated for the Actor award, for his portrayal of Loki.
John T. Zeiler is nominated for the Actor award, for his portrayal of Dr. Eric Aspinall.
Jarnsaxa Rising is nominated for the award for Best Ongoing, Short Form, Small Cast, Original, Dramatic production.
To celebrate the nominations, Matt Lichtenwalner, a strong supporter of Jarnsaxa Rising, made the beautiful piece of art that accompanies this post. You can see more of Matt’s art at Dragonbones.net.
Voting will happen soon, and the awards ceremony should coincide with World Audio Drama Day, on October 30th, 2016. Click the link on the left to follow this website, and we will send you an update as soon as voting is open.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
All episodes of Season 1 of Jarnsaxa Rising are available for your listening pleasure. Listen now on iTunes, PocketCasts, or whatever your preferred purveyor of pod entertainment may be.
All episodes of Season 1 of Jarnsaxa Rising are available for your Audio Drama Sunday listening pleasure. Listen now on iTunes, PocketCasts, or whatever your preferred purveyor of pod entertainment may be.
How many people work 9-5, Monday through Friday jobs? How many people see Sunday as the day of last-ditch effort, to get a few things accomplished for themselves, maybe stir their imagination a bit, before returning to the weekly grind?
Audio Drama lets you do both. Pop in your earbuds, or crank up the G-Boom, and you can have as much action, adventure, romance, comedy and joy as you can with hours of Netflix or Hulu, but without the sitting on your butt that can cause sciatica.
Thrym, King of Jotumheim, says that audio drama pairs well with knitting. Whatever you’re up to today, make it dramatic.
Agent Bachman confronts Mrs. Wallace over the stagnation in their relationship, and pushes her to make a bold choice, with disastrous consequences. Thor confronts Jarnsaxa, making her a peculiar and dangerous offer.
Jarnsaxa and Dr. Aspinall prepare the funeral pyre after the massacre. His desire to analyze this new world pushes against her desire to burn all Nine. Can they understand each other, and the power of science and sorcery, before Loki and Bachman return? And how does this relate to the ferry boat fire?
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Loki: Ethan Bjelland
Credits: Leslie Vincent
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Jane and David Broude.
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Sif and Loki. The Children of Odin, The Book of Northern Myths, by Wolly Pogany, 1917.
Loki takes Agent Bachman to Asgard, to avenge Jarnsaxa and Jotunheim. During the wedding feast of Thor and Sif, Loki seduces the bride. Bachman must teach Loki a lesson, and The Aesir must mete justice upon the remaining descendants of Jotunheim.
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Loki: Ethan Bjelland
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Sif: Amy Pirkl
Balder: Shannon Troy Jones
Thor: Derek Meyer
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Jane and David Broude.
Jarnsaxa takes Agent Bachman and Dr. Aspinall to her homeland, at the time when she knew only love and pride. But the burgeoning war between Asgard and Jotunheim threatens chaos. A bargain is struck, but treachery makes ancient grudges erupt.
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Loki: Ethan Bjelland
Vala: Delta Giordano
Balder: Shannon Troy Jones
Thor: Derek Meyer
Thrym: Himself
Featuring The Jotunheim Chorus
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Sam Landman.
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Agent Bachman interrogates Dr. Aspinall and The Mystery Woman, Dr. Aspinall deduces what the powerful contraption could be, and the woman offers them the chance to travel beyond reality. Will they take it? What will they find?
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Zoe Velonis.
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Dr. Aspinall meets the woman hiding in the wind farm’s transformer shack. She shows him what she’s been building, and what it can do. Who she really is, and what she is capable of unlocking, will shake him to his very core.
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Voices of the Wind Farm Workers: The Company
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Christine Gordon.
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