Somerville's PMRP wins Parsec Award

[audioboy.livejournal.com]

At Dragon*Con in Atlanta this past weekend, Somerville's own Post-Meridian Radio Players received the 2012 Parsec Award for the Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) for their 10-part mystery/horror/action-adventure/dark fantasy (yes, it's hard to classify) miniseries, The Mask of Inanna. Over the past several years, the Parsecs have become one of the most prestigious audio drama awards in America, so this is a huge deal for us!

The Mask of Inanna was written and directed by Alicia Goranson, whose work you have seen in PMRP's live productions of The War of the Worlds: The Fall of Boston, The Sirens of War, Doctor Who and the Starship of Madness and this fall's upcoming Halloween production of The Shivers on Highway 61 (which actually comes from an episode of The Mask of Inanna).

The show was recorded almost exclusively at Unity Somerville near Davis Square and featured a number of current and former 'Villens, including srakkt, kissoflife, ladrescher, taiganwolf, hahathor, clarity_dog, eclecticavatar, preraphaelite, ladydayelle, lediva, jason237, derspatchel, trowa_barton, usernamenumber, lisa_sturgeon and thismightbejess. Not to mention some guest appearances by Somerville's own tom_champion!

We're still a bit stunned right now. We were up against some very tough competition, particularly Second Shift, which is a fantastic show and, like The Mask of Inanna, was recorded extensivey in Somerville, starred some of the same actors and had some of the same production team. It was hard to be up against our friends!

So, we here at PMRP would like to thank the folks of Somerville, who keep coming to our shows and telling us how much they enjoy our work. If it wasn't for you folks, I'm not sure we'd have had the courage to make The Mask of Inanna. You're all really awesome!

Comments

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

CONGRATS!!

[ifotismeni]

congratulations on this great accomplishment!

[ron_newman]

Wow!

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

The Mask of Inanna is hands-down the most ambitious audio theater project I have ever heard. You know Second Shift is my first love, but MoI absolutely deserves the recognition, and I'm proud of the part I played in it. Neil, your passion for the genre is what got this ball rolling, and Alicia's tenacity is what kept it rolling. You both deserve major, major kudos and congratulations! Bravo! It's amazing to live in a town with such a large, talented and dedicated scene!


(...and thanks for the shout out. What's your paypal address again?) ;)

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

This is such an awesome achievement. Congratulations to All responsible for your great work being fully recognized!

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Yay!!! *Throws confetti* :)

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's very impressive.

[spacehawk.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, again!

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

MWUAAHAAAHAAHAAHAHA!!! HAAHAHAHAHAHA!! BOW BEFORE MY WRITING AND AUDIO SKILLS!!!

I mean...

Um...

Thank you, everybody. It means a lot. As Neil said, we couldn't have done without the community.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

SHINY!!!

[minerva42]

Congratulations! That's really great. :)