A storytelling podcast in radio theater format. Think of the Ghost Light as your campfire. Gather around and listen to stories from a variety of genres. Host and playwright, Jonathan Cook, is the main writer of the series and most of the stories you will hear were originally written as short stage plays that have been produced in theatres around the World. This podcast will also be a platform for interviews with theater professionals discussing their upcoming projects and events.
JUST DESSERTS: Three co-workers unmask and deal with a fellow employee who has been stealing other people's food from the company lunchroom.
Written by David MacGregor and performed by Chelsea Mahoney, Tommy Cooper, Marian Thibodeau, and Brandon Dawson.
If you have any questions or feedback, please shoot us a message at gatherbytheghostlight@gmail.com
Episode 5:
THE TEAR IN THE ROOF: On this night, a married couple is celebrating their wedding anniversary in their home as a heavy storm brews outside. What they aren't expecting is the unimaginable horror that comes crashing through their roof.
Written by Jonathan Cook and performed by Kate Dailey, Krys Bailey, Susan Willis, and Paige Blackcloud.
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Episode 4:
A PLAY BY THEODORE JANUS: Playwright, Theodore Janus, visits an actress that is performing one of his plays the day before they close the show. He tries to convince her to change the ending for the final performance – to turn her character’s tragic death into a finale where she survives. Free will versus a scripted fate.
Written by Jonathan Cook and performed by Rebekah Robeson, Amy Peplinski, and Jonathan Cook
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Episode 3:
TRANSFERRING KYLE: A glimpse “behind the scenes” of the life of Kyle Henley. He is not on the right path in life, so it is decided by management that he must be replaced by another version of himself.
Written by Jonathan Cook and performed by Brandon Brune, Meredith Boylan, and Patrick Boylan.
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MEMENTO MORI: It’s the mid 1800’s and a post mortem photographer who has a mystical ability to reanimate the recently deceased is conflicted with a dark secret revealed to him by the corpse of a teenage girl. Drama.
Written by Jonathan Cook and performed by Ben Evans, Amelia Oswald, and Amy Patton.
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SETTLE AND REACH: Botanist Adam Wilson has been chosen for a colonization mission to a new planet. The program administrators conducted a mate matching assessment for this one-way trip and paired him with a lovely fellow scientist. She has a secret, however, that is rather unsettling to Adam. Science Fiction.
Written by Jonathan Cook and performed by Jaye Starkes, Elizabeth Canas, and Jessica Yu.
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