Just a short edition here to highlight a Morse Code Musical playing now in Chicagoland. I know all of my subscribers are not local, but if you are, you might want to check it out.

STATIC: NOISE OF A NEW MUSICAL

All Ages

SATURDAY, JULY 13 - SUNDAY, JULY 21

$25

Raue Center for the Arts

Static: Noise of a New Musical

Written/Composed by Tess Rowan
Directed by Rob Scharlow
Music Direction by James Mablin

JULY 12, 18, 19 | 7 PM
JULY 13, 14, 20, 21 | 2 PM

Tickets: $25 | Student: $10
Member: $17.50 | $7*

An original Morse code musical about a teen trying to find her dad who’s lost in the woods on the Appalachian Trail –  acoustic campfire sing-along meets a true-crime podcast! 

The McAfees have lived in the Pennsylvania forest ever since their father went missing five years ago while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Daughter Maine teams up with local teen Charlie on a detective mission to find Maine’s father, working through new friendships and family history along the way. But listen closely, and there are secrets hidden all around. Static is an original adventure musical about family, communication, nature, and change, with a radio blend of musical theater, folk-rock music, and Morse code.

Static is the first musical to utilize Morse code as a method of dramatic storytelling, including cryptic Morse mode clues and secret messages embedded in the music, creating an immersive and mystery-filled audience experience. RCSA’s cast and creative team have spent five weeks workshopping this musical with writer and composer Tess Rowan, learning what went into the creation of this unique work and participating in its continued development.  

SPECIAL EVENT ON JULY 19: RCSA OnStage is excited to offer a special Talk Back session with Tess and actors following the performance

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Tess Rowan (Book/Music/Lyrics) is a writer, director, and performer from the Washington, D.C. Area. She began writing the book, music, and lyrics of Static when she was in middle school and is thrilled to workshop Static with Raue Center School For The Arts this summer.

Tess had her first play published at 14 years old. She co-founded Saxon Stage After Hours, a playwriting, directing, and student production group. She was a Lead Critic in the Cappies of the National Capital Area for youth theater journalism in the D.C. Area. Tess will also choreograph The Raue Center for the Arts’ production of Moana Jr. this summer.

Tess is a member of the Dramatists Guild and Maestra Music. www.tessrowan.com

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Morse Code Mysteries and Missives
 

Whether or not you take in Static, you may want to check out my latest book, Morse Code Mysteries and Missives, which contains three stories in Morse Code, then in clear text. The audiobook version has about twelve hours of dits and dahs (dots and dashes) at a default speed of about 12 words per minutes, but is adjustable on most software from half to twice that default speed. Then professional voiceover actor Bruce Pilkenton reads each tale in clear text. There are also print and ebook versions that include triple-spaced Morse Code text, the audio links to the dits and dahs, then clear text. Two of the included stories are by me (historical fiction and steampunk tales) and the third is the actual radio traffic in the North Atlantic the night the Titanic sank.

Morse Code Mysteries and Missives is not only a unique book and conversation piece, but is a great book for puzzle and cryptography fans, ham radio and CW operators, members of the Armed Forces, military veterans, merchant mariners, and anyone who knows or wants to practice their Morse Code on something other than boring practice manuals and short phrases. Sure, it's not a book for everyone, but everyone knows someone who would find this book interesting. And, if you are a member of a CW, Morse Code, or ham radio group that runs contests or has a newletter that reviews books on Morse Code or telegraph equipment, contact me at orphyte@aol.com to see about review or contest copies for your group. More reviews are desperately needed.

And, while we're on the topic of the Titanic, did you know I co-authored a time travel rpg scenario called "White Star Crossing" that takes place on the ship? I also reference the Titanic in my story "Standing Still," which you can find in my story collection Tales Out of Time.

Print and ebook versions available, with links to audio inside.

Donald J. Bingle is the author of seven books and more than sixty shorter works in the horror, thriller, science fiction, mystery, fantasy, steampunk, romance, comedy, and memoir genres. His books include Forced Conversion (near future military scifi), GREENSWORD (darkly comedic eco-thriller), Frame Shop (murder in a suburban writers' group), and the Dick Thornby spy thriller series (Net Impact, Wet Work, and Flash Drive). He also co-authored (with Jean Rabe) The Love-Haight Case Files series (a three-time Silver Falchion winning paranormal urban fantasy about two lawyers who represent the legal rights of supernatural creatures in a magic-filled San Francisco. Don also edited Familiar Spirits (an anthology of ghost stories). He also put out the oddest book you've ever seen. Morse Code Mysteries and Missives has three tales (two stories by Don and a relevant piece of non-fiction) presented in Morse Code text, then via links in audio dots and dasher, then in plain English.

Many of Don's shorter works can be found in his Writer on Demand TM collections.

Get the audiobook version of Net Impact at Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes and the audiobook version of Wet Work at Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes.

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