Posts By Vice President Gardner
Season Eight Blooper Reel pt 4
Here we are with our final blooper reel for Our Fair City- we very much hope you’ve enjoyed these!
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Content warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Blasphlegmy—Frank Sjodin
- Oh booooooy—Abby Doud
- Grown up Jade—Rose Sengenberger
- Midwestern Time Traveler—Kat Evans
- Restorical—Ansel Burch
- Acts too hard—David Rheinstrom
- Baby?—Ginneh Thomas
- Cuuuuuuube! Cuuuuuuuube?!—Beth Eyre
- Electro-chemical reaction—Ryan Schile
- Tacooooos!—Saren Nofs Snyder
- This is an Archibald FunnyPants Episode—Mark Soloff
- WHAT’S MY MOTIVATION—Whitney Jones
- I’m sorry (I’m not sorry) I’m a little sorry—Clayton Faits
- Have a great life—Taryn Maxximillian Dafoe
- Can See Russia—Whitney Jones
- I do something called Time Travel—David Fink
Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner. Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography. Music by Latché Swing. A huge thank you to our episode sponsor Backblaze, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.
Season Eight Blooper Reel pt 3
Don’t worry- we aren’t going anywhere yet~
If you’d like to support HartLife NFP, Our Fair City, and our upcoming production Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp. You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on!
Content warnings for this episode can be found here.
- You heard me f*ck…no you didn’t—Ansel Burch
- What a band of tools—Frank Sjodin
- Cuuuuuuuube…cube—Hank Hewitt
- Over-informative Nose—David Rheinstrom
- Nuclear WHOOPS—Tyler Samples
- Beg-God d*mn it!—Abby Doud
- Where is Betty?—Clint Worthington
- Space Train!—Jared Latore
- Don’t want to blow too soon—Mark Soloff
- Alternate Narrator—Ele Matelan
- Very Confused—Kat Evans
- The Best DM—Tyler Samples
- Halfway between Texas and Wizard People—Clayton Faits
- We’re Heroes?—Jeffrey Gardner
- Can See Russia—Whitney Jones
- I do something called Time Travel—David Fink
Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner. Photo by Jenna Braunstein Photography. Music by Latché Swing. Thank you to Josh Zagoren. A huge thank you to our episode sponsor Overcast, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.
The End
Listen and Remember.
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Thank you all so much for listening.
Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Elizabeth— Tara Schile
- Dr. Herbert West— Ryan Schile
- Loamy— Kat Evans
- The Bastard Silty— Sebastian H. Orr
- Dr. Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Shale—Jeffrey Gardner
- Mole Choir—Ben Aldred, Lauren Faits, Clayton Faits, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Jeffrey Gardner, Angelica D’Souza, Ansel Burch, Stephen Poon
Written by Clayton Faits, with Jim McDoniel and Jeffrey Gardner. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Mole Hymn score by Stephen Poon and Betsey Palmer. Mole Hymn production and recording by DJ Catnip, with additional instrumentation by Stephen Poon and DJ Catnip. Mole Hymn Music Direction by Betsey Palmer. Episode art by Dann Tincher. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
Home, Wherever it may be
What were they building?
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Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Veronika Hasher— Ginneh Thomas
- Grayson— David Rheinstrom
- Old Man— Clayton Faits
- Archibald FunnyPants— Mark Soloff
- Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan
- Clear Skies Tim— Tyler Samples
- Theodora Throeau-Roosevelt—Kat Evans
- Simon Von Hagens— Mark Soloff
- Denisha/The Voice of BetseyCo.—Taryn Maxximillian Dafoe
- Dr. Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Teju Valentine— Jonah Winston
Written by Stephanie Spence. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art Lindsey McDonald Dorsey. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
For Albuquerque
Today I take a little trip- al’s Bar, I think.
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Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Doctor Herbert West— Ryan Schile
- Elizabeth Rourke— Tara Schile
- Old Man— Clayton Faits
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits
Written by Mark Soloff. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art by Ryan Schile, and featuring Clayton Faits, Tara Schile, Frank Sjodin, and Ryan Schile. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
See You in the Tunnels: the Art of Our Fair City
Preorders are now open for “See You in the Tunnels: the Art of Our Fair City”!
Throughout it’s 8-year run, Our Fair City has been blessed with the talents of over fifty visual artists who have created hundreds of pieces of art. Now all this art is being collected in one massive tome with all the episode art, comics, promotional images and more! This book also features several never-before seen pieces, as well as essays and musings on the show from Hartlife staff, artists, and community members.
373 pages of dystopian fun- including all five Our Fair City Comic Collections, every piece of episode art, and a whole lot more!
Time After Time
If only we could rewind the clock and prevent this horror.
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Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Clay— Clint Worthington
- Sandy— Abby Doud
- Coal— David Fink
- Jade— Rose Sengenberger
- The Bastard Silty— Sebastian H. Orr
- Lindsey— Kat Evans
- Lindsey— Kat Evans
- Lindsey— Kat Evans
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Loamy— Kat Evans
Written by Jim McDoniel. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art by Marcus Warren. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
The Strategy of Stayment
How can this be?
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Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Veronika Hasher— Ginneh Thomas
- Grayson— David Rheinstrom
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Tower Watch Goon— Clayton Faits
- StormHawk— Gabriel Howard
- Dora— Kat Evans
- Simon— Mark Soloff
- Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan
- Tower Watch Guard— Clayton Faits
Written by Stephanie Spence. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art by DJ Catnip. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
By the Directors
The Directors! The Directors will save us, I’m sure of it.
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Content Warnings for this episode can be found here.
- Foster Livy— Ansel Burch
- Director Harrison— Cecil Baldwin
- Director Williams— Matt Young
- Director Sofia— Saren Nofs Snyder
- Director Kwon— Josh Mattingly
- Director Palmer— Beth Eyre
- Director Bettendorf— Hank Hewitt
- Teju Valentine— Jonah Winston
- Cromwell— Jeffrey Gardner
- Katherine Sullivan— Whitney Kraus Jones
- Voice of the HartLife Insurance Company— Kristen DiMercurio
- Clear Skies Tim— Tyler Samples
- Veronika Hasher— Ginneh Thomas
- Grayson— David Rheinstrom
- Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin
- Old Man— Clayton Faits
Written by Jim McDoniel. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Mischa Stanton. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art by Iri Alexander. Special thanks to Josh Zagoren. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.
A new version of the script for Our Fair City Season Two/Episode 16: Tunnel Collapse
Linked here is a new script for Our Fair City Season Two/Episode 16: Tunnel Collapse, written by Jim McDoniel. This episode was originally released in 2012. Jim McDoniel re-wrote this episode in 2018 to address what he identified as problematic content- and while the company is not able to re-record the episode, we wanted to share it with you.
We are always trying to make the best work with the tools we have. And thanks in no small part to our dedicated listeners, those tools keep getting better. HartLife NFP thanks Jim for his work and growth, thanks all of the Our Fair City artists for their work over the years, and thanks our listeners for their support and feedback.
From Jim McDoniel:
I could go on and on about why I wanted to redo the episode “Tunnel Collapse.” (And, in my head, I did.) It all comes down to one thing: I am ashamed. The audio drama community is a diverse and inclusive creative environment, one that I am glad to be a part of and that has taught me a great deal. With a better understanding, I have realized that parts of this episode are problematic and gross. I don’t want to listen to it. I don’t want YOU to listen to it. I worry that people have been turned off from the show because of it or will be in the future.
However, I am only a writer. I can’t invent more time or money so our actors and sound designers can go back and bury my shame. What I can do, what I do have control over is what I write. And so I wrote a new script, one that is more inclusive, that reflects what I have learned from all of you, and that still has a few sex jokes in it because who doesn’t like a few sex jokes. I hope this is better. I hope this is something that will allow me to look back on the entirety of my HartLife career without regret. More importantly, I hope this is something that YOU enjoy, that makes YOUR Our Fair City experience better than it was before.
-Jim McDoniel
Writer
HartLife NFP
From Jeffrey Gardner:
Long form projects- especially ones that span decades- are complicated. We were all very different people when we began Our Fair City- and I am deeply proud of the growth as art-makers and people that I’ve seen in our community of artists.
Several years ago, we went back and re-wrote and re-recorded Season One of Our Fair City. This was a very important project to me for a number of reasons- but we do not plan on releasing “remastered” versions of other seasons.
However, recently Our Fair City writer Jim McDoniel came to us with a request- he was uncomfortable with the content of one of his older scripts, and wanted the chance re-write it. While the company does not have the resources to go back and re-record more episodes (we’ve got exciting new stories to tell, after all!)- I thought it was important to honor Jim’s request to- as he says- do better.
We hope you’ve enjoyed Our Fair City over the years, and we hope the comparison between these two versions of a single episode will give you a greater insight into our aspirations for what our work can and will be as we continue to learn.
-Jeffrey Gardner
Executive Producer
HartLife NFP