{{Short description|Drama Troupe}} {{italic title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''''Seeing Ear Theater''''' was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe attempting to capture the feel of older [[scifi]] [[radio plays]]. The content was originally maintained on the [[SciFi.com]] website and ran from 1997 to 2001. Episodes can be retrieved from the [[Internet Archive]], but the episode numbers and dates are incorrect.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Air Date (yyyy mm dd) ! Author (adapted by) |- |"[[Alice in Wonderland]]" |1998? mm? dd? |[[Lewis Carroll]] (adapted by Charles Potter)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Bigger One" |1998? mm? dd? |[[Gregory Benford]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Black Canoes" |2000 09 01<ref name="PRNewswire">{{cite web|title=PRNewswire|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Seeing+Ear+Theatre+Alert%3A+%27Farscape%27+Cast+Members+Take+a+Walk+on+the...-a064787568|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152220/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Seeing+Ear+Theatre+Alert%3A+%27Farscape%27+Cast+Members+Take+a+Walk+on+the...-a064787568|url-status=dead}}</ref> |[[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]<ref name="PRNewswire"/> |- |"Breakaway, Backdown" |1997? mm? dd? |[[James Patrick Kelly]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Child's Play" |Unknown |[[William Tenn]] (adapted by Andrew Joffe)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 1: The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight" |2000 07 10<ref>{{cite web|title=The Abyss: Fall into It|url=http://abyss.hubbe.net/jms/audio.html|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref> |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 2: Rolling Thunder" |2000&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 3: The Friends of Jackie Clay" |2000&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 4: The Tolling of the Hour" |2000&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 5: Night Calls" |2001&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 6: MCSD 00121J" |2001&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 7: Samuel Beckett, Your Ride Is Here" |2001&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"The City of Dreams – Episode 8: The Alpha and Omega of David Wells" |2001&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[J. Michael Straczynski]] |- |"A Clean Escape" |1997&nbsp;mm? dd?<ref>{{cite web|title=John Kessel -- Bibliography|url=http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/biblio.html|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126215614/http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/biblio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |[[John Kessel]] (adapted by ?)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Country Doctor" |1997 03 dd?(before March 14)<ref name=bostonGlobe>{{cite web|title=The Boston Globe: WHAT'S OLD IS NEW SEEING EAR THEATER PUTS EARLY RADIO SHOWS ON THE WEB|url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5856558|accessdate=21 March 2014|archive-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321082015/http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5856558|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Internet Scout Report--1997 March 14|url=https://scout.wisc.edu/report/1997/0314#12}}</ref> |[[Franz Kafka]] (adapted by ?)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Daughter Earth" (Part 1) |1999 02 08<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |[[James Morrow]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET>{{cite web|title=Seeing Ear Theater: SSFaudio|url=http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=19883|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> (adapted by?) |- |"Daughter Earth" (Part 2) |1999 02 22<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |James Morrow<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> (adapted by?) |- |"Death of Captain Future" |1998 03 05<ref>{{cite web|title=RealAudio: The Death of Captain Future, with Marina Sirtis|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/holOgOWaTAY|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |[[Allen Steele]] (adapted by Brian Smith)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Diary of a Mad Deity" |2000&nbsp;mm? dd?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=RB:23676|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |[[James Morrow]]<ref name=IA-SET-20010610144201>{{cite web|title=Internet Archive-Seeing Ear Theater Original Playhouse |url=http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/ |accessdate=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610144201/http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/ |archivedate=June 10, 2001 }}</ref> |- |"A Dry Quiet War" |2000? mm? dd? |[[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"An Elevator and a Pole" |Unknown<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=RB:23695|title=The Paley Center for Media|accessdate=15 February 2014}}</ref> |[[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Emily 501" (Part 1) |1999 12 31<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |Tamara Hladik<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Emily 501" (Part 2) |Unknown |Tamara Hladik<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Facade" |Unknown |Amanda Hopkins<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Feel the Zaz" (Part 1) |1999 10 04<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |[[James Patrick Kelly]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Feel the Zaz" (Part 2) |1999 10 18<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |James Patrick Kelly<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[Fire Watch (short story)|Fire Watch]]" |2000? mm? dd? |[[Connie Willis]] (adapted by [[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]])<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The First (and Last) Musical on Mars" (Part 1) |1998 08 17<ref name="mst3ktemple.com">{{cite web|title=Tom's Temple of MST3K Stuff-season 8-10b|url=http://www.mst3ktemple.com/season8-10b.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020822193909/http://www.mst3ktemple.com/season8-10b.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 22, 2002|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="groups.google.com">{{cite web|title=Mary Jo stars in new Seeing Ear Theatre production|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc/-6_3GQ1Is1U|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |George Zarr<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The First (and Last) Musical on Mars" (Part 2) |1998 08 24<ref name="mst3ktemple.com"/><ref name="groups.google.com"/> |George Zarr<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Flat Edge of the Earth" (Part 1) |1998<ref name="Author Biography and Bibliography">{{cite web|title=Author Biography and Bibliography|url=http://lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bisson/bisson_biblio.html|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> 10 03<ref name="jacksonville.com">{{cite web|title=Jacksonville.com: **WebWatch** Best bets on the Net 10/03/98|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100398/web_web1003_.html|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |Brian Smith and [[Terry Bisson]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Flat Edge of the Earth" (Part 2) |1998<ref name="Author Biography and Bibliography"/> 10 12<ref name="jacksonville.com"/> |Brian Smith and Terry Bisson<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"George and the Red Giant" (Part 1) |1998 07 20<ref name="https">{{cite web|title=B5's Jurasik and Katsulas star in Sci-Fi's online audio play|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/WBylUgjv5yc|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |[[Stephen Baxter (author)|Stephen Baxter]] (adapted by [[Eric Brown (science fiction writer)|Eric Brown]])<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"George and the Red Giant" (Part 2) |1998 08 03<ref name="https"/> |[[Stephen Baxter (author)|Stephen Baxter]] (adapted by [[Eric Brown (science fiction writer)|Eric Brown]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"A Good Knight's Work" |Unknown |[[Robert Bloch]] (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Greedy Choke Puppy" |1998 03 10<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |[[Nalo Hopkinson]]<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> (adapted by ?) |- |"Herd Mentality" |1998 03 31<ref>{{cite web|title=SF Audio Comedy starring MST3K cast members now online|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/9SvS5PYyB8Y|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |Kurt Roth<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"History of the Devil" (Part 1) |1999 03 08<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Souls – Confessions – Dominion March 1999|url=http://www.clivebarker.com/html/visions/confess/nonls/scifi/dominion.html|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> |Clive Barker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=R:22311|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |- |"History of the Devil" (Part 2) |1999 03 22 |[[Clive Barker]] |- |"History of the Devil" (Part 3) |1999 04 05 |Clive Barker |- |"History of the Devil" (Part 4) |1999 04 19 |Clive Barker |- |"History of the Devil" (Part 5) |1999 05 03 |Clive Barker |- |"In the Shade of the Slowboat Man" |Unknown |[[Dean Wesley Smith]] (adapted by [[Kristine Kathryn Rusch]])<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Into the Sun" |1997 03 10<ref>{{cite web|title=Modem Operandi Places To Go, Things To See on the Internet And Beyond|url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-03-06/news/25571548_1_teen-center-realaudio-careers|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140321044457/http://articles.philly.com/1997-03-06/news/25571548_1_teen-center-realaudio-careers|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 21, 2014|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CYBERSCENE – A daily guide to online services|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-03-10/news/9703060939_1_joan-rivers-chat-sonicore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065021/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-03-10/news/9703060939_1_joan-rivers-chat-sonicore|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Internet Scout Report--1997 March 14|url=https://scout.wisc.edu/report/1997/0314#12}}</ref> |Brian Smith<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Jaguar Hunter" |Unknown<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=RB:23660|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |[[Lucius Shepard]] |- |"Jumping Niagara Falls" |1999 10 30<ref>{{cite web|title=SCIFI.COM presents live streaming audio drama, 10/30 @ 8pm ET|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/c0QeRO4SXfk|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |Brian Smith and George Zarr<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[Kindred (novel)|Kindred]]" (Part 1) |2001 02 15<ref name="OctaviaButler.net">{{cite web|title=OctaviaButler.net|url=http://octaviabutler.net/kindred-audio-drama|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222163046/http://octaviabutler.net/kindred-audio-drama|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|title=KINDRED: A SCIFI.COM AUDIO-DRAMA ADAPTATION|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/1BlLHvr3Ysw|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |[[Octavia Butler]]<ref name="OctaviaButler.net"/> (adapted by [[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]])<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[Kindred (novel)|Kindred]]" (Part 2) |2001 02 20<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |[[Octavia Butler]] (adapted by [[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]) |- |"[[Kindred (novel)|Kindred]]" (Part 3) |2001 02 22<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |[[Octavia Butler]] (adapted by [[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]) |- |"Kindred" (Part 4) |2001 02 27<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |[[Octavia Butler]] (adapted by [[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|Tony Daniel]]) |- |"[[Knock (short story)|Knock]]" |2000? mm? dd? |[[Fredric Brown]] (adapted by ?) |- |"Lay Your Hands on Me" |Unknown |Unknown |- |"The Lucky Strike" |2000 07 21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academy+Award(R)-Winning+Actor+Timothy+Hutton+Joins+Forces+With...-a063269819|title=PRNewswire|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222151729/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academy+Award(R)-Winning+Actor+Timothy+Hutton+Joins+Forces+With...-a063269819|url-status=dead}}</ref> |[[Kim Stanley Robinson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academy+Award(R)-Winning+Actor+Timothy+Hutton+Joins+Forces+With...-a063269819|title=PRNewswire|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222151729/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academy+Award(R)-Winning+Actor+Timothy+Hutton+Joins+Forces+With...-a063269819|url-status=dead}}</ref> (adapted by [[Fiona Avery]])<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Man Who Could Work Miracles" |Unknown |[[H. G. Wells]] (adapted by Andrew Joffe)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Marilyn or the Monster" (Part 1) |1999 12 03<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |[[Jack Dann]] (adapted by Jack Dann and Brian Smith)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Marilyn or the Monster" (Part 2) |1999 12 17<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |[[Jack Dann]] (adapted by Jack Dann and Brian Smith)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Martian Crown Jewels" |1998&nbsp;mm? dd? |[[Poul Anderson]] (adapted by Andrew Joffe)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Meet the Neighbor" |1999 06 28<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |George Zarr<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[The Monkey's Paw|Monkey's Paw]]" |1998? mm? dd? |[[W. W. Jacobs]] (adapted by ?) |- |"[[The Moon Moth]]" (Part 1) |2000 08 04 |[[Jack Vance]] (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name="SSFaudio-SET" /> |- |"[[The Moon Moth]]" (Part 2) |2000 08 11 |[[Jack Vance]] (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name="SSFaudio-SET" /> |- |"[[Murder Mysteries]]" (Part 1) |1999 08 ?<ref name="Gaiman Radio Play">{{cite web|title=Gaiman Radio Play|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5/NzSsl8wU63k|accessdate=22 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Paley Center for Media">{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=RB:23696|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |[[Neil Gaiman]] (adapted by ?) |- |"[[Murder Mysteries]]" (Part 2) |1999 09 10<ref name="Gaiman Radio Play"/><ref name="The Paley Center for Media"/> |Neil Gaiman |- |"The Nostalgianauts" |2000? mm? dd? |[[S.N. Dyer]] (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Oblivion Syndrome" |1998? mm? dd? |Benjamin Wach<ref>{{cite book|title=Sci Fi Channel's Seeing Ear theatre. v. 2 (Audiobook on Cassette, 1999) [WorldCat.org]|oclc = 42788623}}</ref> |- |"Orson the Alien" |1998 10 30<ref name="paleycenter.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=T:54695|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |[[Terry Bisson]]<ref name="paleycenter.org"/> |- |"Other Worlds" |1999 01 25<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |Charles Potter<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Propagation of Light in a Vacuum" (Part 1) |1999 07 12<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |James Patrick Kelly<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Propagation of Light in a Vacuum" (Part 2) |1999 07 26<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |James Patrick Kelly<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[The Signal-Man]]" |1998? mm? dd? |[[Charles Dickens]] (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|Sleepy Hollow: The Legend]]" |1997? mm? dd? |Washington Irving (adapted by George Zarr)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[Snow, Glass, Apples]]" |2001 05 31<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Gaiman – May 2001|url=http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/agblogarchive/2001_05/|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> |Neil Gaiman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=seeing+ear&p=1&item=RB:23697|title=The Paley Center for Media}}</ref> |- |"[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]" |1999 11 01<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |Lucille Fletcher<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]" |1997 04 dd?<ref name=bostonGlobe /> |[[Edgar Allan Poe]] (adapted by Brian Smith)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"[[Think Like a Dinosaur]]" |1998 02 05 |[[James Patrick Kelly]] (adapted by ?) |- |"[[The Time Machine]]" |Unknown |[[H. G. Wells]] (adapted by Charles Potter)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Times Arrow, Time's Spiral" |1998 12 28<ref name=DigitalDeli>{{cite web|title=Digital Deli Online FTP Site Holdings|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/FTPSite/ftp_contents.html|accessdate=21 March 2014|archive-date=September 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907213231/http://digitaldeliftp.com/FTPSite/ftp_contents.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Audio Plays – Mrs. Bertsch's Class|url=https://sites.google.com/site/bertschclass/audio-plays|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |George Zarr<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Titanic Dreams" |2000? mm? dd? |[[Robert Olen Butler]] (adapted by Sarah Montague)<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Too Late – An Experiment in Sound" |1998? mm? dd? |Brian Smith, George Zarr, and Rick Bradley<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"Tripping Astral" |1997? mm? dd? |Unknown |- |"Wanted in Surgery" |1997 10 31<ref>{{cite web|title=Minicon 41 Programbook|url=http://mnstf.org/minicon41/Minicon_41_program_book/M41_programbook-ASCIIonly.txt|accessdate=3 March 2014}}</ref> |[[Harlan Ellison]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harlanellison.com/links.htm|title=Harlan Ellison Webderland}}</ref> |- |"The Wheel" (Part 1) |1999 05 17<ref>{{cite web|title=Online SF Audio Drama with Trek's Dawson & Robinson|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.announce/Htne-AQjvtM|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> |Jeff Kraus and Sue Zizza<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |"The Wheel" (Part 2) |1999 05 31<ref name=DigitalDeli /> |Jeff Kraus and Sue Zizza<ref name=SSFaudio-SET /> |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.otrplotspot.com/seeingEarTheatre.html OTR Plot Spot: ''Seeing Ear Theatre''] – plot summaries and reviews.

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