Barry M. Putt, Jr.

Barry M. Putt, Jr. writes for radio, stage, screen, and television. He has created audio-drama adaptations of stories by Robert Lewis Stevenson, Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, H. Beam Piper, Shakespeare, Jules Verne, and others. 

Career in Radio:

Barry M. Putt, Jr.'s first audio drama The Reign of Leaves was produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre in 2004. In 2011, He became a staff writer for KSVR's audio-drama series "Radio Theater Project." The series features audio-drama adaptations of short stories and novels. His adaptation for them of Philip K. Dick's Beyond the Door was featured at the Hear Now Audio Drama Festival in 2015. 

In 2014, he started writing audio-drama adaptations of classic literature for Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air! Titles in production include: The Holly Tree Inn, The Wreck of the Golden Mary, Swiss Family Robinson, and The Mysterious island. That same year his original audio-drama The Porch was produced by WMNF's Radio Theatre Project Live! in St. Petersberg, Florida.

In 2017, Barry M. Putt, Jr.'s original audio-dramas Tollbooth Talk and It's Only Logical were produced by Pendant Audio as part of their award-winning "Seminar Series." DTC Radio also released an original audio-drama by Mr. Putt entitled Statusquovia.

In 2018, Baicizhan, Chaoyouai Technology Co. of Chengdu, China hired Barry M. Putt, Jr. to write audio-drama adaptations of classic literature. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was the first title he adapted for them. Baicizhan uses audio-drama adaptations to help Chinese students learn the English language.

Radio Plays:

Barry M. Putt, Jr.'s audio-drama adaptations include: 

STAND ALONE STORIES:

1. Beyond the Door
2. A Big To-Do About Nothing
3. The Body Snatchers
4. Code Three
5. The Council of Justice
6. The Crystal Crypt
7. The Day that Time Stopped Moving
8. Edge of the Knife
9. Expedition on Mars
10. Filbert is Also a Nut
11. The Four Just Men
12. The Gift
13. The Girl and the Habit
14. The Hate Disease
15. Holly Tree Inn
16. Make Mine Homogenized
17. Mysterious Island
18. North and South
19. Rain
20. Ransom
21. Reform
22. The Skull
23. Sonny
24. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
25. Swiss Family Robinson
26. Thirst Quenchers
27. Where I Belong
28. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
29. Wreck of the Golden Mary

AUDIO DRAMA SERIES:

1. The Liberty Boys of '76

Episode 1: Fighting for Freedom 
Episode 2: Settling With the British and Tories 
Episode 3: Helping General Washington 
Episode 4: Always in the Right Place 
Episode 5: Not Afraid of the King's Minions 
Episode 6: Catch and Hang Us if You Can

2. Richard Wade, US Marshal

Episode 1: A Close Call in Custer's Canyon
Episode 2: A Showdown in Canyon City
Episode 3: A Hornet From Hackensack
Episode 4: On A Baffling Trail
Episode 5: Claim Jumpers and Gunmen 
Episode 6: In the Oil Fields
Episode 7: Desperadoes in Death Valley
Episode 8: Death Ride 
Episode 9: The Search for Billy Armstrong 
Episode 10: The Mystery of Shaft Number 3
Episode 11: Death Trail
Episode 12: Friends and Foes
Episode 13: A Photographic Find
Episode 14: A Dangerous Bet
Episode 15: A Big Stake
Episode 16: The Lone Hand
Episode 17: Secret Search
Episode 18: Racing On

Original Radio Series:

Barry M. Putt, Jr. has several audio-drama series in development including:

THE CREAKING DOOR - a light-hearted comedy-mystery series that centers around a small, eclectic group of friends who purchase an old mansion complete with trap doors, hidden chutes, ghosts, and lots of unsolved mysteries that need solving.

THE CRIMSON CASTLE - a true-crime, suspense series set in the late 1880's about a real-life American Jekyll and Hyde.

External Links:

Official Site