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Tony Palermo
Bio and Credits
Tony Palermo is an audio theatre
producer, performer and educator who
has created radio dramas and workshops for commercial, public and satellite radio, audio
book publishers, the United Nations, the Museum of Television & Radio, schools
and colleges. He performs and teaches across the U.S. and around the world.
He produces, writes, directs, scores and does sound design for audio theatre
works. His orientation towards sound, as a writer and also as a sound effects
artist, inventor, and performer, sets him apart from many of his radio peers.
Tony has been blessed to collaborate with such stellar radio writer/directors
as Norman Corwin, Yuri Rasovsky, Peggy Webber, Eric Idle, Roger Gregg, Jim Metzner, Tom
Lopez, Lori Tubert, and Lindsay Ellison. No slouch when in command
himself, in 2005, Tony produced and directed the 60th anniversary production of Norman
Corwin's On a Note of Triumph, perhaps the greatest radio drama of the
20th century, for which he also re-created Bernard Herrmann's
orchestral score.
Tony has appeared with many performers from old time radio as well as
contemporary troupes. He hosts a
Radio Drama Resources website, helping others to create and produce shows;
offering instruction on script formats, scoring, engineering, directing and how
to make sound effects devices. In 2006, he co-authored the audio theatre
production chapter for the book, Podcasting Hacks. He does digitally-based sound design, hosts seminars on the metaphysics of sound, and creates
mechanical sound effects devices, including those heard on public radio's
Prairie Home Companion.
Originally from Ohio, Tony has worked in and
around broadcasting since 1962, starting in a bootleg AM radio station, then
on to commercial music stations, network TV affiliates, cable TV, local,
network and satellite radio. A love for classic radio drama led him to develop the Re-Creating
Radio Workshops for the Museum of
Television
& Radio in Los Angeles. Tony performs throughout California with
his Sparx Audio Adventures assembly programs. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and
three children.
Credits:
Overtone
Industries - Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands (avant garde opera) -
sound system design and operation
Private recording session - Jonathan Koa's A Michigan 12 - sound effects
artist
California Artists Radio Theatre -
Norman Corwin's Mary And The Fairy and Murder In Studio One- sound effects artist/engineer
L.A. Theatre Works - Warren Leight's Side Man - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
Virginia Avenue Project - Buried Treasures (10 different plays) - radio
drama workshop
California Artists Radio Theatre -
Norman Corwin's Lady Liberty and Mary And The Fairy - sound effects artist
Fowler Museum - Nick Cave's Meet Me At The Center Of The Earth - Art
exhibit sound
effects workshop
CBC - Moličre's Tartuffe - sound effects (recording for broadcast)
L.A. Theatre Works - Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
California Artists Radio Theatre - Lady Gregory's Hyacinth Halvey - sound effects artist/engineer
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- A Date With Judy and The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy
(episodes) - sound effects artist/engineer
California Artists Radio Theatre - Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart - sound effects artist/engineer
L.A. Theatre Works - Neil Simon's California Suite - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
Prank Productions - Rosemary Alexander's Christmas in El Paso - sound effects artist/engineer
Theater 40 - Baby Snooks and The Thin Man (episodes) - sound
effects artist/engineer
Los Angeles Public Library - Sparx Sound Effects Extravaganza - solo
comedy and sound effects show
Native Voices - Arigon Starr's Red Road - sound effects artist
California Artists Radio Theatre - Ray Bradbury's Leviathan '99 -
sound effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - George Packer's Betrayed - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
L.A. Theatre Works - Norman Corwin's The Rivalry - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
California Artists Radio Theatre - George Bernard Shaw's A Village Wooing - sound effects artist/engineer
L.A. Theatre Works - War of the Worlds and The Lost World - sound effects
design for national touring show
L.A. Theatre Works - Neil Simon's Broadway Bound - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
California Artists Radio Theatre - Seeds of the Abbey Theatre (Lady Gregory,
J.M. Synge) - sound effects artist/engineer
L.A. Theatre Works - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia - sound effects
(broadcast/audiobook)
Overtone Industries - The Woman in the Wall - (avant garde opera) - sound
recordist
California State Fair - Sparx Sound Effects Extravaganza - 65
performances - solo comedy and sound effects show
California Artists Radio Theatre - The Wizard of Oz - sound effects artist/engineer
California Artists Radio Theatre - Seeds of the Abbey Theatre (Lady Gregory,
J.M. Synge) - sound effects artist/engineer
SaddleBrooke Theatre Guild - Rick Lowell, Private Eye -
director/writer/producer
Oakwood Gorilla Radio - Bat Gunderson, Frontier Proctologist - Lance Manion's
Crimebusters - sound effects artist
Santa Clarita Playhouse - A Christmas Carol - director/writer/producer
L.A. Theatre Works - George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
Sparx Audio Adventures - The Threshold of Sound - writer/performer/producer
Eric Idle's What About Dick? - sound effects artist
California Artists Radio Theatre -
Norman Corwin's Strange Affliction - sound effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - Bertold Brecht's The Life of Galileo - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
New Mystery Writer's Festival - 6 different plays - sound effects
artist/producer
Native Voices at the Autry's production of Arrigon Starr's Super Indian -
sound effects artist
Blackstone Audio -
Yuri Rasovsky's production of Aeschylus' Orestia Trilogy (audiobook) - sound effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - Kevin Bunin's The Busy World is Hushed - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- Laurel & Hardy radio sketches - sound effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart - sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
San Francisco Exploratorium Sonic Storytelling Exhibit - (3 short
plays) - writer/producer/composer
California Artists Radio Theatre - Peggy Webber's Two One Acts by George Bernard Shaw - sound effects
artist
Virginia Avenue Project's - Signs of the Times - (18 short plays) - sound
effects artist
California Artists Radio Theatre - Peggy Webber's Ruggles of Red Gap - engineer, sound effects artist,
post-production (2 productions)
Blackstone Audio -
Yuri Rasovsky's Sherlock Holmes Theatre - Audie Award winning audiobook
- sound effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue - nationwide tour
- producer/sound effects artist
Pasadena Playhouse - It's a Wonderful Life - adapter/producer/sound
effects artist
L.A. Theatre Works - A Tale of Charles Dickens
- sound effects artist
(live/audiobook)
About That Ark -
writer/composer/director
Numerous "sonic singles" for downloads and podcasts - writer/composer/director
Colonel Frothingham, Intrepid Antiquitist - Egypped Again! -
writer/composer/director
Jamison Selby's Revenge at Collinwood (Dark Shadows original cast radio
drama) - sound effects
California Artists Radio Theatre
- Peggy Webber’s Reno - sound effects, sound design
Los Angeles Radio Drama Network -
Norman Corwin's On a Note of Triumph - (60th anniversary production) -
producer/composer/director
Public Radio International - Jim Metzner's Passover Dreams - sound design, scoring
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas
Carol" -
writer/composer/director (6 separate
productions)
Theater 40 -
Norman Corwin's The Plot to Overthrow Christmas - producer/composer/sound effects (2
productions)
Theater 40 - Norman Corwin's The Odyssey of Runyon Jones - producer/composer/sound
effects
Jerome Lawrence & Stanley Rubin’s
Who Wants to Be Born These Days? - producer/composer/sound effects
Numerous appearances with The Liquid Radio
Players, a Los Angeles comedy improv radio troupe
California Artists Radio Theatre
-
A.J Fenady’s
The Man with Bogart’s Face - sound effects
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- The Horn Blows at Midnight -
producer/composer/sound effects
S.P.E.R.D.V.A.C. Convention
- The Mysterious Traveler - Five Miles Down -
composer/sound effects
National Audio Theater Festivals - Lindsay Ellison’s Silence Sophia - sound
effects (with Tom Lopez producing)
California Artists Radio Theatre
-
Bloomsday Centennial -
engineer, post-production
National Audio Theater Festivals -
Various audio theatre plays (2003-2004) - sound effects/direction
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- CBS Workshop - A Pride of Carrots
-
producer/composer/sound effects
Bel Air Drama Department
- Nine OTR classics - producer/composer/sound effects (2 productions)
Wells Fargo Radio Theater - N. Scott Momaday’s The Indolent Boys
- sound
effects
Hare Dryer -
writer/producer/composer/sound effects (Radio Manila, also numerous
productions)
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- Ray Bradbury’s Mars is Heaven -
producer/composer/sound effects
Wells Fargo Radio Theater - The Prospect of Glory - sound effects
National Audio Theater Festivals - Roger Gregg's
adaptation of
Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger - sound effects
Los Angeles Radio Drama Network - Rick Lowell - Private Eye: The Stuff Dreams are Made Of
(parts 1-3) - writer/composer/director/producer
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- Lucille Fletcher’s Sorry, Wrong
Number -
producer/composer/sound effects (2
productions)
Thirty Minutes to Curtain
- Pat Novak for Hire - Go Away, Dixie Gillian - producer/composer
Wells Fargo Radio Theater - Lori Tubert's
The Heart of Biddy Mason - sound effects
Museum of Television & Radio -
Blast-Off! - Greetings from the Planet Killer - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio -
Grim Scary Tales: Crusade of Terror! - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio -
Grim Scary Tales: The Pirate's Curse - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio -
Yuri Rasovsky’s
Murder at Woodside
Village - sound effects
Museum of Television & Radio - Hawk of the West: Injuns at Coyote Creek - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - In Old California: Golden Dreams/Golden Nightmares -
writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Inspector Rufflethorpe: The Twitshyre Murder Case -
writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Life's Little Ups & Downs - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Radio Ranger: Invaders from Earth - writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Rick Lowell - Private Eye: The Stuff Dreams are Made Of (parts
1-3) -
writer/composer/director (numerous productions)
Museum of Television & Radio - Tales of Outer Space: Children of the Earth -
writer/composer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - The Shadow: The Hypnotized Audience - writer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - The Adventures of Superman: Zombies From
Venus - writer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Shakespeare on the Air: Macbeth - writer/director
Museum of Television & Radio - Shakespeare on the Air: Richard III - writer/director
Radio
Goes to the Movies - producer for film/stage series for the American
Cinematheque.
- Children's Theater:
- Several plays (including audio versions) tied to
curriculum.
for an educational publisher.
- Legends of the Map - writer/composer/audio
producer
- Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Mouse -
writer/composer/audio
producer
- The Little Red Hen -
writer/composer/audio
producer
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff -
writer/composer/audio
producer
- We the People -composer/producer
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- Feature Films:
- Television:
- Music:
- Dozens of radio drama scores - Composer/Arranger
- "Sister Lunch" - Grunge rock demo -
Producer/Engineer
- "Sandy Fene" - Female vocalist demo -
Producer/Engineer
- "Frost-T" - Rap demo - Producer/Engineer
- "Tony Palermo" - Rock, Blues demos -
Singer/Songwriter
- "Video Store Magazine Promo Video" -
Producer/Engineer
- Internet Web Publishing:
Services available from RuyaSonic:
- Radio/Audio Drama:
- Radio scripts in a variety of genres (western,
detective,
soap, horror, Sci-Fi, classics, comedy)
- Sound effects - manual and sampled -
- Sound effects devices for rent (Los Angeles area only)
- Dramatic scoring in a variety of styles
- Directing/Producing/Engineering
- Music:
- Producer/Engineer
- Recording studio available for bookings
- Music publishing (ASCAP)
- Composer/Arranger/Lyricist (member of ASCAP)
- Musician/Singer
- Sidelining for films (with many vintage
instruments)
- Writing:
- Radio Dramas
- Screenplays, Industrials
- Journalism
- Advertising
- Skits
- Other Skills:
- Framing and finish carpentry
- Furniture designer and maker
- Prop maker, specializing in mechanical sound
effects
devices
