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Liane Moonraven          

Author/Creator and President of The Carmen Online Theater Group and Writer / Creator / Executive Producer of The Burbs. (Bonnie M Gooch Photography

In May 2005 my family and I moved into a new neighborhood. It is a suburb of the city where I was born and raised but I was unfamiliar with the area. Over the following ten years, strange and unusual things occurred, not only in that house, but also all around us. The one thing that stood out to me was the amount of road kill - dead animals. It seemed to be everywhere and not just dead animals on the road, but dead animals that had been hit so violently that their entrails laid strewn behind the mutilated carcasses like party favors. Vultures surrounded the carcasses and stared from the tree-lined winding country roads, creating an eerie, dark feeling. I started researching the area and was shocked by the dark history that surrounded it, including my neighborhood, that had a bizarre and twisted recurring theme - death. ​ ​One night I was talking with an actor/movie director friend of mind and I was telling him about the community and all the strange things that had happened there and recounting some of the bizarre incidents that had happened to me and my family since purchasing the house. In the ten years we were there people moved out or their homes were foreclosed on, or they simply just left. The houses sat empty for years - nobody ever moving in them again. I told my friend it would make a great horror story. ​ ​That conversation stuck in my head and sort of created a life of its own. It grew and grew and I set out writing it down - in the form of short snippets, designed to be bite-sized pieces suitable for audio theater. I had completed the third script and became so spooked out (I was still living in that house) that I put the series aside for about six months. After finally leaving that area, I sat back down and resumed my writing, feeling stronger and more secure! ​ ​I had no doubt who I wanted to cast as the lead character - veteran actress, Dahjn Maria Gomez (pronounced: Don), as Lisa Sheraton. I was also certain I wanted writer/author Siara Tyr to play the role of Lisa's daughter, Brittany Sheraton. When both artists agreed, I found a sound engineer and The Burbs was born. ​ ​My plan was to write six episodes per season and to firmly keep each episode at ten minutes only. No more, no less. I understood that people are busy and don't usually have an hour to sit and listen to an entire podcast at one time. So I wanted them to be full of content but contained. I committed to writing three seasons and would take a look at the direction of the production then and decide whether I would keep going. ​ ​Wow. If I'd only known! ​ ​We have enjoyed an amazingly successful first two seasons and have received tremendous success and growth. The Burbs now has a cast of fourteen which is a deliciously diverse mixture of seasoned, veteran actors, voice actors and new comers to the biz. They are dedicated, loyal, hard-working group of wonderfully talented artists. ​ ​ ​Between seasons, The Burbs takes a two-week hiatus, and during that time, we present original audio theater programs.

​The First Quarter we are looking to increase programming and expand production, moving The Carmen Group closer to my vision of becoming a fully operational audio theater, horror network.

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The Burbs
The Carmen Online Theater Group proudly presents: The Burbs, an original radio theater horror series based on TRUE events, is written, produced and directed by Liane Moonraven. Developed in early 2015, award-winning author, Liane Moonraven began pre-production of Season 1 of the series in July, casting seasoned actress, Dahjn Maria Gomez as the lead character, Lisa Sheraton. It wasn't long before new-comer, Siara Tyr joined the cast as Brittany Sheraton, Lisa's 14 year-old daughter. After building a strong cast and assembling a professional audio team, production began. Ms. Moonraven focused on creating a series that people would not only enjoy but also get hooked on, in a short amount of time. She writes the scripts herself and every episode is ten minutes PACKED with entertainment with each one usually ending on a cliff-hanger, much like the radio theater soap operas of the past. There are six episodes in each season, rounding off the season to about 60 minutes. Episode one of The Burbs aired on The Spreaker Network on Thursday, November 1, 2015 at 10pm/ET and aired every Thursday at that time, until the season finale on November 5, 2015. The Burbs was well-received by listeners and captured immediately success and industry respect. Currently hurtling toward Season 3, The Burbs is enjoying critical acclaim. You listen to each episode for a limited time. Season 1 will be no longer be available for free, very soon! So listen while you can by visiting: http://www.spreaker.com/user/carmenonlinetheatergroup The Cast of The Burbs Lisa Sheraton - Dahjn Maria Gomez Brittany Sheraton - Siara Tyr Officer Tony Moore - Jarvis Shaffer Daniel - Joshua Chitty Officer Marshall Williams - Dave Davis Casey Williams - Liane Moonraven Jennifer Stanley - Meosha Bean Jym DeNatale - Dr. Powers Brad Smith - Sam Norwood Melanie McCurdie - Maria Sanchez Sandy - Mary Duley Davis Keone Reed - Various Voices and Paranormal Investigator - Aaron G. Thompson, as himself Original score by Joona Latte The Burbs airs every Thursday at 10pm/ET. Synopsis: After the sudden and unexpected death of her husband, Lisa Sheraton and her 14-year-old daughter start their lives over by moving to a new town. Lisa believes leaving their old home and painful memories behind will be good for her only child, Brittany. It doesn't take long for Lisa to find a place she feels is quite suitable for them. Because of the money left to her by her husband's substantial life insurance policy, Lisa knows that, at least financially, she won't have to worry about surviving. Although their loss is great, both mother and daughter are glad to be together and starting the next chapter of their lives. If only they could have known what awaited them.... It isn't long, however, before strange and unusual things happen that leave them feeling a bit uneasy. What's going on in Clarington and why is it a secret? The more questions Lisa asks, the more she has and no one seems willing to give her straight answers. If only she had known what she was up against... ### In addition to The Burbs, The Carmen Group produces other radio theater horror plays between the seasons. Please visit the website for details.
Game On Features Liane Moonraven
It might come as a surprise to some that rising Horror Maven Liane Moonraven, Creator and President of The Carmen Online Theater Group and writer of such demented tales as The Ravens, The Broken Sword, and The Burbs, is really not a huge fan of horror movies. "I am actually terrified of them," says Moonraven. I am that person who has her face covered almost the entire time watching a horror movie," she laughs. Still, she's fascinated by horror and the occult and has been ever since 2005. That's when she and her family moved into a new neighborhood and over the course of 10 years she says, they experienced some very strange and unusual things, not only in her home but all around them. "The Burbs," Moonraven's all-original Audio Theater Horror Series is based on those actual, true events, she said. It is written, produced and directed by Moonraven, starring Dahjn Maria Gomez as Lisa Sheraton and Siara Tyr as Brittany Sheraton. Tune in as Moonraven shares her strategies for success in the world of audio theater and horror! Don't miss the next episode of Game On!.

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