Any idea what day it is today (other than Monday, October 30, 2017)?

It’s World Audio Drama Day!!

What is World Audio Drama Day, you ask?

It is an annual holiday that takes place on October 30th of every year. It’s a day to listen to your favorite audio drama(s), new and old, and share this beautiful medium with others who may not know about it. The 30th of October was selected for this holiday as it is the anniversary of the most well-known radio program of all time, Orson Welles’ broadcast, War of the Worlds, first aired in 1938.

Find out more about World Audio Drama day at www.audiodramaday.com
 
In honor of the day, we thought to share with you the audio dramas we have created, as well as some of the team’s favorites.

Released in February 2016, Sarah, Plain and Tall is our first audio drama. Based off the famous historical fiction novel by Patricia MacLachlan, it is a heartwarming, emotional story about a family on the western frontier.

Listen to it here: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Our second audio production, Lies and Otherwise, was a short sketch with lovable characters, and biblical morals. 

Listen here: Lies and Otherwise

​Treasure Seekers is our third audio drama, released in May 2017. It is an original story written by Victoria, and filled with adventure, humor, friendship, and biblical lessons. 

​Listen here: Treasure Seekers

And here are some our team’s favorite audio dramas.

DOWN GILEAD LANE  (Victoria and Josiah’s favorite)

DGL is 12 season long audio drama series produced by Keys for Kids Ministries, formerly known as CBH Ministries. Set in the little town of Coleraine, it depicts the Morrison family’s adventures and struggles with strong Christian messages portrayed throughout. Great for the whole family!

Purchase or listen on demand here: Down Gilead Lane

BEN HUR (Isabella's favorite)

Ben Hur is an audio drama adaptation of the famous book by Lew Wallace. Released by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre in 2001, it is an action packed Biblical fiction drama for the whole family!

Purchase here: Ben Hur

JONATHAN PARK: (Elijah's favorite)

Jonathan Park action-packed audio adventures are for kids and families. The stories are full of faith-building and educational evidence for a Creator. This series is an old favorite of ours, and we come back to listen to the albums again and again!
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Purchase here: Jonathan Park
 
WHITE GYPSY (Sarah Grace's favorite)

White Gypsy from Lamplighter Theatre is a dramatic tale of loss, sacrifice, hope and redemption. Based off the book by Annette Lyster originally published in 1881, this is also an audio drama we come back to again and again!

Purchase here: White Gypsy

 
FATHER KNOWS BEST (family favorite)

Father Knows Best is an Old Time Radio show that first started airing in August 1949 on NBC Radio. Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle class family living in the Midwestern town of Springfield. All of us love listening to this particular OTR show, and with over 200 episodes, we always have more to download and listen to!

Listen and download here: Father Knows Best

 
There you go! Now go listen to some audio dramas and share your favorites of this amazing medium with your friends and family!
 
What are your favorite audio dramas? Have you listened to any of the ones we mentioned?
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Blessings,
The IFP Team

 to quote Charles Dickens. 2016 has been a crazy busy year, filled with good times, and hard times, but God has been faithful through it all!

Here is a recap of the things we have worked on in the last year:

In January, we released a song for the New year. It was a quiet month, as we wrapped up the final touches of our first audio drama.

In February, we released our first ever audio drama, Sarah, Plain and Tall. It was the product of a year’s worth of work, and a quite a few years’ worth of dreaming. We also released a short, 4-song “EP” about love, including Beautiful, How Deep the Father’s Love for Us, Live Like You’re Loved, and Even Me,  which featured the vocal talents of Elisa Yvonne and Isabella. Live Like You’re Loved has by far become our most popular production, reaching over 1000 plays on Soundcloud. We also celebrated the release of Do Unto Others, a short audio drama produced by Audio Drama Alliance, in which Sarah Grace assisted in post-production.

In March, we released a short-form audio drama skit entitled Lies and Otherwise. Isabella’s debut into the script writing world was quite a success.  We also released a piano duet version of Forever by Kari Jobe just in time for Easter.

We started a podcast in April, called Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast. The hosts, Victoria and Sarah Grace chat about their favorite media, everything from books and music, to audio dramas, and more! We have since released 12 episodes. We also released what is perhaps one of our favorite songs, A Jungle Book Medley. The Audio Drama Alliance released their second production in association with IFP.

We started our May with the release of Even When It Hurts, cover of Hillsong. It embodied some of our emotions as we struggled with the passing of a loved one. We also announced our next audio drama, Treasure Seekers, which is still in production. Also in May, we shared two piano solos, Midnight Rhapsody, and Moonlight Fantasy, by Sarah Grace and Victoria, respectively.

In June, we shared three songs, Times, cover of Tenth Avenue North, a piano solo No More Tears, and an a Capella version of It is Well, which we dedicated in loving memory of Sharon Felten. Mrs. Felten, who passed away on May 23rd, 2016, was an amazing wife, mama, friend, and musician, and we were honored to produce this song in her honor.

In July, we released a version of our country’s national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. We also kicked up production on Treasure Seekers and really got rolling.

August, we also busily worked away on Treasure Seekers,  releasing one song, a Polonaise by Bach.

For September, we again released one song, The Acceleration of Time. The voice track editing for Treasure Seekers drew to a close, and we started working on Foley and sound design. Audio Drama Alliance released their 3rd production, also in association with IFP

In October we celebrated IFP’s first anniversary with a huge giveaway. We also shared the trailer and cover art for Treasure Seekers on World Audio Drama day. Audio Drama Alliance released their 4th production, written by none other than Victoria herself.

November 1st we released a song that was very dear to our hearts, More of You, cover of Colton Dixon. Also, we produced Still the One in honor of the 28th anniversary of two of the most important people in our lives, our parents, Brian and Michelle.

We kicked off December with our first ever music video! ‘December Song’ was a ton of fun to work on, and it was a pleasure working with our videographer, Matthew. We also shared a unique piano solo arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
 
That wraps up our 2016 year in recap! Thank you all so much for being on this journey with us. Without your support, we couldn’t continue doing what we are doing. You guys are the best! Here’s to 2017! God bless you all!
 
By God’s grace alone,
The team at Ichthus Family Productions. 

Stay tuned to the bottom of this post to hear the official trailer forTreasure Seekers, as well as see the cover artwork!

This studio started with a dream. A small one albeit, that grew even beyond our own expectations. After our audio drama listening expanded quite a bit in 2014, I had the desire for voice acting. I was thinking how to get started and had the idea that it would be fun if we could produce something small. So I went into our library and pulled the smallest book off the shelf. Sarah, Plain and Tall. To these novices, we were like, “oh no problem, we’ll figure this out and have it posted in few months.” I laugh now at how naïve we were.

 Our desire for perfection pushed us to really learn and excel at what we were doing. Our little project taught us so much. We learned audio production from the ground up. Sarah Grace, who is our producer\audio engineer, continues to strive and learn more and more as time goes on. Instead of using stock sound effects, we recorded most of the sound effects ourselves. And the music was composed in house as well.

Speaking of music, it has always been a passion of our family’s, with singers, pianists, and a guitar player among the siblings, we have played/sang in some capacity for many years always with the desire to record music. Now, with Ichthus we have that ability, and it has become a huge part of what we do here.

All that little history to say that we are so excited that our one-year anniversary has rolled around! We have really been working on this for longer, but Ichthus was officially launched on October 30th, World Audio Drama day in 2015. We have accomplished so much in one year, from releasing our first audio drama and an audio drama skit to starting a second feature length production, as well as releasing 22 songs, starting a podcast, and participating in other projects from the Audio Drama Alliance andPorchlight Family Media.

In honor of this, we have put together a giveaway with the purpose of spreading the word about what we do here. We included some of our top picks for audio drama as well as a physical copy of Sarah, Plain and Tall, and a CD of 7 of our favorite songs. Pleasecheck it out if you haven’t already and enter! You have one more day with the opportunity to win some awesome “prizeage”!

Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner on Monday, Oct. 31st at 3:00 p.m. EST.
Thank you all for sticking with us and watching us grow!

Blessings,
Victoria

And now . . . dun dun DUN! The official trailer for IFP's newest audio drama, Treasure Seekers!

And here if the official artwork for this audio drama.

So what do you guys think? Are you excited for the release of Treasure Seekers? Let us know in the comments below!

Thank you so much to all our followers for sticking with us on this incredible journey! God bless you guys!

Blessings,
The Team at Ichthus Family Productions

Hey everyone! 

Lies and Otherwise, our short moralistic audio drama is here! You can check it out on the Lies and Otherwise page.  

Hey Everyone!

Originally, we didn’t plan to do a song for Easter, but I remembered a song that we already knew and was perfect for the occasion. So, without further ado, Forever (We Sing Hallelujah) by Kari Jobe. While listening, read along with the lyrics below. They are so powerful!