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For Immediate Release
Date: July 17, 2002

Nemesis to Air on Best of Public Radio

AUSTIN, TX--KUT Radio (90.5 FM), Austin's National Public Radio affiliate, presents Salvage Vangaurd Theater's live radio dramas The Intergalactic Nemesis and Return of the Intergalactic Nemesis for the next three Sundays from 11:00 AM to Noon as part of their "Best of Public Radio" series.

Recorded live before an audience in 2000 and 2001 respectively, the two radio serials tell the story of an alien invasion from outer space. Molly Sloan is a gritty reporter with a Pulitzer Prize under her belt. Timmy Mendez is her earnest and intrepid research assistant. Ben Wilcott is the man from the future, come back in time to the year 1933 to convince Molly and Timmy that they must help him save Earth from the invading forces of a sludge-based life-form from the planet Zygon. Follow their chilling, yet heartwarming, adventures in The Intergalactic Nemesis as they battle to save two galaxies from eminent destruction. When, in Return of the Intergalactic Nemesis, Molly's former fiance Dr. Lawrence Webster, world-renowned interspacio-temporal quantum physicist, is asked by Molly's father to investigate her mysterious disappearance, it turns out the fate of the entire universe is at stake!

The Intergalactic Nemesis radio serials were performed and recorded using classic radio techniques including live sound effects. By recording before a live audience, Salvage Vangaurd Theater captures the energy (and flubs!) of a live performance, making the show unique because there was no studio to overdub sounds or fix mistakes.

Of the 2002 live staging of the shows, the Austin American-Statesman said: "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, earthlings and aliens, witness an amazing event as Salvage Vanguard Theater brings a blast from the past with Intergalactic Nemesis Redux. ... Perfect summertime entertainment!"

And the Austin Chronicle put it this way: "Foley artists Etta Sander and Hilary Thomas bang, scratch, slam, switch, scrunch, and plunge their way through the retro-futuristic world of ace reporter Molly Sloan, sidekick Timmy Mendez, and lots of weird humans and weirder outer-space creatures. ... [The Intergalactic Nemesis is] as authentic as it is humorous."

"This is a great opportunity and we're pleased the KUT was ready to jump on board. Thanks to their help, this unique Austin project will reach thousands," says Salvage Vanguard Theater's artistic director Jason Neulander.

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