Dodge Returns to Arcade Comedy, Saturday June 1

Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time returns to Arcade Comedy Theater on Saturday, June 1, for another pair of thrilling and hilarious adventures. With their previous appearance at the theater being such a success (including the introduction of new visuals to accompany the live show), the trio is excited to get back on the stage.

This time around, the group will be performing two more classic adventures never before performed in the city of Pittsburgh.

At 8PM it’s Flesh & Bloodlines, the thrilling search for Dodge’s family secrets. And at 10PM it’s Duel with Death, a dark and frightening adventure into the history of a haunted Beaver County estate.

Tickets for both shows are available in advance. And just as before, audience members attending the 8pm show are invited to see the second show free! Tickets are $10 and $5 for students, and both shows are BYOB.

Riotous Good Time!

This past weekend, James, Mike, and Michael performed their first ever double-header at the brand new Arcade Comedy Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. At 8pm, they performed The Men of Tomorrow to a full house and followed it with a 10pm performance of The Riot Act. The shows were also the first time Dodge Intrepid has been presented with visuals! Accompanying both performances were slides featuring historic Aliquippa and Pittsburgh photographs, and illustrations of the shows’ settings.

Their performance also received a great review by Geek Pittsburgh, which happily reported that Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time is “still going strong” after nearly 7 years of shows:

Dressed in suits and ties, James Catullo, Michael Hinzman and Mike Rubino enthralled the packed house with their comedic radio-style scripts filled with Steel City references and the trio’s ability to juggle multiple characters with an assortment of vocal accents. The evening also included commercial breaks from sponsor Uncle Wilbur—whose products include “free-range potted meat,” “hang-gliding tours of Pittsburgh” and “health cigarettes”—which drew as much laughter as the narratives themselves. As an added bonus, Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time utilized the video screen at the Arcade Theater by including black-and-white photos to enhance the performance even more. 

With the success of Dodge at Arcade Comedy Theater, you can bet your potted meat that the trio will be returning there soon with even more great adventures.

Arcade Comedy Theater: March 23

Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time
Arcade Comedy Theater
Saturday, March 23 at 8pm & 10pm
Use the code PLUCKY to get half-price tickets!

For the first time ever, these three men fill the stage with dozens of voices for two back-to-back adventures.

Harking back to the golden age of radio, Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time offers the over-the-top adventure and death-defying danger of serials like The Shadow or The Green Hornet. Because the show is written by and stars improvisational comedians, humor is front and center. Writers Catullo and Rubino, originally from Beaver County where the show first premiered,along with their third cast member, Pittsburgh actor Michael Hinzman, have regaled audiences with the daring exploits of Dodge Intrepid, the librarian hero, and Pluck Gumption, his intern sidekick, since 2005. The show mixes adventure, local history, and comedy in a unique spin on an old art form.

THE MEN OF TOMORROW (8pm)
A time traveling librarian and his wide-eyed intern are racing against the clock to stop an Italian Futurist and Elektro, the Westinghouse robot, from destroying the Pittsburgh library system.

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THE RIOT ACT (10pm)
The mayor has been kidnapped, the city of Aliquippa is overrun by gangs of social clubs, and the military is building walls around the city to contain the madness. Now it’s up to our heroes, and a cast of colorful characters, to return a little bit of sanity to their beloved city.

Written and voiced by Mike Rubino & James Catullo along with Michael Hinzman.

Dodge Intrepid Returns with a TWO Live Shows!

After a hefty hiatus, the Dodge Intrepid Radio Show is returning to the stage! In just a few short weeks, Mike, James, and Mike will be making their debut at Pittsburgh’s newest theater venue Arcade Comedy Theater. And to make up for lost time, they’ll be performing not one, but two, radio adventures!

Saturday, March 23 at 8:00 & 10:00pm, you can hear two live performances of classic Dodge Intrepid adventures! Tickets are $10, $5 for students. And, if you come to the first show, you can stay for the second for free! Now that sounds like a deal that only Uncle Wilbur would concoct.

Tickets are available in advance, thanks to Brown Paper Tickets, or at the box office the night of the show. Both performances are all ages!

Tis the Season for Christmas Specials!

Fans, followers, subscribers, and general time-travel enthusiasts: Christmas time is here. It’s a time of love, reflection… and holiday specials! Unfortunately, this year we don’t have a new Christmas adventure planned–real life matters have been keeping us from our usual writing schedule–but we have plenty of holiday classics for you to revisit and share with friends!

Check out three of our favorite Christmas specials, all recorded live at Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Co.! Some of them even feature special musical performances by Marissa DeSantis and Jason Panella.

2008 Christmas Special: Live

It’s Light-Up Night in the bustling burgh of Aliquippa, and Grandpa Edsel Intrepid is preparing for the big triumph of his first term as mayor: he’s going to create the most magical Christmas celebration ever, complete with a parade, living nativity, and children’s choir. Meanwhile, our hero, Dodge Intrepid, and his befriended nemesis, Buick LeSabre, are on their way out of town to a Vancouver Rare Book Expo and Symposium. Both of these seemingly unrelated events are brought together, however, when a saboteur shows up to destroy Christmas!

2009 Christmas Special: Live

Dodge Intrepid is faced with a dangerous dilemma: Pluck’s parents are due to arrive at the library for a holiday dinner, but his faithful intern has gone missing! With a questionable agency Santa Claus snooping around the library, and Tug moonlighting as his enemy, can our hero save the holiday from certain disaster?

2010 Christmas Special: Live

The city of Aliquippa finds itself steeped in fear as a rash of kidnappings have left the town helpless. With the entire police force on vacation (thanks to a decree from Dodge’s grandfather, Mayor Edsel Intrepid), it’s up to Dodge and Pluck to find out who’s behind the disappearances. What they discover will shake you to your very jolly core!

The Men of Tomorrow: Part 4 of 4

To escape certain doom, our heroes travel into the future only to discover a terrifying alternate reality run by robots! To restore order, Dodge and Pluck must bring the story full circle and stop The Futurist from destroying all of the libraries in Pittsburgh.

Recorded live at Steel City Improv Theater on May 6, 2011.

The Men of Tomorrow: Part 3 of 4

It’s a race against time as Dodge and Pluck try to thwart The Futurist’s epic chain of destruction! Floating factories, exploding inclines, circus acts, and an angry kraken are just some of the ingredients that may lead to the demolition of every library in Pittsburgh. Can our heroes navigate this maze of mayhem? Or has The Futurist one step ahead of the game?

Recorded live at Steel City Improv Theater on May 6, 2011.