Pendant Productions
Pendant Productions is an independent online production company that produces audio serials and radio dramas for podcast, digital download, and radio broadcast.
Pendant is considered part of the growing online revival of audio drama and audio theater. The company regularly holds open auditions for their shows, as well as director classes to train those interested in directing audio drama.
Nearly 1 million mp3s were downloaded from pendantaudio.com in 2007.
History
Pendant Productions was created by Jeffrey Bridges, who serves as executive producer on all shows.The internet-based audio theater company got its start producing fan shows based on Star Trek, DC Comics, and Star Wars, among others. On May 29, 2012, Pendant ceased all production on fan shows, turning their focus to original programming.
Pendant's original shows include the anthology series Seminar and the long running science fiction crime drama The Kingery.
In August 2014, Valiant Comics partnered with Pendant to produce audio dramas based on their comic books. The first of these, Archer & Armstrong: The Michelangelo Code, was released in 2016.
Podcast productions
To date, Pendant has produced thirteen original podcast shows from a wide array of genres.| Title | Years | Notes |
| The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater | 2006–2010 | |
| The Kingery | 2007–present | |
| Once Upon a Time in Vegas | 2007–2010 | |
| Seminar | 2007–present | |
| The Pendant Shakespeare aka The Wild Bill Variety Show | 2007–present | |
| Genesis Avalon | 2009–2014 | |
| Red Sands Investigations | 2009–2010 | Mini-series |
| The Line | 2010–2012 | |
| Tabula Rasa | 2012–present | |
| This Week In Pendant | 2012–present | |
| Henderson & Havner | 2013–present | |
| Quick Audio | 2015–2016 | |
| Active Radioactive Radio | 2016–present |
Prestige productions
In 2013, Pendant began producing Audible programming as part of their new "Pendant Prestige" lineup. Each prestige show includes a behind-the-scenes podcast featuring interviews with the actors, writers, and composers.| Title | Year | Notes |
| Phantom Canyon | February 27, 2014 | |
| Archer & Armstrong: The Michelangelo Code | March 16, 2016 – June 15, 2016 | Co-production with Valiant Comics |
Other projects
Pendant has been featured in The Sonic Society's Summerstock Playhouse.In early 2012, a Kickstarter campaign for a Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Comic Book was successfully financed. Issue #1 was released to select donors in Fall 2012.