PORTLAND — On Saturday, Oct. 31, FinalRune Productions will present its first-ever live radio drama featuring five original radio plays by Fred Greenhalgh, Mark LaFlamme, Kevin Anderson and Roger Gregg — and members of the Mad Horse Theater Company.

Similar to the old-time radio plays of the 1940s, the show, co-sponsored by WMPG, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. in Talbot Lecture Hall, Luther Bonney Auditorium, at the University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth St.

Stories range from the darkly funny to the terrifically dark: a city couple moves to a country mansion to find that all is not as it seems, a man finds himself doomed to fall in love with the same cursed woman, ice fisherman in Maine get an unexpected chill one winter’s night, and a company will rent you laborers at a fire sale price … just don’t send any of the living too close to their work.

Radio drama consists of three basic parts: actors reading dialogue, sound effects and music. Cast members are experienced local stage and voiceover actors, including members of the Mad Horse Theater Company, who recently collaborated with FinalRune Productions in the re-creation of three “Golden Era” radio plays.

Sound effects will be created manually in the style of shows such as “Prairie Home Companion.” Original music will be performed live.

Tickets for the show are $10 general admission, $5 for USM students and children. They are available for purchase online at halloween09.eventbrite.com/. Proceeds will benefit WMPG’s PowerUP! Campaign, which seeks to raise $250,000 to upgrade the signal strength of the station’s main transmitter.

The show can also be heard locally on 90.9 and 104.1 FM, and on WMPG’s live Internet stream: www.wmpg.org. The show will also be available for download on FinalRune’s Web site, www.finalrune.com.