Fair Winds, Olivier

After 15 years with Kryptonite Radio Theater, Olivier is leaving Wiesbaden, and we are losing one of our most essential cast members.

You probably remember him as Passepartout, the eternally beleaguered valet spiraling through *Around the World in 80 Days*. Or as d'Artagnan, leaping into danger with the kind of confidence that comes from never losing your French accent even after a decade and a half in a German radio theater. Or as Louis XIII, because when you stick around long enough, you get to play actual royalty.

But here's the thing we're actually going to miss: Olivier at the sound effects table. Someone had to be there when a crucial sword-clash or door-slam or coconut-shell-horse-hoof needed to land exactly right, and Olivier was the person who showed up, paid attention, and made the show work. That's 15 years of being genuinely reliable and genuinely pleasant about it.

Fair winds and following seas, Olivier. Wherever you're headed, they're getting someone who knows how to commit to the bit!