Contact: Jeremiah Lorrig, Iliad House Press Contact, 719-330-9217, jeremiah@iliadhouse.com

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Aug. 6, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Award-winning writer/producer Phil Lollar has launched a crowdfunding campaign for his new independent audio drama, Iliad House, on Kickstarter.com. Lollar's previous work includes being a co-creator of Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey, which now has 20 million products in distribution.

"I honestly believe that audio drama is the best storytelling device ever created, which is why I've chosen to present Iliad House in that format," Lollar said.  Lollar is targeting the Christian-themed show at 8–14-year-olds, while promising that it will entertain the whole family.

Lollar's campaign will continue through August 31, 2013. He is seeking $100,000 to create a pilot mini-series followed by a first season of 12 half-hour episodes. Kickstarter.com has been used successfully since 2009 as a way for authors, artist, game developers, product designers, and filmmakers to fund their projects independently. Campaigns on the website are all-or-nothing and will only charge donors (or "backers") if a project's funding goal is reached.

Iliad House's cast includes Odyssey veterans, such as Katie Leigh, who voices Odyssey's Connie Kendall. The audio drama will be an ongoing series, about 14-year-old Jesse Davidson who goes to live with his genius uncle in a strange mansion on an island on the east coast of the United States. Jesse discovers that the train he and his friends have used as a clubhouse actually moves -- through time. He and his friends get caught up in a series of adventures fraught with temporal distortions, political intrigue, secret societies, and supernatural battles, all as they try to cope with the daily pressures of adolescence. Along the way they face hard truths and secrets about themselves and learn that there is forgiveness and redemption available to all who desire it.

"Kickstarter is a great way for independent productions to reach straight to the audience and compel them with a good story," Lollar said. "My goal is that audio drama fans have a chance to support this campaign so we can have another great show well told available to families everywhere."

Phil Lollar is available for interviews. The Iliad House Kickstarter campaign is here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1605189113/iliad-house-an-audio-drama.