Montecito Soap

Montecito, described as a gripping, all-new audio soap opera, premiered this week and will be bringing explosive drama, betrayals, and unforgettable characters to our ears every week.

The new show presents a dark paradise where shattered romances, hidden family secrets, and scandalous affairs hide behind manicured hedges and the shadows of towering palm trees.

Each 20-minute episode immerses listeners in a world of deception – an experience designed for today’s soap opera, podcast, and audiobook audiences.

“We are entering a new era of the American soap opera,” says series creator and Emmy-nominated producer Grant Rutter. “Soaps began 95 years ago on the radio. We’ve seen the genre expand and contract over the years, but there’s new life, the premiere of CBS’s Beyond the Gates being the first daytime drama in 25 years.

“Montecito brings the genre back to its original form as a premium audio serial. We’ve cast the show with daytime TV favorites and are proud to bring in new voices as well. What’s old is new again. However don’t expect to hear organ chords. Montecito is modernizing the soap opera across music, dialogue, and storytelling.”

Soap opera fan favorite Rick Hearst – General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful – lends his unmistakable voice as the series announcer.

The ten-episode show features performances from daytime Emmy winner Crystal Chappell from Days of Our Lives and Guiding Light as a fiercely protective matriarch, daytime Emmy winner Vincent Irizarry of All My Children and The Young and the Restless as the ageless playboy, and another daytime Emmy recipient Mike Manning from Beyond the Gates who portrays a reckless alcoholic nepo-baby whose destructive choices threaten his family’s legacy.