Countdown. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Image of a golden microphone. The Golden Age of Radio. Presented by The Chaffey College Theatre Department. Directed by Kelly Ford-Kaminski. Episode 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
An animated cat tugs at a curtain, sliding onto a stage black and white footage of two announcers standing on either side of a microphone. One wearing a suit, the other wearing a dress, pearls, and a flower in her hair. On Air signs above their heads. In the background, the Automatic Baseball Play O Graph with image of a baseball diamond and a scoreboard.
An advertisement for Gillette One-Piece Razor.
She hold up a box of Cracker Jacks. The other announcer casually eats from his box.
The curtain opens to reveal a woman wearing a plaid blouse, patterned skirt, and bucket hat.
She waves as the curtain closes. Back to the announcers.
Advertisement. Image of a Mickey Mouse type character with an alarm clock for a head. Busy Buddy for busy bodies. "Don't sweat the time, you have enough on your mind!"
P A band. A keyboard, saxophone, drum, and stand up bass player wearing suits and bow ties.
Animation of the legs of three women standing around a microphone. They faint and fall down. The animated cat pulls a vinyl album across the stage. A man wearing a suit stands behind the microphone.
Two men in suits and hats stand around a microphone. In the background, image of a baseball game.
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The announcers look around as their background fades to black. A woman sits in front of a brick wall and behind a microphone. She plays a thunder tube. She blows on a kazoo. Then, dangles a wind chime in front of the microphone.
A man sits behind a piano. A woman stands at a microphone. Another man stands in the background at a microphone.
Martin's face contorts. He reaches out his hands.
The second man disappears.
Helen walks away.
The announcers wave. The animated cat pulls an image of an antique radio onto the screen. In Loving Memory of Sherm Taylor, a Hero to all!!! Episode Number Two. Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Wednesday April 21, 2021 at 5 o clock p m. Directed and Built by Kelly Ford-Kaminski. Written by Tatyana Kunonga. Announcers. Johnny Fox. John Alvarez. Jailen. Jailen Joseph. Foley Sound Effects. Mary Ann, Stephanie Curiale. Jingle. Created and Performed by Emanuel Newsome and Kris Tashjian. Comedy sketch. Moms Mabley - Tatyana Kunonga. Commercial by Brian Boudreaux and Lois Rocha. "Busy Buddy" Daughter - Karen Lane. Mother - Sierra Campoy. Big Band. Pat Aranda. Conductor, Music Arranger and Pianist. Sax - Sean O'Kelly. Bass - David Miller. Drums - Bill Borjan. Music Crooner. Frank Sinatra. Brandon Reed. Comedy sketch. Abbott and Costello. "Who's on First". Abbott - D'Anthony Boyd. Costello - Dakota Coleman. Commercial by Brian Boudreaux and Lois Rocha. "Lolly's Pop". Lolly - Raquel Alvarez. Pop - Dakota Coleman. Inner Sanctum Mysteries. The "Horla" Foley - Stephanie Curiale. Martin - Christopher Walsh. Helen - Cyera Ellis. Horla - Bradley Petrovsky. Miles the Panther. Miles as themself. Production and Creative Team. Director. Kelly Ford - Kaminski. Sariyah Archie. Assistant Director. Patrick Aranda. Music Director, Conductor, music arranger and pianist. Cecile Entz. Production Stage Manager. Stefanie Curialle. Assistant Stage Manager. Tatyana Kunonga. Head Script Writer. Carrie Smith. Costume Designer. Cris Quick. Hair and Make-up Designer and Assistant Costume Designer. Sheila Malone. Theatre Faculty, Editor, Motion Graphics. Michael Gilland. Graphics Designer, Editor. Christopher Dievendorf. Script Writer. Ryan Massar. Sound Engineer, Editor. Angelita Thomas. Theater Department Coordinator. Miles Dievendorf. Animations. Stefanie Curialle. Foley Sound Effects. Christopher Walsh. Script Writer. Karen Lane. Script Writer. Brian Bourdreaux and Lois Rocha. Script Writer and commercial writer, graphics. Kelly Ford-Kaminski. Assistant Script writer. Misty Burruel. School of Visual and Performing Arts Interim Dean. Jim Chandler. Administrative Assistant Two. Yubel Svensson. Visual and Performing Arts, E. P. A. Nicole Farrand. Theatre Department Coordinator. Angelita Thomas. Performing Arts/Box Office Technician. Melissa Pinion. Marketing. Cherie Ventola. Graphic Design.
Special Thanks: Vice President, Laura Hope, for their generous support, Misty Burruel for believing in my production, Pat Aranda for their endless support to the theatre department, Sheila Malone, Angelita Thomas and theatre staff to their devotion to the production and to Chaffey College students, Cecile Entz, Stefanie Curialle, Tatyana Kunonga, Sariyah Archie, Karen Lane, Christopher Walsh, Brian Boudreaux, the amazing cast and crew for making this production so magical, Michele Jenkins for your support, to my loving hubby and my loving family for always believing in me and my love of teaching. Namaste...And "See you later, Alligator."
The Kennedy Center. American College Theater Festival. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David M. Rubenstein. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Doctor Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (K C A C T F). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional K C A C T F representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in K C A C T F programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the K C A C T F regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance. Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the K C A C T F involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the K C A C T F goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.