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Image of a golden microphone. The Golden Age of Radio. Presented by The Chaffey College Theatre Department. Directed by Kelly Ford-Kaminski. Episode 4. A Sailor's Life For Me.
An animated cat tugs at a curtain, sliding onto a stage black and white footage of two people standing behind microphones. On Air signs above their heads.
Animation of a striped elephant. Yipes! Stripes! A pack of Beech Nut Gum. Fruit Stripe. Five Flavors. New! Five different flavor sticks in every pack of gum! Five colorful rectangular sticks of gum.
Back to the announcers.
Black and white title screen. Popeye the Sailor Man. Image of a sailor with large tattooed forearms, a squinty eye, a corn cob pipe sticking out of his mouth, and a sailor uniform and hat.
Five speakers in individual ovals on the screen. Olive Oil, Popeye, Wimmin, Robin Hood, and Wimpy. Olive Oil holds up a book.
Popeye.
Wimmin.
Wimpy.
Robin Hood winks.
Robin Hood.
Back to announcers.
Advertisement. Meat n Greet. "Meat and fish delivery widda smile!" Uncle Ezio. Map of the state of California, labeled with meat parts. From top to bottom, head, neck, chuck, brisket, rib, plate, short loin, sirloin, tenderloin, bottom sirloin, flank, round, shank.
Back to announcers. Megan reads from a book.
P A band. A keyboard player, drummer, saxophone player, and stand up bass player wearing suits and bow ties. The animated cat dances.
An animation. The legs of three women standing around a microphone. They faint and fall to the ground. Then, Frankie in a suit and bow tie appears through bubbles.
An advertisement. Ease the tension with Beech-Nut Gum.
Two people stand behind microphones. On Air signs above their heads. A third person in a small oval at the bottom claps and reacting.
She appears.
The two women lean forward with lips puckered. Bob leans forward, eyes squeezed shut.
Lucille stands next to a display of bottles of Vitameatavegamin. A sign reads: Vitameatavegamin Sold Here. "Spoon Your Way to Health."
She wobbles as she speaks. She carefully tries to pour the liquid onto a spoon, then swallows it.
She holds the bottle close to her face and attempts to wink.
A woman opens a tiny door in front of a microphone. Then, darkness.
Two men stand behind microphones.
Smoke wafts around them. The second man disappears. A woman appears at his microphone.
He stands alone now.
The sound effects woman raps her knuckles on a block of wood.
Martin and Helen at microphones. An empty one to the right.
The other man appears.
She disappears.
Helen reappears. Martin holds two finger of his right hand to his temple.
A woman sits in a wing backed chair. A man stands to her side.
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 Four. A Sailor's Life for Me. Wednesday May 5th , 2021 at 5 o clock p m. Directed and Built by Kelly Ford-Kaminski. Written by Christopher Dievendorf. Announcers. Megan Katzman. Christopher Walsh. Jingle. "Beech-Nut Brand for Fruit Stripe Gum." Emanuel Newsome. Kris Tashjian. Ana De La Vega. Jailen Joseph. Comedy sketch. "Popeye Meets Robin Hood." Popeye - Ethan El Bard. Olive Oil - Kaitlynd Gouldby. Whimpey - D'Anthony Boyd. Wimmin - Erika Obi. Robin Hood - Bradley Petrovsky. Commercial by Brian Boudreaux. "Meat and Greet." Uncle Ezio - Emanuel Newsome. 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. "The Bob Hope Show." Bob Hope - Ethan El Bard. Lucille Ball - Alissa Padilla. Miss Lou - Noemy Clara. Guest - Dakota Coleman. Commercial by Brian Boudreaux. "Vitameatavegamin." Lucille Ball - Alissa Padilla. Inner Sanctum Mysteries. The "Horla". Foley - Stephanie Curiale. Martin - John Alvarez. Horla - Emanuel Newsome. Helen - Karen Lane. Raymond - Bradley Petrovsky. Mary Cyera Ellis. Radio Voice - Jailen Joseph. Miles the Panther. Miles as themselves. Director. Kelly Ford - Kaminski. Sariyah Archie. Assistant Director. Patrick Aranda. Music Director, Conductor, music arranger and pianist. Cecile Entz. Production Stage Manager. Stefanie Curiale. 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, Editor. 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 for their devotion to the production and to Chaffey College students, Cecile Entz, Stefanie Curiale, 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. Kenned 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.