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< SEASON 17 | 2008-2009

THE FAIRLY BIG BROADCAST of 1937

by STEVE BAILEY

OCTOBER 30-31 | 2008

WORLD PREMIERE of an original play by Jacksonville playwright, Steve Bailey.

SPECIAL EVENT | Steve Bailey‘s parody premieres on the 70th anniversary or Orson Welles’ terrifying Halloween, 1938, radio broadcast of War of the Worlds.

Jacksonville jazz singer and recording artist Dot Wilder plays Dot, a ’30s radio singer. Writer-director Steve Bailey plays Sherman Whitestone, the jealous and egotistical writer-director of the National Broadcast System’s hit radio program Theater of the Ear. For his Halloween broadcast, he decides to whip up a Martian-invasion scare. The women in the story fall victim to his Neanderthal view of females, but – stay tuned to see how things turn out at the end.

Directed by STEVE BAILEY

with

STEVE BAILEY as Sherman Whitestone / Prof. James
DOT WILDER as Dot Wilder
ANDREW MCCRANEY as Sound Effects Man
BOB GLAZENER as Announcer One / Mr. Rivers / David Pierpoint
TRAVIS SAUTER as Carl Gruber / Brad Bradley
PAUL POIRRIER as Announcer Two / Ace Tucker
JAVON DANIELS as Policeman
DEBORAH HURM as Chief / Commercial Announcer / 2nd Woman in Crowd
CAROL ISHII as Woman in Crowd / Old Woman

ARTICLE

Bailey plays egotistical writer/director Sherman Whitestone, host of the National Broadcast System’s hit radio program, Theater of the Ear. Whitestone has planned a Martian-invasion scare, but encounters problems during the broadcast
- TAMARA McCLARAN, Shorelines | READ FULL ARTICLE…