Radio Gals
by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick
Directed by Margie Beck
April 26-30, 2006
In the twenties when radio ruled the airwaves and small stations thrived, music teacher Hazel C. Hunt received a transmitter as a retirement gift and station WGAL was born in Cedar Rapids, Arkansas. A wacky quintet of singer/musicians gather daily in her parlor to set hearts thumping and toes tapping with rib tickling songs, homey chat and plugs for a rejuvenating tonic that owes its kick to the still out back. Hazel's habit of wave jumping to find a clear channel brings a government inspector to shut her down. She discovers the stage struck accordion playing tenor beneath his bureaucratic facade and he is quickly ensnared in musical and romantic shenanigans.
Cast
Hazel Hunt - Julie Martin Gladys Fritts - Phoebe Hill O.B. Abbott - Andy Betterton America - Rebecca Wilson Rennabelle - Jan Ingle Miss Azilee Swindle - Derissa Batchelor Miss Mabel Swindle - Amy Johnson Edna Jones - Mary Dyer Musicians - Brian Beck, Ken Stovall, Linda Stovall, Jonathan Hill Crew Margie Beck - Director Patty Kilpatrick Hussey - Choreography Mary Dyer - Stage Manager Zeb Wallace - Lighting and Sound Mark Richardson - Lighting and Sound Todd Hardin - Set Design/Construction Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction Mary Dyer - Set Design/Construction Jane Williams - Set Design/Construction Brenda Cardenas - Set Design/Construction Judy Malone - Hair and Makeup Rita Jeffreys - Hair and Makeup Jane Williams - Hair and Makeup Clyniece Ledbetter - Hair and Makeup Carolyn Bostick- Hair and Makeup Mark Richardson - Props and Costumes Jeanette Pearson - Props and Costumes Beth Hammock - Ticket Coordinator |