Moose and Squirrel sighted in the mountains- laughter not far behind!

Never ones to sit back and enjoy the commonplace, Old Time Radio Theater adapted everyone's favorite cartoons to the live radio stage on the first weekend in August! Did it work? Did it work! We had a plethora of raucous laughter echoing across the mountainsides for a good hour and a half! What fun. And the greatest part was finding out that those near and dear to us in this theater group hold a gargantuan amount of never used talent. Never used until now. Meaning, who knew David Mack has real kinship to Moose? He's obviously Bullwinkle's long lost half brother. Has to be. Or how is it that David Stenstrom can voice Boris Badenov and Nell's lightweight father in Dudley Do-right? Where did these talents emerge from? Upon quizzing the actors it seems that they spent a good deal of their youth mimicking the inexhaustible talents of those cartoon voices paraded before us all on Saturday mornings. Lucky us! Maybe parents shouldn't get to upset with how much TV kids watch. Bill Fair had a bumbling Dudley down to the perfectly cut cleft chin and evading comments. Wednesday Hobson gave prim and proper Nell the required rounded-vowel pronunciations while unabashedly batting her eyes at Dudley's horse. Her Leaping Beauty was delightfully daffy and fit well with Jim Hacket's lazy Prince Charming. Why can't we see him more than once a year? Pam McGee had Natasha in voice and tone and kept the laughter moving along at a brisk pace. A new vampier (?) dress was seen --it wored magic on getting her into character in seconds flat. Janine had Rocky's pip- squeaked lines rolling off her tongue, and Lee and Stacey filled in with charm as the Pigg sisters. By the way, Stacey can now be officially hired as a craggy witch henceforth. She cackles quite marvelously. Tom Donovan parlayed the drama to the audience and did a great job pushing the cliffhanger lines. Beans Morocco pitched great old timer voices and multiple characters that were "plum good". Kat Fair and yours truly did the honors adding in funny sounds and Indigo pitched a great intermission with the snacks. The donations were wonderful, and greatly appreciated! Hope to see you all in the fall indoors. Until then stay tuned!
-Mary