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Introducing...

A new old-time radio show starting up in WIllow Lakes Estates.

WLE Radio Show

We're looking for people to participate in our new little venture.

What's a radio show? It's where several performers re-create an old-time radio show, you know, "live in front of a studio audience!"

The best way to understand what it's like is to see it in action. Take a look:

Our First Radio Show

It was a BLAST!

We've already begun. We had our first performance in March of 2025 to a full house. The audience loved it, and we loved performing it.

Back to back radio episodes: Fibber McGee & Molly - and - The Shadow!

We had more actors than roles, and more women than men (guys, here's your chance!) In fact, because of the abundance of women in the cast, we gender changed a few parts. The most notable: in The Shadow, the mad bomber was originally named Anton Spivek but we changed it to Antoinette, and Betty did a great job!So we have a revolving list of performers. Get on the list by contacting me. Once you perform, you go to the bottom of the list, so those at the top of the list get first dibs on being in the next show. It's fair to everybody.

How Hard is it to Do Old Time Radio Shows?

We're just now starting a once-a-month meeting. As of this writing, it's the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6 to 8pm. (as we meet, we'll decide amongst the group to adjust the time.) At that time, we'll talk about old time radio, read a script or two, and plan our upcoming productions.

Once a show is scheduled, the prep-work is fairly easy. One read-through, one, maybe two rehearsals, and then we perform.

So it's not a very large commitment.

We'll pick the actual dates once we have enough performers to make a go of it. Then we'll promote our performance date in the Golden Willow and in the Facebook groups.

If we have fun and the community enjoys it, we'll do it again. And again. Let's take it a step at a time.

Interested? Live in Willow Lake Estates?

Send an email to don@gingold.info or send a Facebook message or call me at 630-621-0824. Let me know you'd like to try.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you!