Flex your creative muscles while staying safe at home. Become a star in CreakyJoints Radio Theater.
ABOUT CreakyJoints radio theater
If you’ve ever dreamt of being a radio star, CreakyJoints and Bergenstages, the theater department at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey, are ready to make your dream come true — as long as we agree on a loose definition of the word “star.”
We’re producing a series of radio shows from the 1930s and 40s — complete with sound effects. We know that many people are feeling restless after months of social isolation, and we hope this project provides some safe social interaction and gives our community members with the acting bug a chance to flex their artistic and creative muscles.
LATEST RADIO THEATER EPISODES
Check out our latest episodes of CreakyJoints Radio Theater below.
07/09/2020
Episode 1: Rendezvous with Tomorrow
Starring CreakyJoints members, Julia Chayko as Judith, Cristina Montoya as Marie, and Heather Schick as Pat, Rendezvous with Tomorrow is a 21st century adaptation of a surprise-ending love story between two women; of lost love and found love, of regrets and a second chance even when you think it’s too late.
8/3/2020
Episode 2: A Summer Romance
A Summer Romance takes us to a 1930s vacation hotel where a young switchboard operator falls in love with a guest. But like so many summer romances, the end comes too soon is when one of them tells other of plans for the Fall. And those plans don’t include marriage. A Summer Romance stars CreakyJoints members, Laura Gardner as Peggy, Julia G. Chayko as Mabel, and Jed Finley as David.
8/17/2020
Episode 3: Dark Journey
Love and fear, the two components of any good radio theater show in the 1940s, are all over CreakyJoints Radio Theater’s Dark Journey, a tale of one woman’s desire to find and keep the love of her life, and a friend’s need to keep this woman grounded.
10/4/2020
Episode 4: The Man Who Thought of Everything
Elope? When this show was written in 1939, it involved climbing up ivy and down a rope ladder with a Cadillac in waiting and a Ford for a backup. This short comedy written by E. N. Taylor is a double-take on marriage with no detail left to chance. This episode stars CreakyJoints members Laura Gardner as Irene, Heather Schick as Phyllis, and Jed Finley as Ernest.
STAR IN OUR NEXT PRODUCTION
Interested in being part of our next CreakyJoints Radio Theater episode?
- Fill out the short form below so director Jim Bumgardner can send you a copy of the script.
- After receiving your script, read it over and practice your lines. This is radio, so you won’t have to memorize them.
- Jim will schedule a Webex video rehearsal where you’ll meet your fellow actors and our sound engineer.
- Then, you’ll review your script some more and Jim will schedule a taping session. You’ll record the show on the Webex platform in real time with the other actors! All you’ll need is a smartphone or desktop/laptop computer with a microphone and some bandwidth so you can access Webex. Our sound engineer will mix the sound and special effects afterwards.
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