Naked Radio Fall 2017 Northern Sky Theater Playbill

SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 21

2017 FALL SEASON INDOORS AT DOOR COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM

Two DJs. One Blizzard. No Records.

Molly Rhode

Doug Forrest

Chase Stoeger

Wo r l d Premiere Musical Comedy

3 a c to r s. 1 5 c h a r a c t e r s. N o dead ai r.

Music by PAUL

LIBMAN

Book & Lyrics by DAVE

HUDSON

Sponsored by: The Cookery Restaurant & Wine Bar | Edgewood Orchard Galleries | Nicolet National Bank NorthernSkyTheater.com

1

DAVID HUDSON

PAUL LIBMAN

JEFF HERBST

ALISSA RHODE

SHAWN GALLIGAN

NEEN ROCK

Assistant Stage Manager See page 65.

Production Stage Manager / Props Designer See page 11.

KAREN BROWNLARIMORE

LISA SCHLENKER

DAVID ALLEY

NIC TRAPANI

STEWART DAWSON

ADAM STONER

Playwright / Lyricist See page 90.

Technical Director / Lighting Designer See page 24.

Composer See page 90.

Audio Director / Sound Designer See page 67.

THANK YOU

Artistic Director / Director & Choreographer See page 6.

Costume Designer See page 22.

Head Carpenter See page 68.

Music Director / Arranger / Music Supervisor See page 61.

Scenic Designer See page 23.

Assistant Scenic Artist See page 69.

Dave Hudson sincerely thanks all of the volunteers and the board of Northern Sky for their amazing work, dedication, and time that make this theatre such a magical place every year. Paul Libman would like to thank the entire Northern Sky family for inspiring Dave and him to tell stories from their hearts, and for bringing those stories so beautifully to life.

2

Northern Sky Theater

Music by

Paul Libman

Book & Lyrics by

Dave Hudson

Additional Jinglefication by Paul Libman Director & Choregrapher Jeff Herbst Music Director / Arranger / Music Supervisor Alissa Rhode Stage Manager Neen Rock* Asst Stage Manager Shawn Galligan Scenic Designer Lisa Schlenker Asst Scenic Artist Adam Stoner Lighting Designer David Alley

Sound Designer Nic Trapani Costume Designer Karen Brown-Larimore Props Designer Kathleen Rock

Middletown, ‘Somewhere’ USA, far from a large city – Present Day

Cast of Characters

Mike Young, newest radio disc jockey.............................. Chase Stoeger Bart Dunwood, radio disc jockey........................................ Doug Forrest Maggie Wheeling, et al....................................................Molly Rhode* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Musical Numbers

Well Hello Tradin’ Time Tradin’ Time (reprise) Road Closings Well Hello Filling the Air Here It Is Road Closings (reprise 1)

Gibson’s Ad 1 Lollipop’s Ad Gibson’s Ad 2 Dewey’s Jingle Gibson’s Ad 3 Road Closings (reprise 2) Ballad of Dr. Who (beginning)

– 15 MINUTE INTERMISSION – Ballad of Dr. Who (ending) Jake Jensen’s Jingle Killing Time Naked Radio Love Lessons

Snow Stories Well Hello Bare Naked A Little Bit

NorthernSkyTheater.com

3

DOUG FORREST Performer Doug is thrilled to be joining the Northern Sky Family with Naked Radio. Raised and grown tall in the Fine Dairy State, this performance marks an excited return to WI, and to the theater, after many years. Living in Houston, Doug is a performing singer/songwriter as well as a studio artist creating modern-folk art from vintage reclaimed wood. This month marks the release of Doug’s solo CD, titled: Be Optimistic. This blend of Americana music features 13 original songs. You can see more of Doug’s artwork locally at The Edgewood Orchard Galleries or catch a LIVE solo show at one of Door County’s favorite venues. For the latest and greatest, please visit www.dougforreststudio.com.

MOLLY RHODE Performer SEE PAGE 9

CHASE STOEGER Performer SEE PAGE 32

Instrumentation

Doug Forrest: guitar, mandolin Molly Rhode: bass, omnichord, ukulele Chase Stoeger: guitar, banjolele, ukulele, percussion

More bios appear in the bound Northern Sky program.

H

OME for the O LIDAYS

4

Northern Sky Theater

December

27th – 31st

Wednesday - Sunday Old Gibraltar Town Hall - Fish Creek

Don’t miss THE public radio event of the century!

The Power of Story WPR’S GRAND CENTENNIAL EVENT Join us for a night of stories, music, conversation and more emceed by Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered.

8 p.m. Saturday October 14 Overture Center, Madison Tickets on sale now at overturecenter.com and 608.258.4141.

NorthernSkyTheater.com

5

A Note from the Authors of Naked Radio Book & Lyrics by Dave Hudson Music by Paul Libman Who do you know in this show?

As the bookwriter of Naked Radio, I have to confess that this show has surprised me. It started with an idea: Two guys on the radio joking around and saying they were naked. Because… you know, it’s the radio, and nobody can see them. Funny, right? From there, we built a story around it: get the two guys stuck in a blizzard. Then, Jeff Herbst had marching orders. He wanted this show to be performed by three people, the two DJ characters and a woman playing the third character. Well, there are two parts to a radio station, the station and the community who is listening. We soon realized that the woman in the cast would be playing the entire community. Luckily, we had the very versatile and talented Molly Rhode in place to help us develop this ‘track’ of characters.

Now, here’s a secret. I’ve known, or am acquainted with every character in this show. A couple of examples: I worked on the county road crew in college and we did have a guy named Rusty (and he could curse). I worked in a bookstore in college and we had a regular customer who always came in wearing a full Star Trek uniform (not Dr Who, but still). The list goes on, but the point is that I feel like I’ve written people that we all know, and Molly has done a stunning job at bringing them to life. By the same token, even though Chase Stoeger and Doug Forrest are only playing one character, they have made those characters wonderfully real (while also playing their fingers off).

Finally, closer to home, recently I was personally part of a very dehumanizing corporate downsizing where, like Bart, they decided that the actual individuals who had been doing the job no longer mattered.

The surprise for me came from the deeply personal things this story brought out of me. Silly, wacky, corny; yes, this is all of that. But this musical has also been a wonderfully personal, heartfelt journey of remembering characters from my past. It has also made me laugh a lot, and has occasionally brought a few tears to my eyes.

So, who do you know in this show? I hope that you know at least a few of these characters. Beyond that, I hope that by the end of the show, you are glad that you’ve gotten to know some new folks as well.

– Dave Hudson

Naked Radio is sponsored by

Cookery Restaurant & Wine Bar Edgewood Orchard Galleries Nicolet National Bank

6

Northern Sky Theater