ON THE AIR 5!

This one-night-only benefit transports the audience back to the Golden Age of radio, complete with a cast of celebrity performers, live on-stage music and sound effects. Each year is a completely new production, and this year features three radio classics: “The Lone Ranger,” the story of how he met Tonto and found his horse, Silver; “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” where the wise-cracking detective starts out exposing a bogus séance scheme and ends up solving a wealthy matron’s murder; and “My Favorite Husband,” the hysterical episode where Liz plays matchmaker, trying to pair up her friend with George’s client, but the client mistakenly thinks Liz wants him for herself (this radio show which starred Lucille Ball later became the television hit “I Love Lucy”). ON THE AIR! benefits Dezart Performs, the award-winning, local non-profit theatre arts organization. An exclusive meet-and-greet VIP Reception with the performers will follow the show.

The cast for ON THE AIR! features: Valorie Armstrong, Gary Beach, Bob Bergen, Joyce Bulifant, Patrick Evans, Bob Hardt, Mariette Hartley, Michael Holmes, Sal Mistretta, Roger Perry, Melinda Peterson, Phil Proctor and Fred Willard with singers Francesca Amari, Darci Daniels and Lori Yeary, musicians Jay Lewis, Jeff Stover and Shelley Yoelin, sound effects by Andrea McGuire and Mike Truelock, and hosted by Bob Hardt. The musical director is Barney McClure.