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Elizabeth Lane is a writer for "Smart Housekeeping" magazine, whose wildly popular column describes in detail her comfy farm life, delectable meal recipes and loving husband and baby - none of which the single, apartment-dwelling Mahattanite actually has. Her editor knows her secret - but her stickler-for-the-truth publisher hasn't a clue. When her publisher insists she host a returning war hero fan for the Christmas holidays, and invites himself along as well, Elizabeth must marshall all hands and all her wits to conjure up a Christmas miracle and save her career.

Produced by Art Jolin

The Cast
Announcer/Sink/Beecham/Sheriff – Corey Roe
Jeff – Dave McEwan
Mary (Nurse)/Reporter 2 – Emily Chiola
Elizabeth – Cassie Barasch Ford
Felix/Mr.Harper/... – John Paul Middlesworth
Yardley – Art Jolin
Gertrude/Judge/Mrs.Gerzeg/Helen – Michelle Kaiser
John – Drew Gulino
Nora – Kelly McDaniel

Three women friends go on a day-long boat trip shepherding a group of school children. A fourth female "friend" is conspicuously absent and the three find out why when a note from her discloses a shocking secret. Will their friendships survive? Will their marriages? Told in flashbacks, the stories of each marriage unfold as the isolated women agonize over "A Letter To Three Wives".

CAST

The most recent show in OdysseyStage On The Air's series of radio plays is "A Letter To Three Wives", a drama of love, marriage, betrayal and redemption. The show was directed and edited by Art Jolin with a cast including:

John Paul Middlesworth as Brad Bishop
Emily Chiola as Debby, Brad’s wife
Drew Gulino as George Phipps
Kelly McDaniel as Rita, George’s wife
Dave McEwen as Porter Hollingsway
Cassie Ford as Lora Mae, Porter’s wife
Michelle Kaiser as Addie Ross
Danielle Fenton as Sadie the cook, Mrs.Manleigh and Ma
Art Jolin as Jim the Waiter and Bookie
Faith Anklam as Kathleen (child reading the fairy story)

A UFO lands in Washington, D.C. bearing a message – and an ultimatum. Klaatu and his people have watched, with increasing alarm, Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth.  A single mother and her young daughter help Klaatu understand the contradictions of this strangely virtuous yet violent planet.

Director: Art Jolin
Writer: Art Jolin


Cast:
Klaatu…………………………...............................….Art Jolin
Helen Benson…….......………………..................….Danielle Fenton
Suzie Benson………………….…………….…..........…..Emily Chiola
Tom Stevens/Prof. Barnhardt…......................JP Middlesworth
The Narrator……………........…........................….Ryan McDaniel
Newscaster/General Cutler…........................…Dave McEwen
Mrs.Crockett, Hilda (Barnhardt's aide).......…….Cassie Ford

Alison Hopkins was a suffragist whose husband, John Hopkins, had worked for Woodrow Wilson’s presidential campaign. After dinner with the President and his wife Edith, and hearing their disparaging comments about the Suffragists, Alison was motivated to join other Silent Sentinels protesting outside the White House. This led to her arrest and imprisonment, and an intense marital dispute over her actions.

Director: Annie Taft
Writer: Keith Burrage

Cast:
Alison Hopkins…………………………. Sarianna Gregg
John Hopkins……………………………. Paul Baerman
President Woodrow Wilson………. Michael Shannon
Edith Wilson…………………………………. Maria Piskor

Our newest podcast series is inspired by the golden age of radio. Classic commercials from the period and the full arsenal of music and sound effects bring each show to life.

Director/Producer: Art Jolin

Cast:

Nick Charles……………………………….Ryan McDaniel
Nora Charles…….......………………….Kelly McDaniel
Selma………………….…………………....Michelle Kaiser
Aunt Katherine/Lt. Abrams………..Danielle Fenton
Robert/Anthony/Phil………………….JP Middlesworth
David/Reporter/Butler/Slats………Dave McEwen
Dancer/Reporter/Fingers…………..Art Jolin
Polly/Drunk………………….…………….Cassie Ford

Investigative journalist Ida Tarbell was the "muckraker" whose reporting brought down John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly at the turn of the 20th century. Having shattered many a glass ceiling herself, she paradoxically opposed the Woman’s Suffrage movement. In this play she visits her suffragist mother at Christmas, 1916, a few months before the United States enters World War I and three years before ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Director: Annie Taft
Writer: Paul Baerman

Cast:

Ida Tarbell……………………….... Abby Overton
Ann Tarbell……………………..... Bee Holroyd