- Date
- 2016-02-24
- Kind
- Radio theatre
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- theatreradioartscommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In February 2016, the Beaver Island Community Players began work on the Burns and Allen radio comedy Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving and opened preparations for the stage play The Boarding House, targeted for Memorial Weekend. A later community-center schedule listed public performances on May 28 and 29.
Evidence limits
The forum documents auditions, recruitment, and planned productions. It does not preserve the radio recording, final cast, performance date, or attendance.
Sources
- The notice announced February 24 auditions/practice for “Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving,” invited high-school students and other voices, and separately announced March auditions for the stage play “The Boarding House,” with a Memorial Weekend production target. A reply said the first radio performance had already aired, but the thread does not preserve the broadcast date or recording.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t009909
- The Memorial Day weekend community-center notice listed The Boarding House performances for May 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. This is a first-party venue schedule and confirms the planned public presentation, but gives no attendance or performance review.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010224
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community Players launch a new radio comedy and stage-play cycle, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-radio-players-gracie-takes-up-crime-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Community Players, “Beaver Island Community Players and Radio Players,” Beaver Island Forum, February 22–24, 2016. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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