Alaska Theater Festival: Radio Plays was co-produced by KTOO and Theater Alaska in association with Ghost Light Theatre
The Alaska Theater Festival: Radio Plays was presented February 10 – February 12, 2023 on 104.3 and streamed at ktoo.org. Reeling, The Beginning of Eagle, and The Case of the Missing Client were performed before a live studio audience and simultaneously broadcast Dracula was previously recorded.
The festival received funding from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts with additional funding from the Rasmuson Foundation, The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau, and Sealaska.
DRACULA – written by Bram Stoker and adapted for the radio by Orson Welles
Dracula is a tale we all know, but you’ve never heard it like this! Recorded, mixed, and broadcast in October 2021, sit back and let your imagination go wild as an all-star cast and crew of local Juneau talent enthrall you with this classic tale of horror, intrigue, and love. Produced by Juneau Ghost Light Theatre.
REELING – written by Frank Henry Kaashe Katasse
After the death of her uncle, Alexandria paddles out to his secret fishing spot to pay her respects to him. As a storm threatens to overturn her canoe, Alexandria fights to remember the life lessons he taught her about strength and believing in yourself. Reeling is a powerful play about forgiveness, testing oneself, and moving forward in life. Produced by Theatre Alaska.
THE BEGINNING OF EAGLE – Adapted by Vera Starbard from stories shared by DaaXKudein Tommy Jimmie
The Beginning of Eagle is a radio play adaptation of stories told by DaaXKu dein Tommy Jimmie written by Vera Starbard about Eagle and the beginning of the world. Told with humor, these stories follow Eagle as he meets Uncle Earth, flies by the immensity of stars, and falls in love. The play ends just as Eagle reveals the darker side of his nature and leaves us on a cliff hanger. The play is the first of what will be a series of Eagle stories to be shared and used as teaching aids with students and available to everyone around the globe. Produced by Theatre Alaska.
THE CASE OF THE CARELESS CLIENT by Agatha Christie
A riveting whodunnit featuring the infamous detective Hercule Poirot. Originally broadcast in 1945, this is one of a few stories Agatha Christie wrote specifically for the radio. This production is classic Christie: full of twists, turns, and surprises around every corner (or under every pile of laundry). Produced by Juneau Ghost Light Theatre.
FESTIVAL PRODUCTION TEAM
Flordelino Lagundino Producer – Producing Artistic Director, Theater Alaska
Cheryl Snyder Producer – Vice President & General Manager, KTOO Music & Arts
Cate Ross Producer – Board member, Juneau Ghost Light Theatre
Jennifer Lagundino Producer – General Manager, Theater Alaska
Sarah Wallace Festival Production Manager
Meghan McLaughlin Theater Alaska Production Manager
Sheli DeLaney Festival Radio Host – KTOO Arts & Culture Producer
Mikko Wilson KTOO 360TV Production Manager
Keith Giles Sound Engineer – Alaska Music One
DRACULA!
Juneau Ghost Light Theatre
Ty Yamaoka Arthur Seward
Felix Thillet Jonathan Harker
Nomi Saxton Professor Van Helsing
Elizabeth Pisel-Davis Mina Harker
Kristen Rankin Lucy Westenra
Heather LaVerne Dracula
Roblin Davis Director
Rashah McChesney Sound Design
Theme Song Taylor Vidic
Original Music Paige Sparks
Kelsey Riker (lead), Kristen Rankin, Melissa Griffiths, Rashah McChesney, Cate Ross Foley Art
Cate Ross Producer
REELING
Frank Henry Kaash Katasse Playwright
Flordelino Lagundino Director
Donnie Gott Stage Manager
Ed Littlefield Sound Design and Foley Artist
Christina Apathy Vocal Coach
Erin Tripp Alexandria
Jake Waid Charlie
Jay Zeller Jessica
THE BEGINNING OF EAGLE
Daaxkoowdein Tommy Jimmie Storyteller/Cultural Specialist
Vera Starbard Adapter/Playwright
Jared Olin Director
Victoria Johnson Cultural Specialist
Donnie Gott Stage Manager
Ed Littlefield Sound Design and Foley Artist
Christina Apathy Vocal Coach
George Holly Actor
Jared Olin Eagle Man
Alfie Price Father Sun
Andrew Tripp Uncle Earth
Erin Tripp Baby Eagle, Flicker Woman
Miriah Twitchell Mother Moon, Eagle Sister
THE CASE OF THE CARELESS CLIENT
Agatha Christie Playwright
Cate Ross Producer, Juneau Ghost Light Theatre
Roblin Gray Davis Director
Stacy Katasse Stage Manager
Paige Sparks Original Music
Taylor Vidic JGLT On the Air Theme Song Composer
Paige Sparks & Kristen Rankin Foley Art
Kelsey Riker Mr. Parrish
Travis Clark Morris Inspector Stevens
Margeaux Ljungberg Miss Fletcher
Felix Thillet Hercule Poirot
FESTIVAL FUNDERS
A huge thank you goes to our festival funders:
Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts with additional funding from the Rasmuson Foundation
The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau
Sealaska
Additional funding support for the writers comes from The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
SPECIAL THANKS
Edric Carillo, Dante Reyes, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Mike Sparks, Keith Giles
and Alaska Music One, Erick Chadwell, Perseverance Theatre, Marian Call, and Annie Bartholomew.
Thank you to Betsy Sims and Frank and Stacy Katasse for generously
providing artist housing.
