Unexpected Intermission

The Farmland Community Center will be closed for the rest of March so unfortunately there won’t be a radio show on March 28. Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show hopes to become radio active again on April 25, 2020!

Poster image by Tony Morris.

I Heart Radio

Love is in the air on the next episode of Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show this Saturday (May 25, 2019) at the Farmland Community Center! The heartbreaking story of Mrs. Moonlight will be featured on Romance and the saga of the Harrumphs and the La Dee Dahs continues in Farmland’s favorite soap opera, Love is a Heavy Burden!
Our talented cast for this month includes Wendy Carpenter, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Jeff Shull, our sound effects woman Judy Cole, and our special guest stars, Debby Girtman and Todd Terrell!
A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and Gabe Carpenter will sing!
That’s May 25 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, call 765-468-7631.
Radio fun for everyone!
Photograph by Tony Morris

Radioactive in April

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show features a couple of crime fighters this Saturday (April 27, 2019) at the Farmland Community Center! A thrilling episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe will be featured as well as a new episode of The Adventures of Giraffe Man!

Our talented cast includes Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Rapkin, Jeff Shull, our sound effects team, Judy Cole and Cliff Lowe, and our special guest star, Todd Terrell!

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant, Gabe Carpenter will sing and we celebrate the return of Baby Snooks!

That’s April 27 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, call 765-468-7631.

Radio fun for everyone!

Photograph by Tony Morris

Season Eight

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show begins its eighth season this Saturday (March 23, 2019) at the Farmland Community Center! The show’s line-up will include the classic radio comedies, Easy Aces and The Bickersons, and the premiere of Jack the Giant Slayer!

Our talented radio cast includes Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Rapkin, Jeff Shull, Rita Wessel, Larry Beck, our sound effects woman, Judy Cole, and our special guest sound effects man, Cliff Lowe!

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and the musical talents of Gabe Carpenter will be featured!

That’s March 23 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! For more information, call 765-468-7631. Radio fun for everyone!

Poster image by Tony Morris

For Your Post-Black Friday Consideration

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show is going to the movies by presenting the radio version of the classic comedy, The Philadelphia Story, this Saturday (November 24, 2018) at the Farmland Community Center! Plus the debut of the new original series, Tall Tales of the Old West!

The talented cast includes Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, Rita Wessel, sound effects man and woman, Jerry and Judy Cole, and special guest, Sean Heline!

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and the musical talents of Katy Wolfe and Rita Wessel will be featured!

That’s November 24 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, call 765-468-7631.

Radio fun for everyone!

Photograph by Tony Morris

Spreading the Gospel of Fibber McGee and Molly

Last evening (October 12, 2018) the radio gang loaded up the radio Winnebago and traveled to Muncie for a big show at Union Chapel! I think it's safe to say fun was had by all! Thank you to Paula Parker for inviting us and to all the fine folks who attended. More thanks to our incredible cast: Sean Orlosky, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Jeff Rapkin, Jeff Shull and Jerry and Judy Cole! It's amazing how I get to work with these talented folks every month of the year! Believe me, radio rangers, doing an old time radio show does have its benefits! I'm a very fortunate man! Thanks again, friends!
Photograph by Tony Morris

Time For Another Radio Show!

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show proudly presents The Magnificent Montague this Saturday (August 25, 2018) at the Farmland Community Center! Plus a new episode of Farmland’s favorite soap opera, Love is a Heavy Burden!

Featuring the talents of Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, Judy Cole and special guest soundmen, Cliff Lowe and Thomas Nelson III.

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and Judy Cole will sing!

That’s August 25 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase! For more information, please call 765.468.7631.

Radio fun for everyone!

Photograph by Tony Morris

This Saturday at the Farmland Community Center...

Get ready for some laughs as Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show presents an episode of the classic working man comedy, The Life of Riley, this Saturday (April 28, 2018) at the Farmland Community Center! Plus the debut of a new chapter of the action packed cowboy serial, The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show!

Featuring the talents of Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, Larry Beck and soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole!

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and Jerry and Judy Cole will step away from the Foley table to present a musical number!

That’s April 28 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase! For more information, please call 765-468-7631. Radio fun for everyone!

Photograph by Tony Morris.

The 7th Season Begins!

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show begins its seventh season this Saturday (February 24, 2018) at the Farmland Community Center by presenting the comic antics of Fibber McGee and Molly! Plus the debut of a new original series, Pandor the Mystic, will be featured!

The talented radio cast includes Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Jeff Rapkin, Rita Wessel, Larry Beck, and soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole!

A lucky audience member will also get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and Katy Wolfe will sing!

That’s February 24 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! For more information, call 765-468-7631. Radio fun for everyone!

Poster image was created by Tony Morris

Entertainment for Your Small Business Saturday

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show will shake you from your turkey coma this Saturday by presenting The Adventures of Sam Spade! Plus there’s another thrilling chapter in your favorite cowboy serial, The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show! Featuring the best radio cast since Mercury Theatre: Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Rapkin, soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole, and Jeff Shull as “Lord Scrumptious”!

A lucky audience member will also get a chance to play It Pays to be Ignorant and Jerry and Judy Cole will step away from the Foley table to sing a song just for you!

That’s November 25 at 3:00 pm at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana)! Tickets are just a dollar! Popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, call 765-468-7631. Radio fun for everyone!

Photograph by Tony Morris

Poster Boys and Girls

The official poster for Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show by photographer, Tony Morris!

Radio Stunt

Due to his vacation, actor Sean Orlosky couldn’t appear in last Saturday’s radio show (That was June 24, 2017 for all you historians out there). Fortunately, his stunt double agreed to fill in.

Photograph by Tony Morris.

At the Lapin Agile, It's Always...

Sagot (Tom Cherry) demonstrates while Suzanne (Alexandria Hudson) and Germaine (Katy Wolfe) watch in a scene from Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the Muncie Civic Studio Theatre.
Photographs by Tony Morris

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Sad news. The Rabbit died. The Nimble Rabbit is no more at the Muncie Civic Studio Theatre, but the memories of Picasso at the Lapin Agile shall last for a very long time. It's always bittersweet when a show closes especially one where you are surrounded by a group of talented artists that create theatre magic every night. It was wonderful to share the stage with some great friends and some new friends! Thank you to Lysa Franklin, Sean Orlosky, Thomas Nelson, Taylor Watkins, Dakota Reed, Jeff Rapkin, Katy Wolfe, Fred Hefter, Alexandria Hudson, Becca Rankin, Daniel Gibson, Wendy Carpenter, Gabe Carpenter and Mary Williams! It has been a rich and rewarding experience and I hope our paths cross again and again to make some more remarkable theatre! And thank you to our amazing audiences who gave us such a successful run!

 Photograph by Tony Morris

Basil Has Left the Building

The cast and crew of Chiller Thriller Theatre with Basil Q. Mylk-Bone: (Front, l-r) Judy Cole, Thomas Nelson III, Missy Donahue, Little Guy, Bob Green, Tony Morris with Murgatroyd dangling below. (Back, l-r) Sean Orlosky, Cliff Lowe, Tom Cherry, Jeff Shull, Jerry Cole, Sean Heline, and Cindy Lowe.

Chiller Thriller Theatre with Basil Q. Mylk-Bone is now over. Thank you to all the folks who attended and even more thanks to all the wonderful people, onstage and off, who made this fun experience possible. Making good shows with good people. Who can ask for anything more?

The October People

  Last Saturday I helped Cliff Lowe, Tony Morris, Cindy Lowe, and Sean Orlosky tape some scenes for our Halloween show, Chiller Thriller Theatre with Basil Q. Mylk-Bone. The premise of the show is that it is actually a horror movie marathon hosted by Mr. Mylk-Bone (Played by Mr. Orlosky). Our two plays, Cliff's Vampire in the Attic and my Two Guys and a Pearl, serve as the horror movies. Since Sean will be on vacation during the show's run, Basil's bits were recorded to appear on an actual TV that will be played on and off throughout the two acts.

It was a lot of fun taping the host segments and it brought back fond memories of those good, old days when I used to work on my public access sitcom years ago. Plus I got to be the voice of Murgatroyd, Basil's spider co-host! How can you not have a good time with great friends and a spider puppet?

Photograph by Cindy Lowe.