Halloween on the Radio 2019

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show celebrated Halloween this past Saturday (10/26/19) and here’s the proof! From left to right, there’s Gabe Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Justin Panico, Wendy Carpenter and Debby Girtman.

Photo by Cliff Lowe.

The Ross Community Center Roadshow

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show went on the road to the Ross Community Center to help celebrate their International Festival this past Saturday (September 21, 2019)! It was a beautiful day to share the magic of radio! Thank you to the kind folks at Ross for inviting the radio gang to such a worthy event! More thanks to Sean Orlosky, Wendy Carpenter, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Cliff Lowe and Dalton Knox for sharing their time and talent!

Photograph by Cindy Lowe

The Radio Gang Strikes Again!

Larry Beck, Sean Orlosky, Todd Terrell, Wendy Carpenter, Angela Gick and Bob Green perform a scene from MY FRIEND IRMA (June 22, 2019). Photo by Cindy Lowe

Photobombed by a Vampire

A lot of fun was had by all at Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show's Halloween show (October 27, 2018)! That's Wendy Carpenter, Dalton Knox and Katy Wolfe in a photograph taken by Cliff Lowe.

Halloweenies

Happy Halloween from the cast and the crew (Bob Green, Tom Cherry, Larry Beck, Jerry and Judy Cole, Jeff Shull, Sean Orlosky, Katy Wolfe, Dalton Knox, Jeff Rapkin, Rita Wessel, Gabe Carpenter, and Wendy Carpenter) of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show!

The Radio Gang Rides Again!

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show began its sixth season at the Farmland Center Community on February 25th with these talented actors and actresses: Sean Smith, Marty Grubbs, Sean Orlosky, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Rapkin, Jeff Shull, Missy Donahue, Bob Green, Wendy Carpenter and the invisible Sean Heline! More radio fun on March 25th at 3:00 pm!
Photograph by Cliff Lowe

Christmas in Radioland

Bill Richmond of The News-Gazette attended the Christmas Eve edition of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show and a couple days later Katy Wolfe and Wendy Carpenter made the front page of the newspaper (12/27/16). Thanks, Bill!

Adieu! Adieu!

Last Friday night we bid adieu to Waiting for Godot. Thank you to all the kind folks who visited with us wayfarers in the bog and those champion people who gave up their time to volunteer with the production. I want to thank Taylor Watkins and Thomas Nelson III for all of their outstanding work, Wendy Carpenter for her mad makeup skills and to my brilliant cast mates (Barry McMullen, Bob Green, Sean Orlosky and Cody Lee) for making life in the wasteland such a rich and rewarding experience. Thank you to our prolific director Lysa Franklin for guiding us on our journey through the imagination of Beckett. I consider myself blessed to have done two shows with Lysa as my director this year and I hope there many more opportunities in the future!

And finally thank you Lysa and Barry for Think, Dog! Productions! It’s nice to know there is a place in Muncie, Indiana for challenging and experimental work that allows for risk and stretches the boundaries of theatre. May the Dog forever bark loud and mightily!

Photograph by John Lee

One Funky Halloween

It’s Halloween in Waffleville and Arlo Wazzo has opened his home to some truly disturbed individuals. Fortunately for him, they are his friends! However, when some clean Halloween fun conjures up some guests from the afterlife, pumpkin bowling is forgotten and a frightful farce ensues! It’s a night full of tricks and treats as psychics, werewolf dispatchers, historical figures, and a fanboy fry cook unite for One Funky Halloween!

 Based on characters from the local comic strip/public access sitcom Those Funky Idiots by Tom Cherry, One Funky Halloween brings Arlo Wazzo and the other citizens of Waffleville to the stage for an original comedy written and directed by Sean Orlosky. The talented cast includes Gabe Carpenter, Sean Heline, Sean Orlosky, Bob Green, Rita Wessel, Wendy Carpenter, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, and Tom Cherry.

Historical Farmland USA is proud to present One Funky Halloween at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana) on October 23^rd, 24^th, and 30^th. These performances include dinner and dessert. The dinner portion of the evening begins at 6:30 pm with the show following at 7:00 pm. Tickets for the dinner and the show are $20.00 (Seniors: $18.00). Tickets for the show are $10.00.

For tickets and other information please call (765) 468-7631.

Thursday

Thursday was a good day. I took the day off from Touchy Feely Fotos to hang out in Farmland with some wonderful people (You know, Sean Orlosky, Wendy Carpenter, Sean Heline, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, and Judy and Jerry Cole). We also performed a special episode of Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show for a bus tour experiencing the wonders of Farmland. They were a fine audience, too! It was a fun show and we earned some good money for the Farmland Community Center. Later that same day, I auditioned for Indiana Public Radio’s Christmas production of The Gift of the Magi and yesterday I found out I’ll be part of the cast so Friday was a good day, too.

Radio X

  This Saturday Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show enters Dimension X and presents a couple horrifying tales by the legendary Ray Bradbury! Starring Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Sean Heline, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, our soundman and soundwoman Jerry and Judy Cole, and our special guest stars, Rita Wessel and Dana Jones! Plus Hoppy Hopper meets Dr. Frankenstein on The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show and the comical return of Those Funky Idiots! Also It Pays to Be Ignorant and a couple of your favorite songs by Katy Wolfe and Missy Donahue! That's this Saturday (8/23/14) at the Farmland Center at 3:00pm! Just one dollar per seat! Popcorn and refreshments will also be available!

Can't make it? You can also listen in by clicking the radio icon at http://www.farmlandindiana.org/ or on any mobile device through the TuneIn App, keyword Farmland Radio! Tune in, turn out, and we'll see you on the radio!

Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

  The Radio Gang (Front row (L-r): Missy Donahue, Wendy Carpenter, Angela Gick, Judy Cole, and Katy Wolfe. Back row (L-r): Jeff Shull, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Me (Proof I have a face for radio!), and Jerry Cole)   Recently Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show expanded a bit in prime time and offered a buffet of desserts for a series of shows that ran on the weekends from Mother's Day to May 25. Despite having a variety of fun scripts performed by the most talented cast around (The best radio cast since Mercury Theatre by gum!), the shows didn't draw much of a crowd. Sadly it was a bust audience wise, but we all certainly had a grand time on stage and I continue to be blessed by being in the company of such remarkable folks who come together every now and then to play radio in Farmland. Thanks again to all those brave souls who ventured out to see us (Next time bring all of your friends! Please!), to the wonderful cooks and bakers who made our delicious treats, and most of all to my dear friends in the radio gang who inspire me with their talent and their kindness!   And remember a new episode of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show debuts every fourth Saturday of the month at the Farmland Center @ 3:00pm! Hope to see you on the radio!   Photograph by Kristin Wolfe.

Comng Soon to a Farmland Center Near You!

  Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show celebrates Mother's Day with a dessert theatre at the Farmland Center at 1:00pm! Featuring Father Knows Best, Suspense, The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show, and The Mayor of Farmland! Plus It Pays to be Ignorant and Your Hit Parade with Gabe and Wendy Carpenter! Starring Wendy Carpenter, Bob Green, Gabe Carpenter, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, and our soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole! Pamper your mother and satisfy your sweet tooth this Sunday with the radio gang in Farmland! We'll see you on the radio!

Indy Radio

  Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show hit the road on March 31 and performed in Foundation Hall at the Marquette Retirement Community in Indianapolis! In front of a rather sizable crowd (Nearly a hundred or so), we recreated a classic script from Fibber McGee and Molly and then we introduced our attentive audience to The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show and The Mayor of Farmland. Jerry and Judy Cole sang a bit and then we had one of our best contestants on It Pays to Be Ignorant basically steal the show away from us (Thank you, Ethel Booth, for allowing us to take it back!). It was a great experience and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I know I certainly did!   Thanks to Marilyn Martin and Casey Wente for their kindness and care as they opened their wonderful facility to us! And more thanks to our wonderful cast and crew (Wendy Carpenter, Sean Heline, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Jerry and Judy Cole, and Lindsey Cox) for creating another hour of pure radio fun! They truly are the best, folks, and it's always an honor to be in their company!   Hopefully we'll have more opportunities to take the show on the road in the near future! I'm already looking forward to it!

Wallhangers

  Here's a photo of some my comic strips at the From the Stage to the Walls art exhibit at the Farmland Center. The exhibit officially opens today with a reception at 1-4pm. Unfortunately, I have an audition for God of Carnage at the Muncie Civic at the same time so I will be a bit tardy to the reception. Fortunately, Sean Orlosky and Wendy Carpenter will be on hand to converse with the patrons. A busy Saturday afternoon for the fat cartoonist!   Photo courtesy of Lindsey Cox.

From the Stage to the Walls

  Here's a promotional piece for an upcoming art exhibit at the Farmland Center that will feature the work of Sean Orlosky, Wendy Carpenter, and myself. Sean and Wendy will provide the brilliant paintings while I'll be bringing the toons. Eight of my strips to be exact and each one is up for sale if anybody wants to part with some of their currency. I haven't exhibited any of my stuff in a long time so I'm excited to be sharing wall space with the talented Sean and Wendy. Come one, come all!   Designed by Lindsey Cox.

Fools

  I don't think I have mentioned this before around these parts, but I'm currently appearing in Neil Simon's Fools at the Farmland Center! Pictured up above is part of the talented cast (l-r, Vinny Walker, Linda Gilchrist, Sean Orlosky, Wendy Carpenter, Adrian Hess). The play tells the story of a village in Russia cursed with stupidity and how a young schoolmaster tries to break the curse before he becomes stupid as well. It's a fun show with a great cast and I get to play the villain of the piece which is always a good thing!   We opened last Friday and performances continue May 17-19 and May 23-26. Tickets are $20 (Dinner and show), $18 (Seniors), $12 (Children), and $10 (Show only). Reservations are required at 765-468-7631.   Photograph courtesy of Bob Green.

Did This Yesterday

  It was the first show of 2013 for the cast of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show (l-r, Darrin Murrell, Bob Green, Me, Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Giraffe Man, Linda Gilchrist with Jerry and Judy Cole in the back) and it was a lot of fun! Looking forward to April's show!   Photograph by Lindsey Cox

Scene from a Radio Rodeo

  Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show in action with (l to r) Darrin Murrell, Bob Green, Wendy Carpenter, Tom Cherry, Sean Heline, Judy Cole, Sean Orlosky, and Linda Gilchrist! Our sound man Jerry Cole reigns above us all! From the Farmland Center on September 22, 2012. Photograph by Benjamin Bennett

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show made its debut on March 24, 2012 and The News-Gazette (Winchester, Indiana's finest and only newspaper) was there to document this historic event! More information at www.farmlandindiana.org! Our next show is April 28!