Ghost of A Tuna Christmas Past

Just a year ago I got to to wear a wig and a muumuu and work with the great Sean Orlosky! Oh, happy days!

 

Felicia and Gary

Yeah, I don’t think Gary really had a chance with her.

A scene from I Hate Hamlet (Muncie Civic Theatre, March 2020) with Katy Wolfe as Felicia and myself as Gary Peter Lefkowitz.

Photograph by ace photographer, Chelsea Kleeberg.

Tuna Wrap

Thanks to everyone who attended and supported A Tuna Christmas at the Farmland Community Center! The fine folks of Tuna wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Photograph by Justin Panico.

The Recent Ghost of Halloween Past

The Incredible Shrinking Skipper (10/26/19)
Photograph by Cindy Lowe.

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.

Us Judges 3

I was honored to be one of the judges for Farmland's Chili Cookoff with Sean Orlosky and Debby Girtman (10/5/19). Fun times with great people!
Photograph by Sean Orlosky

A New Old Time Radio Show Drops September 28!

Laughs are guaranteed on Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show as they present the classic radio comedy, Life with Luigi, this Saturday (September 28, 2019) at the Farmland Community Center! A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and expect a couple songs from Missy Donahue and Judy Cole!

The talented cast includes Sean Orlosky, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Jeff Rapkin, Debby Girtman, the sound effects team, Judy Cole and Cliff Lowe, and special guest star, Todd Terrell!

That’s September 28, 2019 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!

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 Ghost of Christmas-Yet-To-Come

Since I just started memorizing some lines, I guess it’s safe to announce that Sean Orlosky and I will be appearing in A Tuna Christmas this December in Farmland.

Photograph by Sean Orlosky

Father and Daughter Await Scary Scarecrow

A scene from Scarecrow County with me and the amazing Chelsi Kern.
Photograph by Kyle Garner

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

Radio News for June

Prepare to laugh on the next episode of Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show this Saturday (June 22, 2019) at the Farmland Community Center! The classic radio comedy My Friend Irma will be featured and a new episode of Those Funky Idiots will debut!

Our talented cast for this month includes Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, Larry Beck, our sound effects team Judy Cole and Cliff Lowe, and our special guest stars, Amanda Heline, Sean Heline and Todd Terrell!

A lucky audience member will get a chance to play It Pays to Be Ignorant and expect some musical entertainment from Katy Wolfe and Sean Heline!

That’s June 22 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 Ashley Martin

Gone, But Never Forgotten

I miss playing Uncle Punky. I want to throw raw fish at complete strangers again.
Photograph by Darrin Murrell

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

Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For?

My character Brownie makes a phone call in a scene from Scarecrow County (March 2019).
Photograph by Kyle Garner

Talking Scarecrow

Look, Ma! I’m acting with Jeff Shull in a scene from John Oak Dalton’s Scarecrow County!
Photograph by Kyle Garner

Some Actors Chew Up the Scenery, I Sweep It

On the set of John Oak Dalton’s Scarecrow County (3/3/19), I acted with the lovely and talented Chelsi Kern, wore a do-rag for the first time, and swept a bit.
 Photograph by Kyle Garner

Jerry

On February 11, 2019 we lost our dear friend Jerry Cole. Besides being our sound effects man and musical director, Jerry was also one of the guiding lights behind our radio show and it’s hard to imagine what we are going to do without him and his many talents.

After much thought, we have decided to postpone the new season of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show until March 23, 2019 so we can regroup and properly mourn our friend.

Memorial contributions to Jerry may be made to Historic Farmland USA (P.O. Box 251, Farmland, IN 47340) with reference to the Jerry Cole concert series.

Thank you.

Photograph by Mary-Ellen Bertram

2018- A Radio Review

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show wrapped up its 7th season on December 22, 2018 at the Farmland Community Center with our big Christmas show. 2018 has proven to be another fun year for our little Mom and Pop operation! We introduced a few new shows to our rotating original lineup including Pandor the Mystic, Tall Tales of the Old West and Love is a Heavy Burden. We loaded up the radio Winnebago and took the show on the road to perform for the Delaware County Retired Teachers Association and Union Chapel United Methodist Church. We were honored to have special guest stars such as Debby Girtman, Sean Heline, Cliff Lowe, Thomas Nelson III and Todd Terrell to share our little theatre of the mind! Perhaps most importantly this year we reintroduced “Tommy- Whose Mother Couldn’t Love Him” to the world! (No, no! Please there’s no need to thank us for that!)

Of course, our show wouldn’t be possible without the incredible talents of our amazing cast (The best radio cast since Mercury Theatre!): Wendy Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Missy Donahue, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, Rita Wessel, Larry Beck and our favorite noisemakers, Judy and Jerry Cole! Thank you to each and every one of you!

Thank you to our volunteer extraordinaire, Cindy Lowe, who takes care of things we usually forget about before, during and after the show! 

Finally a special thank you to our wonderful audience for supporting our radio madness for the past seven years!

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show will be back to begin our 8th season on February 23 at 3:00 pm at the Center and we hope you will join us! So until next time, radio rangers, we’ll see you on the radio!

Photograph by Lynn Heline