Dangerous Adventures

Auditions:
Monday, February 3, and Tuesday, February 4, 2025
with callbacks, if necessary, on Thursday, February 6
Performances:
Six performances from April 25–May 3, 2025
Location:
Guild Church (formerly Boston Brunch Church), 204 Elm Street, Somerville


Our Spring 2024 show will feature three thrilling tales of adventure, The Most Dangerous Game, an original adaptation of Richard Connell's classic short story, the first episode of a new fantasy-adventure pastiche Townies and Dragons: Barrel Full of Peril, and the pirate adventure The Bonnie Tales of Captain Bellamy: Song of Trickery.

These three plays will be presented on stage in the style of old-time radio with actors at microphones and sound effects performed live by our talented Foley artists!

Foley artists

(We’ll announce which of our talented Foley artists will be performing in which plays shortly.)
Foley Coordinator ..... Tori Queeno
Foley ..... Racer Soares
Foley ..... Mollie Bourne
Foley ..... Arturo Lchauco
Foley ..... Jack Wickwire
Foley ..... Terry Bernand

The Most Dangerous Game

Written by Jaimie Carlson. Directed by Jonathan Mendoza with assistant director Jaimie Carlson.

In Jaimie Carlson’s original gender-swapped radio-drama adaptation of the 1924 short story by Richard Connell, a big-game hunter washes ashore on a mysterious island and winds up in another hunt — but this time as prey!

Rainsford ..... Kristina Spinney
Zarova ..... Theresa Griffin
Whitney ..... Joye Thaller
Ivan ..... Jack Wickwire

Townies and Dragons: Barrel Full of Peril

Written and directed by Michael McAfee

In a land of high fantasy, four friends just want to get some drinks after work. But in a world of might and magic, adventure can happen at any time! This is the first episode in an original series.

Announcer
Staff 2
Ooze Monster
..... Emma Picht
Sully ..... Naomi Ibasitas
Omar ..... Nick Henry
Millhouse
Staff 1
Ooze Monster
..... Stephen Nedell
Cal ..... Ray Zaslow
Ronny ..... David Murgo
Dawn ..... Erika Kuttner

The Bonnie Tales of Captain Bellamy: Song of Trickery

Written by Robert J. LeBlanc and directed by Francine Davis.

Navigating the waves of life, love, and adventure, Bonnie Captain Bonny Bellamy and her dastardly crew on the Seawitch are the terror of the seas, but a danger to themselves! In this premiere episode, Captain Bellamy learns she has slipped in the bounty rankings, so she decides to go after the rich bounty already claimed by her rival Captain Black Jack Malone. Can she deceive the notorious Black Jack? “The Bonnie Tales of Captain Bellamy: Song of Trickery” was first performed in 2022 in Portland, Maine, as part of Balderdash Academy’s On the Air! series.

Bonny ..... Maeve McCluskey
Morrie ..... Joev Dubach
Birdy ..... Hannah Brown
Mabel Mayhem ..... Jess Conger-Henry
Dranger ..... Brian Rust
Wolfie ..... Andrew Croteau
Betty
Joannie
..... Rachel Goggin
Black Jack ..... Alex LaFreniere
Bertram ..... Jason Smith
Announcer ..... Martin Schmidheiny

Crew

Producer ..... Tori Queeno
Stage Manager ..... Sid Hackney
Foley Coordinator ..... Tori Queeno
Board Op ..... TBA
Sound Engineer ..... Jay Sekora
House Manager ..... TBA
Graphic Designer ..... TBA