3 Chicks & A Stream

On June 14th the Three Chicks & a Stage production company presented a stage version of the radio Drama "Sorry Wrong Number" which was originally aired as an episode of the radio Mystery drama series "SUSPENSE!"  Our voices and actors were:

• Charlie Niehaus - Voiced The Man in Black
• Susan Ptasinski-Temple - Voice of the Operator
• Sean Bailey - Voiced the 1st man and the Telegram Operator
• Doug Finkbiner - Voiced George
• Lydia Sanchez-Hatfill - Voiced the Chief Operator and the Information Operator
• Dylan Helmink - voiced Sergeant Martin
• Beth Brooks - Voice of the woman at the hospital
• Vera Jean Ptasinski-Perez - Voice of child actor

The show was presented as a studio recording of the drama being presented live on the air from the Drake Hotel studios of WGN, Chicago.
(Background music by Bensound.com)

In this episode Susan Ptasinski-Tempel gives us a little theater history and stuff you should know about the theater.  If you know what's good for you you will listen up because she has friends in Chicago . . and  . .  well . . lets just leave it at that.  Susan is a great actress, teacher and all around good egg.  If she is ever in a 3 Chicks show you GOT to come see her.  She is just FABULOUS! Even if she did live in Chicago for a while.

This episode looks at a little known yet very important person in the theater, Mr. Sands.  He is not only important in the theater but in many other venues as well.  You have never heard of him?  After after finding out who he is you might be glad you never ran into him.  Enjoy this bit of theater trivia.

Our first offering is a radio show comedy entitled “A Logic Named Joe”. It was written by Murray Leinster in 1946. It started as a short story that appeared in a number of magazines in the late 1940’s and then in the 1950’s it was adapted into a radio play and appeared on the “Dimension X” and “X Minus One”.  During that time period the show was a futuristic science fiction work that looked at what life would be like 30 years in the future.  Today it is a great example of a retro future sci-fi giving us a glimpse of what the world thought the future would look. Keep in mind this comedy was written almost 75 years ago.  Murray was pretty close to the mark on a number of things, just not in 30 years, but more like 70 years.  This production was recorded on May 15th, 2020 with actors on a video call joining from Effingham, Brownstown, Teutopolis, a dorm room in Bloomington and even from a car in a traffic jam near St. Louis!  We hope you enjoy the 3 Chicks and a Stream production of “A Logic Named Joe”