NO SOAP RADIO - Our Miss Brooks: Student Government Day

Our 5th NO SOAP RADIO production created in April, 2023. This is a recreation of the 1949 Our Miss Brooks program, “Student Government Day”, starring Eve Arden. This was a dream come true for No Soap member Zach Eastman. He had been working on a Walter Denton imitation for years and finally had a chance to show it off.

This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. If you’d like to see a video version of this show check out our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/ While there you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production.

CAST:
Adrienne Jones as Martha Conklin
John Henderson as The Show Announcer
Victoria Gordon as Harriet Conklin
Paul Kovit as Osgood Conklin
Zach Dillinger as Phillip Boynton and Luster Creme Spokesman
Laura Mirksy as Margaret Davis and Palmolive Soap Spokeswoman
Annette Bochenek as Connie Brooks
Tony Semczuk as Honest Jim and Palmolive Shaving Cream Spokesman
Paul Patterson as Mayor Rimson
Zach Eastman as Walter Denton
Matthew Merback as The Police Officer, Palmolive Soap Spokesman and Luster Creme Singer
Jon Delfin as The Tuberculosis Spokesman

NO SOAP RADIO -- Suspense: The Whole Town's Sleeping

Our 6th NO SOAP RADIO production, created in September, 2023. This is a recreation of the 1955 Suspense program - "The Whole Town's Sleeping". In this show our production values took a leap forward. This was our first time incorporating a green screen into the video production, allowing us to place our performers into our own graphic backgrounds, and simultaneously remove all microphones from the shot. 

Listeners may be interested to know that No Soap’s Annette Bochenek (who plays Lavinia Nebbs) has her own website, Hometowns To Hollywood, where she takes deep dives into Hollywood characters, both famous and obscure. Check it out: https://hometownstohollywood.com/

This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. Paul also recreated many of the original music cues in GarageBand using instrument samples from the app. These cues were surreptitiously blended with some of the original cues. In addition, Larry Groebe of Project Audion provided a bunch of foley work for this production. We hope you like the end result.

If you’d like to see a video version of this show, check out our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/ While there you can access our other productions, as well as info about our group. If you like our videos, feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube, so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production.

CAST:
Annette Bochenek as Lavinia Nebbs
Zach Dillinger as The Narrator
Victoria Gordon as Francine
John Henderson as The Announcer
Adrienne Jones as Helen
Laura Mirksy as Mrs. Hanlon
Matthew Merback as The Police Officer
Paul Patterson as The Detective
Tony Semczuk as The Druggist

NO SOAP RADIO presents: The Shadow, "The Silent Avenger"

Our 3rd NO SOAP RADIO production created in September, 2022. This is a recreation of the 1938 episode of The Shadow entitled "The Silent Avenger” and was our first attempt at something besides comedy.

The show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. Paul also recreated the original music cues using the organ samples in GarageBand, and arranged the Shadow theme music under the end credits.

If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/

While there you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production.

CAST:
Ian Oberg as The Announcer, a policeman, and Mr. O’Hara
Victoria Gordon as Margo Lane and the little girl
Paul Kovit as Danny Brecker
Zach Dillinger as Lamont Cranston and The Shadow
Annette Bochenek as Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Brecker
Tony Semczuk as Judge Wilson, The Prison Guard, and The Commissioner
Paul Patterson as Joe Brecker
Zach Eastman as The Court Bailiff, Harvey, and The Paper Boy

NO SOAP RADIO: The Jack Benny Program, "No One Remembers Jack's Birthday"

Our 4th NO SOAP RADIO production was created in February, 2023 and premiered at the 3rd annual Jack Benny Convention. This is a recreation of the 1955 Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny - "No One Remembers Jack's Birthday". We chose this particular program to spotlight one of our actors, Victoria Gordon. Victoria’s grandfather, Al Gordon, was one of the writers on this show. Al was part of Jack Benny’s writing staff for many years and also had a very successful career writing for many TV sitcoms and variety shows throughout the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s.

This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit.
If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/
While there you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production.

CAST:
Jack West as Jack Benny
Ian Oberg as Don Wilson
Victoria Gordon as Pauline, Lois, and the Ticket Taker
Paul Kovit as Danny Brecker
Zach Dillinger as Charlie Bagby
Laura Mirksy as Dennis Day’s mother
Annette Bochenek as Mary Livingstone and The Lucky Strike singer
Tony Semczuk as Mel, Polly the Parrot, and The Theater Manager
Paul Patterson as Rochester
Zach Eastman as the speaking Dennis Day
Robert Creighton as the singing Dennis Day
Marco Bautista, Martin O’Reilly, and Leonardo Civitano as The Beavers
Patricia Benjamin-Doyle as the Western Union Operator and Opera Singer
Adrienne Jones, Margo Hennebach, and Mark Saunders as the Birthday Singers