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awaiting the radio broadcast of H.G.
Wells’ ‘War of the Worlds’ in 1938,
things go horribly awry when a news
report indicates that aliens may have
invaded Grover’s Mill, New Jersey.”
How circumstances play out adds
intrigue to the ACT’s Halloween sea-
son production.
Mark Doubleday is directing both
productions.
and handling sound booth duties,
while Nick Enlow is in charge of
lighting.
Although Doubleday said he loves
most the 1953 version of “The War
of the Worlds,” this version he chose
for community theater is very close
to the original, Oct. 30, 1938, Orson
Welles’ version.
“And then I decided to add the
other play,” he said, “which is very
interesting, about how four different
groups of people were affected by
the original ‘The War of the Worlds’
broadcast.”
“Plus, we thought adding the sec-
ond play fit our theater better and
allowed us to involve more actors,”
said Brad Kenyon, who does multiple
voices in “The War of the Worlds,”
as well as appears in “The Invasion
of Earth as it Began in Grover’s
Mill.”
The cast of the radio play “The War
of the Worlds” features Larry Todakas the visible studio announcer, with
multiple backstage voices from Gary
Lee Eberly, Nevaeh Enlow, Brad
Kenyon, Noble Vater-Lebron and
William Vater-Lebron.
“The Invasion of Earth as it Began
in Grover’s Mill,” is staged in four
side-by-side settings where the audi-
ence sees all the players, not just
hears their voices.
It’s brought to life by the following
cast: Brad Kenyon (Hoyt), Annette
Kukla (Janice), Linda Kenyon
(Sandra), David Vater (John),
Samantha Fick (Joyce), KatrinaNichols (Maria), William Vater-
Lebron (Morris), Roseann Kenyon
(Sue), Noble Vater-Lebron (Joe), Kati
Woodward (Kerry), Tabitha Deeren
(Betty), Braydon Haan (Buddy),
Sarah Fick (Phylis) and Nevaeh
Enlow (Michele).
The dates and times for this family-
friendly show are Friday, Oct. 25, at
7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m.;
and Sunday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. at the
Quonset Hut Theater, 132 N. Capital
Ave., in Athens.
General admission tickets will be
sold at the door.The Legal Services of South
Central Michigan-Battle Creek
office will conduct interviews
for legal advice and possible
representation, without charge,
to interested older Americans
on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The office said the inter-
views will be held 11 a.m. to
noon at the Marshall House,
200 E. Spruce, in Marshall.
Legal Services is a nonprofit
organization that provides
legal assistance, representation
and education to low-income
people in Calhoun and Branch
counties and to seniors in St.
Joseph, Branch, Calhoun and
Barry counties.
The advice and counsel at
the senior sites is funded pri-
marily by the Calhoun County
Senior Millage, CareWell
Services Southwest through
the Michigan Bureau of
Aging, Community Living,
and Supports under the Older
Americans Act of 1965.Legal advice
session set
for Oct. 23
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