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14 Thursday, October 17, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com

See WAR on 15

Tickets available at the FireKeepers Box Office

or FireKeepersCasino.com.

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NOTHIN’ BUT A

GOOD TIME

EVERY NOTE. EVERY CHEER. EVERY TIME.

*Not A Performance Of, Not Affiliated With the Show Jersey Boys.

Must be 21 or older. Tickets based on availability. Schedule subject to change.

EN VOGUE

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 19

BACHMAN-

TURNER

OVERDRIVE

SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 9

HOLIDAY

HITS SHOW

TUESDAY,

DECEMBER 10

STARS FROM THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF JERSEY BOYS*

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A handful of actors (from left), Noble Vater-Lebron, David Vater, Gary Lee

Eberly and Brad Kenyon, do multiple voices behind the curtain during the

upcoming production. (Photo by Kristy Smith)

BY KRISTY SMITH

Just in time for Halloween, mem-

bers of Athens Community Theater

(ACT) are prepared to deliver a

perennial favorite radio play, “The

War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio

Script,” by Howard E. Koch, on the

stage of the Athens’ Quonset Hut

Theater Oct. 25-27.

Originally broadcast Oct. 30,

1938, by Orson Welles from New

York’s Mercury Theatre, “The War

of the Worlds” frightened millions

of Americans who feared an actual

alien invasion was taking place,

when they were merely listening

to an adaptation of an H.G. Wells

novel.

Instead of the full second act from

“The War of the Worlds” play, the

ACT cast will transition to a second

play, “The Invasion of Earth as it

began in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey,”

by J.R. Mimbs.

Mimbs’ introduction to the play

tempts potential audiences with:

“For four different groups of people

Athens Community Theater veteran

actor Larry Todak takes on the role

of studio announcer for “The War of

the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script.”

(Photo by Kristy Smith)

Athens theater to stage

‘War of the Worlds’