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SARP sprang out of the Seniors' Caucus in AFTRA in 2008, after David
Westberg was appointed Chair of the Caucus by AFTRA Prez. Ron
Morgan. We learned that Chicago and Atlanta were performing old time
radio scripts for live audiences as benefits for local charities on
a one-time-a-year basis. Westberg said we should be doing those here
on a regular basis.......as a tribute to AFTRA's MOST SENIOR
jurisdiction (get it? Seniors' Caucus celebrating AFTRA's most
SENIOR juris.....) We formed a sub-committee and dove in.
Our first two evenings were presented in the Frank Maxwell
Boardroom. In our second audience were two Special Events staff
members from the Autry Museum. They called the next day and offered
us the Wells Fargo Theatre three times a year. It has been a magic
marriage. We now perform four times a year, with two shows each
presentation. The house seats about 250 and is usually packed. The
committee picks the shows, names the directors and casts the show
with auditions (of about 125 actors) three weeks before the
production date. We rehearse a couple of times, then physically put
the shows together the day of performances. Five years ago, we
included a celebration of Gene Autry's contribution to radio with
our Christmas show in early December which are two episodes of
MELODY RANCH as-broadcast, for the Christmas spirit. Merry
merry...Happy happy. We are very proud of our accomplishments!
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