Comedy and Radio Live on Stage at DCC on March 20

Release Date March 15, 2007

On Tuesday, March 20 you can catch Fibber McGee, Molly, the Great Gildersleeves, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, and Mae West live on stage at Dutchess Community College – or at least, hear their voices as performed by veteran voice actors and comedians in new stories written by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. The audience will have the opportunity to participate in live performances of two, half-hour radio shows, Fibber McGee and Molly in The House of Wax and Duffy’s Tavern.

This Women’s History Month program – with family-oriented material appropriate for all ages – will feature a full sound effects table and a live band on stage, plus a drawing, and book, CD, and DVD giveaways for audience members. The show on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theater will be video and audio taped by students from DCC’s Communications and Media Arts Program for Bevilaqua’s Comedy-O-Rama Hour on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theater Channel and public radio stations nationwide, as well as for video broadcast locally on Channel 42. Admission is free. For information, contact DCC Assistant Professor Dana Dorrity at (845) 431-8612 or visit www.comedyorama.com.

Bevilacqua and Kellogg, who met 10 years ago, are married and live in Napanoch, Ulster County. The couple recently gained the rights to recreate old-time-style radio shows using well-known radio characters. The pair will team with voice actors Jim Folly, Kenny Savoy, and Aundrae Dair to play multiple rolls in each script.

Bevilacqua, who has worked with comedians and voice actors Bob and Ray, Stan Freberg, and Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), has written and produced hundreds of radio shows, including the popular radio comedy series The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, which he co-wrote with Daws Butler, the voice of famous Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw.

Bevilacqua was 16 when he began a correspondence with Butler that turned into a 13-year mentorship, with Bevilaqua serving as Butler’s apprentice. Bevilacqua is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, and in 2004 was awarded a Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for his personal essay A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua. Bevilacqua regularly contributes to NPR magazines, including All Things Considered.

In addition to Kellogg’s work as a comic writer, actress, and voice actress, Kellogg is a graphic and web designer and painter with an MFA in Film and Video from California Institute of the Arts and a BFA in Photography and Video from the Kansas City Art Institute.

The Comedy-O-Rama Hour can be heard it on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theater Channel (163) and public radio stations nationwide on Fridays at 5:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.., and 9:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

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