Radio Free Emerson

A young man returns to Rhode Island to take the reins of his family’s radio station following a solitary stint in Maine. Armed with his rising star power as a talk show host and a dubious understanding of American transcendentalist philosophy, he dispenses self-serving self-help over the airwaves to the lovelorn, depressed and needy of his home state; and, in the process, cunningly exposes secrets and lies within his own family. The Gamm Theatre’s first-ever commission—written by Brown University graduate Paul Grellong (writer for the hit TV series “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) and inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck—Radio Free Emerson is a raw, funny and complex examination of the naked truth and its consequences.

Cast & Crew

ABOUT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF RADIO FREE EMERSON

By Paul Grellong
Directed by Peter Sampieri*

Set Design by Dan Bilodeau
Costume Design by David T. Howard
Lighting Design by Matt Terry
Sound Design by Charles Cofone
Technical Direction by Normand Beauregard
Stage Management by Stef Work**
Assistant Director, Chris Byrnes; FX Coordinator, Normand Beauregard; Dialect Coach, Wendy Overly; Assistant Technical Direction, Andrew Morissette; Props Master, Marc Dante Mancini; Master Electrician, Kathy Crowley; Dramaturge, Jennifer Madden; Production Dramaturges, Mike Sablone and Pannill Camp; Assistant Stage Manager, Mark McClure; Production Assistant, Alex Maynard.

CAST
Steve Kidd, Henry Dale
Tanya Anderson,** Gina Dale
Tony Estrella,** Al Gregory
Alyn Carlson, Marilyn Gregory/Voices
Richard Donelly,** Dr. James Bentham/Voices
Tom Gleadow, Freddie
Josh Short, Chris/Voices
Amanda Ruggiero, Carrie/Voices
Karen Carpenter, Voices

*The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

**Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.