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Sun Sounds Radio Theater Salutes VE Day

Crowds in New York City celebrating V-E Day
Celebrants in Times Square, 1945

The newest Sun Sounds Radio Theater production of On A Note of Triumph, written by Norman Corwin, will air on Saturday, May 8 at 8pm in honor of the 65th Anniversary of VE Day, and rebroadcast on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 10am.

It’s hard to believe it has been 65 years since World War II ended. On May 8, 1945 the German Armed Forces accepted unconditional surrender in Berlin. President Franklin Roosevelt had asked radio dramatist Norman Corwin to write a program hailing the victory in Europe. Roosevelt died before he could celebrate V-E Day, but On a Note of Triumph turned out to be one of radio’s greatest hits in a category of its own—poetic documentary.

Sun Sounds Radio Theater will reproduce that sometimes gritty, sometimes nostalgic program, called On a Note of Triumph We hope you’ll share this piece of history with us.

Click here for a Glossary in PDF format to help you follow all the historical detail and references in this play.

Partial Cast of On A Note of Triumph
1st row: Mike McFadden, Joyce Totlis
2nd Row: Pamela Keller, Candee Lewis, Mike Hanelin
3rd Row: Bruce Drummond, Ron Tang, Valerie Stupar, Clifton Grey, Gene Gieseking

Directed by Sun Sounds volunteer Joyce Totlis, the cast and crew includes 19 Sun Sounds volunteers whose talents shine in the this dramatic story:

  • Arley Brannigan - SSRT Singer
  • Bill Diekmann - SSRT Singer
  • Bruce Drummond - Reader Five
  • Gene Giesaking - Reader Four
  • Clifton Grey - Reader Seven, Russian Reader
  • Mike Hanelin - German Reader
  • Dawn Holtman - SSRT Singer
  • Gilbert Houseaux - French Reader
  • Pamela Kellar - Reader Six, Polish Reader. Dedicated performance to Alfred Braunsweiger, Holocaust survivor
  • Candee Lewis - Reader Two
  • Harlene Marley - Editorial Advisor
  • Mike McFadden - Production Engineer
  • Lynda Messer - Lilac Crazy Barbershop Singer
  • Claudia Plotnick - Lilac Crazy Barbershop Singer
  • Connie Sherman - Lilac Crazy Barbershop Singer
  • Mary Ellen Stepanich - Lilac Crazy Barbershop Singer
  • Valerie Stupar - Announcer
  • Ron Tang - Narrator
  • Joyce Totlis - Reader Three, Producer, Director. To the memory of Henry Meyer, survivor and colleague
  • Julie Van Lith - British Reader, SSRT Singer



For additional information about this release, contact:
Heidi Capriotti
Marketing Coordinator
Sun Sounds of Arizona
480-774-8300
heidi.capriotti@riomail.maricopa.edu


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