Davis Radio Theater


the archives

You can listen to the most recently broadcast program by going to the KDVS schedule. You will find us listed under Tuesday at 6pm. Just click on the host name, and then you can listen to it on the net, in the "streaming" or mp3 format. You can also download the show for later listening. But beware, your ears may be bigger than your hard drive.

Past Programs:

"Open Line"--A radio drama of the private life of AM talk radio.

Performed by Walt Livingston, Valerie Walker, Scott Barr, Damany Fisher, Jeff Menager, Vince Hancock, Sara Oliver, Brian Weiss and Steve Gagala.

Premiere broadcast on Tuesday, March 6, 2001

Written and directed by Les Light.

Recorded at Studio A at KDVS.

"A Cowing Halloween"--A presentation of Halloween-themed skits and stories, originally performed live.

Written by Arthur Brito, Vince Hancock, Les Light, Erik Lobo and Valerie Walker.

Produced on Halloween night, 1995.

Last aired on Tuesday, October 26, 1999.

(Pictures available)
"Spooky Tales"--Ghost stories, otherworldly occurences, and tales of shadowy things. Phone lines will be open and you are invited to call and tell a story that's happpened to you.

Produced by Vince Hancock and Valerie Walker.

Broadcast live on Sunday, October 31, 1999.

"Drivers Local 574"--From Davis Radio Theater. A historical drama based on the 1934 trucking strike in Minneapolis.

Written and produced by Les Light.

Last aired Tuesday, April 20, 1999

"A Christmas Carol"--a cooperative production between KDVS and Room E-3 (Mrs. Marla Cook's 6th grade class), from Willett Elementary, located in Davis.

Last aired on Saturday, January 2, 1999.

"Radio is Dead"--The setting: the air-waves of World War II-era America. The plot: our surreal superhero, The Spectre, discovers a secret Nazi plan to undermine the innately creative and democratic medium of Radio, with an insidious and threatening device called Television. In the meantime, the script spoofs all the narrow mindedness and chauvinism that went along with radio's Golden Age.

Written by Erik Lobo.

Produced by Erik Lobo and Les Light.

"True Witch"--A witch is a witch is a witch? Not according to everyone. See what happens when the new broom comes to town.


(Pictures available)
"Back to Frankenstein" --A student from UC Davis has a paper to write Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. What better way to get insight than going to visit Shelley, via time machine, and meeting all of the inspirations for the book along the way?

Winner of the 1999 Ogle Award.

Last aired Tuesday, October 27, 1998 & also on Saturday, October 31, 1998.

(Produced in Fall 1998)

(Pictures available)
"Sunnyvale"-- Set in the modern day, this play centers around a high-tech computer manufacturing company. A new employee arrives, and...and...

Written by Les Light.

Last aired Summer 1998 (debut broadcast).

(Produced in Summer 1998)

(Pictures available)
"Cold Visit"--Written by Les Light.

Kierkigardian philosophy, sexual boundararies and a brother's dark secret merge together in this ensemble performance.

Directed by Keirith Briesenick.

Debut broadcast on Tuesday, May 12, 1998.

"Cryin' All Night"--In town for a rock concert, Bole Koden discovers the mysterious and transitory relationships between the inhabitants.

Written by Les Light.

Last aired on Tuesday, May 5, 1998.

(Pictures and information available)
"The True Story of Picnic Day"--KDVS Radio Theatre presents this live interactive play (as part of the 1998 KDVS Fundraiser). Support KDVS and you can become part of the play. No acting experience or ability required!

Written by Vince Hancock and Les Light, directed by V.H.H.

Aired on Sunday, April 19, 1998.

Note--The cast and crew of KDVS Radio Theatre thank you, the listener, for your support during our fundraiser. We raised $161 and we appreciate your help very much.--Vince Hancock

"The Best of KDVS Radio Theater"--A look at the plays we've produced over the years, starting with our very first production circa the sixth century B.C.

Last aired on Tuesday, April 14, 1998.

"Volkskrieg"--This play is about the founding of the Badder-Mienhoff terrorist gang in West Germany, in 1970.

Written by Les Light.

Last aired on Tuesday, April 7, 1998.

"The Exception and the Rule"--Written by Bertold Brecht.

Last aired on Tuesday, March 24, 1998.

"The Only Jealousy of Emer"--Inspired by Irish mythology. This is the last of Yeats' five plays about the legend of the Gaelic hero Cuchulain--and written in the conventions of traditional Japanese Noh drama.

"The Cat and the Moon"--Never actually meant for public performance, "for no audience could discover its dark mythical secrets." In this play, Yeats emphasizes the primacy of spoken language as the essential element of theater.

Written by William Butler Yeats, directed by Howard Sackler (not produced by KDVS Radio Theatre).

Last aired on Tuesday, March 17, 1998.

"Our Absent Friend"--this play depicts an improvised family of petty criminals & deadbeats in a small, economically-depressed and isolated town in northern California. Among them is Jack, an extremely solitary young man who has just committed a murder--a murder whose real motive he seems unable to explain even to himself. Only as his situation becomes more and more dangerous does Jack begin to work out the reasons for his own actions.

Written by Les Light.

Last aired on Tuesday, March 10, 1998.

"Toebaby"--the workings in the life of the Toebaby. This play chronicles a fictional garage band's desperate endeavors to land a gig, even as this threadbare crew improvises their way toward the worst of all possible venues. Animosities and secret entanglements begin to overtake them...

Written by guitar-playing cartoonist and aspiring forensic science student Jen Sheperd.

Last aired on Tuesday, March 3, 1998.

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