Metabolic Studio's IOU THEATRE presented “Man Against the Mountain” on May 3, 2015 at Alpine Elementary School at 4 pm in Littlerock, California in collaboration with the Social Practice Program at Otis School of Art and Design and the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA. This radio play that originally aired in 1947 in the Cavalcade of America Series tells how the people of Lone Pine built the Mt. Whitney Trail and Observatory. A troupe of local performers from the Owens Valley read the play and performed sound effects. The Cavalcade of America series, an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953. The Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
CAST
Announcer, Hiestand, Campbell & Luis – Jon Klusmire/Victor Silvas
Whitman & Tom – Jim Shallcross
Gustave Marsh – Jesse Steele
Elizabeth Marsh – Mary Winchester
Aunt Hitty – Jeanie Smith
Oscar – Jon Klusmire
Bert – Manuel Ruiz
Abbott - Deborah Levin
Male Voices 1 & 2 - Jon Klusmire/Victor Silvas
SFX/Foley artists:
Judyth Greenburgh
Drew Wickman
Musicians/Vocalists:
Victor Silvas (Vocals, guitar and mandolin)
Sandy Anderson (Vocals)
Director:
Chris Langley
Music/SFX Director:
Manuel Ruiz
Transportation: Beverly Vander Wall
