Pushing Limits Radio: Blind Man's Bluff

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Blind Man's Bluff

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Air date: April 16, KPFA. 94.1 fm, www.kpfa.org

Original drama, Blind Man's Bluff,
Starring Kris Yates & Mary Ann (Tidwell) Boussard

Adapted from Geri Taecken's memoir of progressive blindness and coming of age in the disability movement.

A poignant, funny story
produced by a team of people
with disabilities
(and one able bodied engineer).

Original book cover

Cast

Geri ... Kris Yates .
Cheryl ... Mary Ann (Tidwell) Boussard .
Airline Steward ... Ammy Joseph .
Ticket Agent ... Shelley Berman
Conductor ... Doyle Saylor
Cliff ... John Healy
Nina ... Leah Gardner
Helpful Man & Bus Driver ... Patty Nash
Incidental Characters: Jan Santos, Adrienne Lauby, & Leah Gardner

Engineering by Lamont Young
Screenplay by Leah Gardner & Adrienne Lauby
Direction by Shelley Berman & Leah Gardner
Audio Editing and Sound Effects by Greeta Ahart & Adrienne Lauby
'Diary' music by J.S. Bach played by Ayaka Isono

Thanks to the Shoestring Radio Theater for sound effect

assistance.

Author Geri Taeckens uses her website to raise money for health care for service animals. You can read all her adventures in her memoir which is available through her website, locally at Waldon Pond Books, or at the usual on-line booksellers.

Photo of Geri & her dog

poster for the broadcast

1 comment:

Amber DiPietraApril 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM
This is great. I will post it on the LightHouse blog. Thanks!
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