Starring
SANTINO FONTANA
as Johnny Dollar
Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Obie Award Winning Actor
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
by Jack Johnstone
directed by Jonathan Silverstein
Premieres Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST
Available through Monday June 14th at 7pm EST
Starring George Abud, Ali Ewoldt, Santino Fontana, Ted Koch, Susan Molloy, John-Andrew Morrison, Steven Rattazzi, Jay Russell
Live Foley Effects by Nick Abeel
Original Music by Billy Recce
Audio Engineered by Garrett Schultz
All season, Keen Company has been revisiting classic radio plays through starry benefit broadcasts. For our last fundraiser event of the series, we are thrilled to present one of the Golden Age of Radio’s most successful serial mystery programs, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. This quick-witted noir detective story ran for 12 years and over 800 episodes.
Tune-in to the intriguing case of “The Clever Chemist Matter” from America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator. A simple change to an insurance policy leads to disastrous results when a scientific genius is killed, his partner is blinded, and the laboratory door is found bolted from the outside. This sounds like a case for the man with the action-packed expense account, Johnny Dollar.
Yours, Truly Johnny Dollar is a pay-what-you-can benefit event with tickets starting at $1, including a live video talkback with the cast and creative team!
Just like the original broadcast, this will be an audio-only performance. Patrons can expect an intimate, engrossing, fully-produced audio-only production that will feel just as satisfying as a great night at the theater!
More About Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was produced by CBS Radio from 1949 to 1962 for a total of 809 episodes. “The Clever Chemist Matter” originally aired on March 17, 1957. As one of the longest running serial detective stories, the conclusion of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio. Since its immediate popularity, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar has been rebroadcast, satirized, adapted, documented, and paid homage to for over five decades.
The Show
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar runs approximately 40 minutes. The presentation will be audio-only, like a classic radio drama.
Accessibility
The presentation of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar will be closed captioned. Text can be turned on using the CC icon on the bottom right of the video player.
Viewing Notes
All patrons will have access to the show from Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST to Monday June 14th at 7pm EST.
Patrons will be emailed a private web link and password with their confirmation. The webpage and stream will be active from Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST to Monday June 14th at 7pm EST.
If you have questions about Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, please contact Ashley DiGiorgi at ashley@keencompany.org or 212-216-0963.
MEET THE CAST
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS, SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.
Tickets to this fundraiser event supports Keen Company’s Hear/Now audio theater season, as well as Keen’s Playwrights Lab for mid-career writers, and Keen Teens which serves students in all five boroughs of NYC. Keen to give a little more? Donate now.