On the Radio Script

Cast:

Rockin Rita: Radio disc jockey

Alice Cook

Jivin Judy: Radio disc jockey

Marissa Manzanares

1920s: Pa & Ma, very poor couple

Scott Wilson& Vanessa Johnson

1940s: Mary and Judy, two girls with soldier boyfriends overseas

Amber Boains (Mary) & Emma Reinhardt (Judy)

1950s: Betty, Peggy Sue & Debbie: huge fans of Elvis

Jennifer Goldstein (Betty), Morgan Elmore (Peggy Sue), Katie Cornelio (Debbie)

1960s: Mom and Son

Scott Wilson & Madison Correll

1980s: Mall girls

Rachel Bowyer (#1), Alliyah Dasher (#2),

Hailey Jackson (#3), Mara Zajac (#4)

Scene 1: (disc jockeys pretend to host a radio show.)

Rita: Hello, Baaaaaaaaaaaaby! Its Rockin Rita at the mic! Welcome to the
radio station that plays the hits while you sing along.

Judy: Jivin Judy here. Weve got the oldies, the goodies and all of the songs
that kids loved throughout the years. Its music coming at you, right here on

Both: K! Y! D! Z! The radio station for you and me!

Song #1- On the Radio

Rita: In 1929 the stock market crashed and the world fell into a deep
depression.

Judy: To cheer themselves up, people huddled around the radio and listened
to music.

Rita: They heard songs like Life Is Just a Bowl of Cheeries

Judy: Were in the Money

Rita: and Brother Can You Spare a Dime?

Judy: Things sure were different back then.

(Ma and Pa just discovered that they are completely broke)

Pa: Well, Ma. Its finally 1929 and the stock market just crashed.

Ma: (very upset) Oh Pa! What are we gonna do?

Pa: Not only that Ma, Ive lost my job.

Ma: (even more upset) Oh Pa! What are we gonna do?

Pa: The crops have failed, in case you didnt notice.

Ma: No crops?!

Pa: Our children have no shoes.

Ma: No shoes?!

Pa: The whole country is in a severe depression we may never recover from!

Ma: (the most upset) Oh Pa! What are we gonna do?

Pa: Well, Ma. What else can we do? Lets have some fun listening to whats on
the radio.

Song #2 Aint We Got Fun?

Rita: In the 1940s, Americans were wrapped up in World War II.

Judy: People listened to the radio to hear songs that made them feel closer to
loved ones away at the war

Rita: and that helped them remember happier times.

Judy: They listened to songs like Ill Be Seeing You

Rita: and Dont Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else but Me!

(Penny and Mary are talking about their boyfriends who have just gone away to
war. They are worried and very dramatic)

Penny: Oh Mary, Im just so worried about Joey. I imagine by now that he is

living in the trenches of the battlefield surrounded by the dangers of warfare.

Mary: I know. Bobby says he just cant put into words what its like.

Penny: I can imagine him crouching down in the mud just inches away from
enemy fire.

Mary: Bobbys day starts at the very crack of dawn.

Penny: They are risking their lives every day!

Mary: My beau says of all the jobs in the army, they have the most dangerous
of all.
Penny: Im sure that they are the most important and dashing of all the
soldiers at the front.

Mary: Yes, its true, because they have made him the company buglers boy!

Song #3: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Rita: The radio in the 1950s was all about the king.

Judy: Elvis Presley that is!

(A group of teenagers are gathered around a radio)

Betty: Oh, Peggy Sue! Did you hear that Elvis has a new song out today thats
been playing non-stop on KYDZ radio?

Peggy Sue: Oh really, Betty? I cant wait to hear it! I think Elvis Presley is just
the dreamiest!

Debbie: Gee! I hope its a song we can dance to.

Peggy Sue: Me too! Ive been practicing some new Elvis moves of my own! (She
does some funny knee wiggles and hip shakes.)

(Girls giggle and roll their eyes)

Betty: You better keep practicing, Peggy Sue. In order to dance like Elvis, you
have to be able to do this. (She does an Elvis impersonation)

Debbie: Or this! (She does a funny Elvis dance)

Peggy Sue: You mean this? (She does a ridiculous Elvis move.)

Betty and Debbie: Exactly!!!

Song #4: Hound Dog

Rita: In the 1960s, bands from around the world were being heard on the
radio.
Judy: They came from all over, but nowhere more than England, in what we
called..

Both: The British Invasion!

(A son is slouched in his chair while his mother yells at him)

Mother: Son! Get a haircut!

Son: But Mom, long hair is in!

Mother: Not in this house, it isnt.

Son: But Mom!

Mother: Next thing you know girls will be getting tattoos and boys will be
wearing earrings.

Son: But Mom!

Mother: And turn down that radio!

Son: But Mom! Its the Beatles!

Mother: (suddenly excited) No kidding? The Beatles? Far out!

Song #5: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Rita: The 1980s brought a whole new vibe and look to the music world.

Judy: From punk rock to hair bands, they sure did bring their own special style
to it all.

Rita: But one thing stayed the same

Judy: They sure knew how to dance!

Mall Girl #1: Ugh. I am like so tired of working at the mall.

Mall Girl #2: Yeah, like I thought it would be totally awesome because it would
be like shopping all the time, but its totally not. What a bummer.
Mall Girl #3: Right? My parents keep telling me I have to work if I want to buy
my own car and Im all like Gag me with a spoon.

Mall Girl #4: Girls, listen. I know we arent having tons of fun now, but like
Duh! Its work. Its not really supposed to be fun. But just wait until we get out
of here tonight.

Mall Girl #1: You are right. The dance tonight is going to be totally tubular.

Mall Girl #2: To the max!

Mall Girl #3: Im so stoked to cut loose!

All: Footlose!

Song #6: Footlose

Rita: Yes, boys and girls, you heard it here first!

Judy: Since the invention of the radio, this is where America hears the songs
that become the soundtracks of their lives.

Rita: On the radio we have music that makes us happy,

Judy: and heals heartache,

Rita: wakes us up in the morning,

Judy: or puts us to sleep at night.

Rita: But the best music out there inspires us,

Judy: to sing or dance

Rita: or just be the best that we can be!

Song #7: Fireworks