Brown-Ullstrup Performing Arts Foundation

The WGTD Radio Theater: “Star Trek to the Third Power.”

The WGTD Radio Theater: “BROWN: Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren-A Conversation.” Written by Michael Ullstrup and Steven Brown.

WINNER: Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Award, 1st Place, Significant Community Impact, May 2019

Spend your Saturday morning enjoying time with such memorable characters as Bullwinkle J Moose, Rocky the flying squirrel, Sherman and Peabody and Dudley Do Right and the Canadian Mounties!

As Valentine’s Day approaches, our heroes face heavy snowfall, questionable mail delivery, time travel and of course the dastardly plans cooked up by those diabolical masters of crime Snidely Whiplash, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale!

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Written and Directed by Ann-Marie Schmid

Dr. Steven Brown- Executive Producer

On Saturday morning December 2, 2023, at 11:15, the 30-time award winning WGTD Radio Theater, now in its 18th season, will broadcast live the Annual Holiday Extravaganza featuring Jim McClure as “Dean Martin.” Joining Jim, as Dean, will be actors from the 91.1 Players.

This is episode number 132 in this long running radio theater series and will be broadcast live before a studio audience in The Great Room at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. The WGTD Radio Theater is written and produced by Dr. Steven Brown of Salem Lakes, Wisconsin, who also is President of The Brown-Ullstrup Performing Arts Foundation. Rene Bushelle is the director for this production.

According to writer and producer Steve Brown, “We’ve been doing Christmas shows at Lake Lawn for a number of years now. Everyone likes a big show during the holidays, so that’s what we give them! Bill’s Little Big Band out of Antioch, Illinois, will be providing live music. Also, our audience will hear a few familiar holiday songs by local singer John Ludy Puleo.

We’ll be presenting Stan Freberg’s ‘Christmas Dragnet,’ which is a parody of Jack Webb’s ‘Dragnet’ series. We will also feature a funny holiday episode of ‘Fibber McGee and Molly.’ Also, Natalie La Voie will do a very special holiday reading of ‘Mrs. Santa Claus’, written by Carolyn S. Bailey.”

The WGTD Radio Theater, now in its 18th season, presents the 131st live broadcast of this 30-time award winning series, showcasing the 91.1 Players in “The KANE SHADOW: The Library Mystery.”

On Saturday, September 9th, at 11:15 a.m., the WGTD Radio Theater once again returns to the Southwest Neighborhood Library, and will present another episode of The Kane Shadow, featuring our actor, Ryan Farrell, portraying Kenosha’s very own native son, Orson Welles, in “The Library Mystery.”

This show stars members of the 91.1 Players and is written and produced by Dr. Steve Brown, President of The Brown-Ullstrup Performing Arts Foundation, located in the Village of Salem Lakes, Wisconsin. The radio play is directed by Ann Marie Schmid.

The Story:

Kenosha native son Orson Welles, portrayed by area resident Ryan Farrell, is once again taking on the identity of “The Kane Shadow.” The title of this episode is “The Library Mystery.” The “Kane Shadow” name, created by Steven Brown and the late Michael Ullstrup, combines Welles’ acting roles in both “Citizen Kane,” and “The Shadow.” Also appearing in this mystery are the fictional characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

In addition, a special recorded guest appearance by Kathy Garver, who played “Cissy” in the CBS Television series “Family Affair” is featured as mystery author Agatha Christie.

In this story, there are many books found on the shelves in the library with one page number underlined in pencil. Many questions are asked regarding this very strange occurrence.

Members of the 91.1 Players starring in this broadcast include: Ryan Farrell, Siegfried Christoph, Brett Houdek, Cameron Spencer, Ann Marie Schmid, Natalie La Voie, Carol Knudson, Kathy Zuhlke, Mike Bavido, Rene Bushelle, Todd Eaves, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Julie Burton, Jim McClure, and Shirley Edwards. And, as previously mentioned, special guest star Kathy Garver.

WGTD Radio Theater Presents the Annual Holiday Spectacular “The Carol Burnett Show Holiday Extravaganza!”

Celebrate the holidays at Lake Lawn Resort with the WGTD Radio Theater re-broadcast of “The Carol Burnett Show Holiday Extravaganza!” John Ludy Puleo, the Dixie Dudes, and Bill’s Little Big Band will provide the musical entertainment and the award-winning 91.1 Players will feature “Carol’s Family,” Stan Freberg’s “A Christmas Dragnet,” and “It’s the Professor!”

A Re-broadcast of The WGTD Radio Theater

Now in its 11th season, the WGTD Radio Theater will showcase the 93rd live theatrical performance of its seven-time award winning, original space drama, “MARS: Inside and Out” at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015

“Mars has always been a viewed as the ‘angry red planet’ in the sky, and yet it is very much like our own Earth,” according to Brown. “In this new space drama, we take a different look at Mars and even use current information that is sent back to Earth every day by the rover craft that is sitting on Mars right now. Also, we pay tribute in our space drama to science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who passed away in 2012 and who grew up in Waukegan, Ill. Also, at the end of our program, we’ll pay respect to my late cousin Leonard Nimoy from ‘Star Trek’ who passed away on Feb. 27, 2015.”

A re-broadcast of “A Branson Christmas.” The WGTD Radio Theater

The WGTD Radio Theater will present “A Branson Family Christmas.” This re- broadcast, by the 91.1 Players.

The musical variety show will feature 23 performers, including three vocalists around whom the story is written.Performers are the nine-member group the Dixie Dudes, of Salem and northern Illinois; Kenosha-based singer Larry Zarletti; and Kenosha native and recording artist Tom Goss, who lives in Washington, D.C.

Diann Tesar, chairman of the Salem Town Board, will make a cameo appearance. Local radio and stage producers and writers Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup, of Salem, created the show.

The Kemper Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin was the location of several strange deaths, especially of nuns. In 1900, Sister Augusta was found dead, face-down in Lake Michigan, right off the shore of Kemper. It was ruled a suicide at the time — but who kills themselves by lying face-down in a lake waiting to suffocate? And just who is this young woman who needs to talk to Orson Welles — a.k.a., the KANE SHADOW — about new information that she discovered about Sister Augusta? But alas! Orson is stuck in Chicago recording commercials! How will Orson investigate these mysteries? Not to worry! It’s his trusty secretary, JEANNETTE, to the rescue!

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by…Mike Ullstrup

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Mike Bavido, Steve Brown, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Jill Jensen, Alyssa Rockwell, Ann-Marie Schmid, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on May 14, 2022

In this Sherlock Holmes story, we take you back to 221B – Baker Street, in London. Back to the nineteenth century where high adventure awaits all who would seek it, in a hansom cab or under a gas lamp.

For today, we pay tribute to the most wonderful member of that most wonderful world — a gentleman who never lived, and who will never die. Sherlock Holmes, from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Brett Houdek

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Siegfried Christoph, Brett Houdek, Todd Eaves, Jill Jensen, Larry Rowe, Cameron Spencer, Victoria Schmidtke, Natalie Lavoie

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on February 12, 2022.

Celebrate the holidays at Lake Lawn Resort with the WGTD Radio Theater live broadcast of “The Carol Burnett Show Holiday Extravanganza!” John Ludy Puleo, the Dixie Dudes, and Bill’s Little Big Band will provide the musical entertainment and the award-winning 91.1 Players will feature “Carol’s Family,” Stan Freberg’s “A Christmas Dragnet,” and “It’s the Professor!”

The annual Cartoons-on-the-Radio comes to Lake Lawn Resort! This year the WGTD Radio Theater follows Harry and Meghan – yes, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex! – as they search for a new kingdom. Not sure what the folks in Rocky and Bullwinkle’s Frostbite Falls, Dudley Do-Right’s Canada, or Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park will think of that, but find out during the amazing production “Wanted: A Kingdom”

The Kemper Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin was the location of an Episcopal School for girls. Although there is no record of a certain Episcopal nun having ever been at Kemper, it is legend that Sister Mary Teresa was a cruel woman who was hated by the entire student body. It is said that one night, Mary Teresa climbed the winding stairs to the observatory to get some books. There, she encountered a group of girls, who, looking for revenge, pushed the nun with her arms full of books down the stairs to her death. Not only did she fall to her death, her head was severed along the way and bounced down the steps only to land on the bloodied, and decapitated, Mary Teresa.

After all these years, a successful businesswoman is accused of being one of those murderous girls and Orson Welles, a.k.a. the Kane Shadow, is asked to resolve this mystery.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Jim McClure, Mike Bavido, Julie Burton, Siegfried Christoph, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Jill Jensen, Larry Rowe, Ann Marie, Cam Spencer, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on October 2, 2021.

The WGTD Radio Theater Presents “Eleanor R: The First Lady of The World”

On the weekly show, “Education Matters”, broadcast on WGTD-FM in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Steve Brown interviews Robert Weatherwax, the third generation of family who owned & trained “Lassie”.

Broadcast August 28, 2021

“It Could Have Been a Wonderful Life” is an original sequel to the 1946 movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” This adaptation of the original story was written by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup and it aired in December of 2006 as part of the WGTD Radio Theater series, created by Steve and Mike. This broadcast also won a Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Meritorious Award.

The production included cameo roles for Karolyn Grimes and Jimmy Hawkins, two of the surviving cast members of the 1946 Frank Capra film. Grimes was “Aunt Zuzu” and Hawkins played “Uncle Tommy.” Their recorded voices were intertwined with the lines of the “live” 91.1 Players.

Others stars included Dr. Bryan Albrecht, President of Gateway Technical College, the late Howard Brown, President and CEO of The Kenosha News, Mike Radigan, owner of “Ray Radigans” restaurant in Kenosha, and Kyle Farrell was “Jeffrey Bailey.”

The theme for the 2020 season is “Leading Ladies”. Not just leading ladies in the show biz sense but ladies who are leaders in all sorts of fields. AND, keeping with some of our past cartoon shows of dedicating them to major people in the news, we decided this show will be devoted to the Iron Chancellor, the Iron Frau, the first woman and second longest serving chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel!

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup with Ann-Marie Schmid

Directed by …Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Mike Bavido, Siegfried Christoph, Arthur Dexter, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Susan Lien, Larry Rowe, Ann-Marie Schmid, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Barb Tylla, Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown, Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on February 1, 2020

It’s the Annual Holiday Extravaganza featuring Joey Van Hulle as “Dean Martin.” Joining Joey will be actors from the 91.1 Players. Bringing live music will be the Dixie Dudes and Bill’s Little Big Band out of Antioch, Illinois..

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup, “Yule Dragnet” by Stan Freberg

Directed by …Rene Bushelle

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Joey Van Hulle, Mike Bavido, Rene Bushelle, Arthur Dexter, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Natalie LaVoie, Susan Lien, Larry Rowe, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown, Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on December 14, 2019

Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Mounds (Broadcast Date: November 2, 2019)

The Indian mounds in the Lake Delavan area have stirred the interests and imaginations of many for well over 100 years. The May 4th, 1912 edition of the New York Times reported what might be one of the strangest giant skeleton discoveries of all. An excavation of one large mound on Lake Lawn Farm near Lake Delavan revealed the skeletal remains of eighteen individuals measuring between 7.6 and 10 feet. The “heretofore unknown race of men” were found to have six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, as well as double rows of teeth in their large, elongated skulls

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Todd Eaves, Susan Lien, Rene Bushelle, Jill Jensen, Kathy Zuhlke, Siegfried Christoph, Viki DuMez, Steve Brown

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on November 2, 2019

The Delavan area does not disappoint with its abundance of stories and legends from the days of the circuses that used to winter there at the end of the nineteenth century. In this show, Orson Welles investigates the rumors of a local, hidden colony of escaped circus folk stalking a damsel-in-distress. We will hear the story of Haunchyville, its little people, and its “protector”. Orson and his trusty secretary, Jeannette, come to Delavan and figure out just who this mysterious stalker is…or do they? As always, they descend onto Lake Lawn Resort and make the Frontier Restaurant..and Bar!…their headquarters during their stay.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Rene Bushelle

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Mike Bavido, Steve Brown, Rene Bushelle, Siegfried Christoph, Carol Knudson, Susan Lien, Ann-Marie Schmid, Cameron Spencer, Peyton Spencer

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on September 28, 2019

Mike Ullstrup of the Brown-Ullstrup Performing Arts Foundation spoke to the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Delavan, Wisconsin thanking them for welcoming and embracing Japanese-American internees during World War II. Eight families were sponsored out of the Minidoka Internment in Idaho to live at Lake Lawn Resort on Delavan Lake. Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup wrote a radio mystery telling of the discovery of this story and this show went on to win a first place recognition from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and a Silver Division award at the Hear Now Festival in Kansas City, Missouri in 2019. Mike presented the first place awards to the City of Delavan and Lake Lawn Resort on Tuesday, August 20, 2019.

“The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Murder of Professor Jeremy Clarkson,” will transport the listening audience through an intricate, well designed web of clues. This roadmap of clues will be drawn by Sherlock, landlady Mrs. Hudson, the dangerous and unpredictable Professor James Moriarty, Dr. John Watson, and finally by British Prime Minister Eloise Bannister.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Rene Bushelle

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Julie Burton, Rene Bushelle, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Jill Jensen, Gary Lien, Andrew Potter, Larry Rowe, Ann-Marie Schmid, Cameron Spencer, Peyton Spencer, Joe Van Hulle

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown, Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on June 22, 2019

This audio file is a medley of the shows that have earned awards from HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival.

Winning Silver Prizes

“Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Indian Mounds of Delevan, Wisconsin”
“Orson Welles as ‘The Kane Shadow,’ in Send in the Clowns”
“The New ‘Dean Martin’ Holiday Show Extravaganza”
The entire season of detective stories including…
“Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Indian Mounds of Delevan, Wisconsin”
“Orson Welles as ‘The Kane Shadow,’ in Send in the Clowns”
“The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Murder of Professor Jeremy Clarkson.”
A Detective Double-Header! The Thin Man!…and…Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar!
Winning a Bronze Prize

“The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Murder of Professor Jeremy Clarkson”

“The Thin Man,” based on Dashiell Hammett’s novels, follows Nick and Nora Charles as they solve mysteries, and charm the world. Nick (portrayed by Joe Van Hulle) is a retired private investigator who is accompanied by his gorgeous, beautifully dressed, pent-house-rich wife, Nora, played by Susan Lien. Even Asta, their darling little Fox Terrier, helps solve some crimes in his own special way.

“Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,” starring 91.1 Players actor Larry Rowe, always begins with a phone call from an insurance executive, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course of his investigations.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by…Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

The Thin Man: Mike Bavido, Rene Bushelle, Siegfried Christoph, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Susan Lien, Larry Rowe, Joe Van Hulle, Kathy Zuhlke

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: Mike Bavido, Rene Bushelle, Todd Eaves, Brett Houdek, Larry Rowe, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Barb Tylla, Steve Brown, Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on May 11, 2019

During the World War II, there was a place called the Stage Door Canteen. There, whatever performer was available, no matter what they performed, they would go to the Canteen and “put on a show” for the troops waiting to leave for Europe. There was no theme or type of performance, the idea was to entertain the troops.

In this show are The Dixie Dudes, Bill’s Little Big Band, The Riverport Chorus Sweet Adelines, and Steve Brown on vocals. We have skits long and short in between. It’s a great show!

WINNER: Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Award, 1st Place, Significant Community Impact, May 2019

WINNER: National Audio Theatre Festivals, HEAR Now, Silver Division, April 2019

WINNER: National Audio Theatre Festivals, HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, Silver Division, April, 2019…The WGTD Radio Theater: 14th Season, World War II Theme

In 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which ordered the removal of any person with at least 1/16th Japanese ancestry on the western coast of the United States into internment camps. In 1943, one of the then-owners of Lake Lawn Resort, Jay Reader, sponsored Henry Tsuru out of Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho and made him a pastry chef at the resort. This was the start of a great chapter of Lake Lawn history as many more Japanese-Americans left the camps and joined Tsuru to become part of the Lake Lawn family. Join The Kane Shadow, a.k.a Orson Welles, as he investigates a secret he stumbles upon during a visit to his favorite vacation spot, Lake Lawn Resort.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Rene Bushelle

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Steve Brown, Viki DuMez, Julie Burton, Siegfried Christoph, Art Dexter, Brett Houdek, JaNelle Powers, Ann-Marie Schmid, Cameron Spencer, Naomi Waisman-Zabler

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on October 6, 2018

Click here for some background information on the Japanese-Americans of Lakelawn!

On August 1, 1930, Louis “Gas” Derler, owner of Gas’ Place in Trevor, and his bartender, Ed Dennesty, were shot. No one was ever arrested for the murders and Louis is buried in Salem at Liberty Cemetery on highway 83 just south of highway C. Gas’ Place has since become Towne Square and is once again run by Louis’ grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Our hero, the KANE SHADOW, a.k.a Orson Welles, who always likes a mystery, especially a local one, takes a stab at solving this unsolved crime. Although we use current names of locations, all of these places did exist back in the 30’s.

Award: Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Award, First Place Best Live On-Site Broadcast Remote

Click here for some background on the Derler case!

The ENIGMA Covenant, a World II thriller, set in London in 1942, will take our listeners on a journey of how the British Navy captured the German code machine, The Enigma, and how the code itself was broken at Bletchley Park, just outside of London. Featured will be actual characters who were directly involved in actually breaking the German code, including: Alan Turing, Dilly Knox, and General “Wild” Bill Donovan, who headed up the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), which was the precursor of the current C.I.A.

Just how close were the Nazis to having the atomic bomb? Did Werner Heisenberg know how to make the bomb or was he keeping the knowledge away from Hitler? Based on the life of real-life baseball catcher, Moe Berg, find out about Moe’s obsession with finding out the truth as an agent of the Office of Strategic Services. This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on May 12, 2007.

This video is from a re-broadcast on Bloomington, Indiana radio station, WFHB on March 13, 2022. The video footage includes and pictures and scenes from various sources highlighting Moe Berg and Werner Heisenberg.

In this original drama co-written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup, two young American women, in 1942, are recruited into the man’s world of cloak-and-dagger espionage to uncover the reasons behind the Nazi’s U-boat probing of the North American East Coast.
The women are sent to spy school in Virginia where they face rigorous training in hand-to-hand combat, small weapons, and the use of poisons and special devices. They are secreted to Germany by land, sea, and air avoiding the ever present Gestapo and take on undercover roles at a German naval base.

Working with a mole, they discover the Nazi plot to send a u-boat up the Potomac River and deliver Nazi agents to put a bomb in the Capitol of the United States when President Roosevelt is giving his State-of-the-Union address. The women make a daring escape with these secret documents under Gestapo gunfire by flying a plane out of Germany to the safety of England. The Nazis never had a chance to derail America’s war efforts due to the courage, patriotism, and sacrifice of the women of the OSS, The Office of Strategic Services, which later became the C.I.A.

The Annual Cartoons-on-the-Radio Mashup: “God Help The Queen!”

The WGTD Radio Theater Presents their Annual Holiday Show. This year; ” The Andy Williams Holiday Extravaganza!”

The WGTD Radio Theater Presents: “Play It Again Sam with Peabody and Sherman!”

The Kane Shadow: Murder is a Circus (Broadcast Date: June 25, 2017)

The KANE SHADOW…a.k.a, Kenosha, Wisconsin native son, Orson Welles…goes to historic Delavan, Wisconsin to solve a murder….of Juliet!

Delavan is jam-packed full of history! Go here to learn…

– Who founded Delavan and why (Good thing they changed the alcohol laws since then!)

– How important the circuses were to Delavan (Did you know that Delavan was the home to as many as 26 circuses in the mid-19th century? In fact, P.T. Barnum started there!)

– The tragic story of the famous elephants, Romeo and Juliet (You will feel awful after reading about it.)

– The Walldogs (They are all over the place in Delavan…see the pictures!)

– Some pictures of Delavan and Old Settler’s Cemetery.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

John O’Leksy, Kathy Zulhke, Cam Spencer, Alexa Eaves, Mike Bavido, Viki DuMez, Todd Eaves, Ryan Schroeder

Special musical guest…John Ludy Puleo

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on June 25, 2017

Click here for some information on Delavan’s history of clowning around!

The WGTD Theater celebrates the iconic career of Mary Tyler Moore in a special tribute show entitled “Turning The World On With HER Smile.”

The WGTD Radio Theater Presents: Star Trek to the Third Power

The Kane Shadow: A Rear Window Murder (Broadcast Date: November 5, 2016)

Orson Welles returns to that nasty town but while re-re-re-recording that radio commercial, he trips over a mic cable and has to rest his twisted ankle at friends on Powers Lake. And yes, Jeannette flies in to take care of Orson, in person! While sitting out back on the upper patio, he fears he may be witnessing a murder. Pass the cabernet!

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …JaNelle Powers

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

John O’Leksy, Kathy Zuhlke, Cameron Spencer, Janelle Powers, Siegfried Christoph, Alexa Eaves, Larry Rowe, Todd Eaves, Steve Dundis

Production Staff…

Barb Tylla, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on November 5, 2016

The 101st addition of the WGTD 91.1 Players Live Broadcasts. “The New Adventures of Nora Charles, Private Detective: The Murdered Murderer NEVER Calls Back!”

The 100th Live Broadcast of The WGTD Radio Theater. “The New Jack Benny Show: Hey…Where’s the Script???”

Annual Cartoon Show: Featuring the Radio Theaters Take on “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Yogi Bear,” “Mr. Peabody Sherman,” “Snagglepuss,” “Dudley DoRight” and “Foghorn Leghorn,” with “Putin on The Ritz!!”

Christmas Show at the Lake Lawn Resort

The WGTD Radio Theater presents: RADIO DETECTIVES TIMES 2. “The New Adventures of Johnny Dollar,” starring Jim McClure, and “NORA CHARLES. The Thin Man’s Private Detective,” starring JaNelle Powers. Both os this origibal detectives stories were written and produced by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup and also stars members from the award winning 91.1 Players.

Summer’s Over!

Summer is over and school is starting in episodes of three great shows!

“The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet!”
“Our Miss Brooks!”
“The Great Gildersleeve!”
Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by…Barb Tylaa

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Steve Brown, Julie Burton, Rene Bushelle, Siegfried Christoph, Arthur Dexter, Alexa Eaves, Todd Eaves, Viki DuMez, Brett Houdek, Gary Lien, Susan Lien, Jim McClure

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on August 15, 2015.

The Kane Shadow: A Roaring Murder (Broadcast Date: June 15, 2015)

Orson Welles, a.k.a the Kane Shadow, visits Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and finds himself helping a flapper accused of murder while running out of a local speakeasy during a raid by the Feds. What could make matters worse? His grandmother!

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Viki DuMez

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Chris Brookes, Steve Brown, Rene Bushelle, Todd Eaves, Susan Feehrer, John O’Leksy, JaNelle Powers, Larry Rowe, Cameron Spencer, Kathy Zuhlke

Production Staff…

Mike Ullstrup, Steve Brown,Chuck Janzer, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on June 15, 2015

The WGTD Radio Theater, beginning its 11th Season, once again starts the season with its Annual CARTOON SHOWS ON THE RADIO! As always, the stars are from the 91.1 Players. Viki Dumez is the Director and the original shows are written by Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup. The big event this past December was the blatant attack by the evil communists of North Korea on that most beloved of American industries — movies! To support our artistic brothers and sisters in the film industry, the WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players launch their own counter-attack on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! Kim Jong-Un — you are toast! Featured are such favorites as “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Mr. Peabody and Sherman,” “Yogi Bear,” “Dudley Do-Right,”and “Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy.”

It is our 10th Annual WGTD RADIO THEATER HOLIDAY SHOW.. Featuring Bob Hope! (Portrayed by Jim McClure.) Special guests include The Honorable John Marra, Williams Bay Village President, and also musical guests, “The Dixie Dudes.” The show is written and produced by Mike Ullstrup and Steve Brown. The Director is Viki DuMez.

The WGTD Radio Theater and The 91.1 Players Present, TV Sitcoms on the Radio featuring”Hogan’s Heroes,” and “The Golden Girls.” As always, these original WGTD Radio Theater broadcasts are written and produced by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup and star actors from the 8 time Award Winning 91.1 Players.

The WGTD Radio Theater presents a Summer Trio of original Comedies, written, as always by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup: “Our Miss Brooks,” Fibber McGee and Molly,” and “It’s the Professor!” As always stars are from the 7-time award-winning WGTD’s 91.1 Players.

The WGTD Radio Theater presents: “BROWN. Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren – A Conversation.” This play celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision. The introduction for this play will be presented by Cheryl Brown Henderson, dauther of the Rev. Oliver L. Brown, after whom this famous case is named. The play stars 91.1 Players members Cameron Spencer as Thurgood Marshall and Stephen Dundis as Earl Warren. Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup are the playwrights for todays production of the WGTD Radio Theater.

The 26-time award winning WGTD Radio Theater continues their season. Racine resident Barbara Tylla was looking through her mother’s old cedar chest and happened upon a packet of old letters.  In these letters, Tylla found her family’s story of strong women, loving men, and life in the 1930s and early 1940s in northern Wisconsin.  She took the letters and wrote a play where despite the challenges of the Great Depression and the early days of World War II, love conquers all.  Barb, though, goes beyond just telling a story of her family and tells us how this is a story of all of our families in this charming play.  The WGTD Radio Theater brought this radio adaptation of Tylla’s play to the airwaves in 2013 and again in 2014. It was performed live on April 9, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. at the Racine campus of Gateway Technical College, in the Student Commons area.

The WGTD Radio Theater presents an original broadcast of The New I LOVE LUCY SHOW: “Lucy Runs for Village President!” There will also be a new “It’s The Professor! segment.

The WGTD Radio Theater begins its 10th Season with it’s ANNUAL “Cartoon Shows on the Radio” Mash-Up. Featured are the cartoon classics of “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “The Jetsons”, and “Dudley Doo-Right.”

The WGTD Radio Theater’s Live broadcast, from Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan: “The 9th Annual Christmas Special.” Special musical guests: “The Dixie Dudes,” and also “The Cruise-O-Matics.”

The Kane Shadow: If You Can Choose Your Friends, Can You Murder Your Relatives? (Broadcast Date: November 13. 2013)

Orson Welles, a.k.a. The Kane Shadow, comes back to his home town, Kenosha after another frustrating re-recording of a radio commercial in Chicago. While at dinner at one of his favorite restaurants, three very attractive and identical triplet women approach him and ask for his help. It would appear that a “friend” of theirs has gone missing and they fear the worst: murder. Their friend was last seen near Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. Never able to resist the cries for help from attractive women, and knowing of the fine restaurants at the resort, Orson motors out to Delavan to investigate the matter. During his interviews of patrons and local people, he runs into, of all people, his grandmother! After years of avoiding this sorceress of the black arts (or so he accuses her of) and her harping at him for not finding legitimate work, she is the last person he wants to see. But…could she actually be connected to the disappearance?

Although the story is pure fiction, the places and the cantankerous relationship between Orson and his grandmother are all accurate! And yes, the golf course at Lake Lawn Resort was built many decades ago over Indian burial mounds.

Produced by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Written by…Steve Brown & Mike Ullstrup

Directed by …Mike Ullstrup

Starring…The 91.1 Players!

Steve Dundis, John O’Leksy, Chris Brookes, Susan Feehrer, Kathy Zuhlke, Vittoria DuMez, Todd Eaves, Jeremiah Verges, Evan Zuhlke, Siegfried Christoph, Naomi Waisman-Zabler, Jill Jensen, Teresa Meyers, Brooke Wegner, Dan Laack

Production Staff…

Barb Tylla, Steve Brown, Dave Janzer, David Cole

This radio show broadcast live in front of a studio audience on November 16, 2013

The WGTD Radio Theater presents its Ninth Annual Halloween Special LIVE Broadcast. Today, we present Dr. Siegfried Christoph, a member of the 91.1 Players, who portrays Mr. Vincent Price. We will have a special reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” along with our very own Barb Tylla’s special story, “Nightlight,” and then “The Middle Toe of the Right Foot,” by Ambrose Bierce.

The WGTD Radio Theater’s LIVE Broadcast from Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. “The New JACK BENNY SHOW,” and “It’s the Professor!!”

The WGTD Radio Theater’s BACK TO SCHOOL Triple Play: “Our Miss Brooks;” The Adventures of Archie Andrews;” “It’s the Professor.”

The WGTD Radio Theater’s Annual RADIO CARTOON SHOW ON THE RADIO.

The WGTD Radio Theater presents its Annual Holiday Show: Special guests include: Diann Tesar, Salem (WI) Town Chair, The Dixie Dudes, Larry Zarletti, and Tom Goss. Stars are from the 91.1 Players. Today’s show is directed by Mike Ullstrup, and was written by Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players present: “Soldier, Come Home, written by playwright Frank Wicks. This was performed live at The Civil War Museum in Kenosha. To mark the observance of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, Soldier, Come Home, is a play by Frank W. Wicks based on his family’s Civil War letters. Go towww.civilwarplay.com(link is external) for more information on Frank Wick’s masterful play.

The WGTD Radio Theater present:”The New Jack Benny Show,” and “It’s the Professor!!”

Today’s WGTD Radio Theater features “The Brickersons”, written by Jim Blair and also “It’s the Professor,” written by Mike Ullstrup and Steve Brown.

The WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players present: “The Adventures of Scooter and Biff,” written by local writer Richard Bell. Also, the second installment of “It’s the Professor!”

The WGTD Radio Theater presents show number 47, in its 6th season: The Ed Sullivan Show: A Holiday Extravaganza.

The WGTD Radio Theater,now in its 6th season, presents show episode number 46, featuring two of TV’s best known “family” programs: “The New Donna Reed Show,” and “The Addams Family.” The “Donna Reed Show” will feature, as its very special guest star, Paul Petersen, who starred in the original TV series, as “Jeff Stone.” Paul was also one of the original Disney “Mousketeers.” Paul’s involvement with the 91.1 Players will be pre-recorded.

The WGTD Radio Theaterpresents its 45th broadcast (now in its 6th Season) of the 91.1 Players. “ONLY ON TV.” Today’s two original TV episodes on the radio are: “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeannie.” Both of these episodes are original scripts written by Radio Theater Executive Producers, Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio Theater’s 44th broadcast in this their 6th season, Presents: “Superman” and Batman,” as performed by the 91.1 Players, These original scripts were written by Mike Ullstrup and Steve Brown, and these shows were directed by Viki DuMez.

The WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players present show number 43, in their 6th season, “TV Variety Shows: The Jack Benny Show; NBC’s “Laugh In,” and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Written and produced by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio and the 91.1 Players present a live broadcast of “The Twilight Zone 2010 Revisited.”

The WGTD Radio Theater’s THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CARTOON EXTRAVAGANZA. Featuring characters the Looney Tunes cartoons.

The Award-Winning WGTD Radio Theater begins its sixth season with a trio of classic television sitcoms: “I Love Lucy,” “All in the Family,” and “The Golden Girls.” This will be broadcast live from the UW-Parkside Fieldhouse, where the Kenosha Expo 10 is taking place.

“The New Bob Hope Show: A Holiday Salute to the Troops.” Starring Cameron Spencer as “Bob Hope.” Special guests include The Honorable John Dickert, Mayor of Racine, Bryan Albrecht, President of Gateway Technical College, Larry Zarletti, Jill Jensen, and Jack Grassel.

Remember the classic movie “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”? Well, what if Jane was the “nice” sister and Blanche – yes, Blanche, the one in the wheelchair – was the nasty one? On September 20th at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin, the WGTD Radio Theater presents a new and chilling take on the story of two sisters locked together by money, need, and desperation. You will FEEL the bird’s bones breaking!

Show Number 36: The WGTD-HD Radio Theater presents: The New Fibber McGee and Molly Show, starring Cameron Spencer as “Fibber” and Viki DuMez as “Molly.” This original adaptation was written by Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup. Other stars include: Ryan Farrell, Gary Stamm, Andrew Potter, Kathy Zuhlke, Rene Thomas, and Thom Powers.

Show Number 35: : The WGTD Radio Theater presents the original Brown-Ullstrup story, DEEP STEALTH II. Starring Ryan Farrell, Viki DuMez,Sydney Rovik, Terry Lawler, and Cameron Spencer

Show Number 34: The WGTD Radio Theater’s production of: “The New Jack Benny Show,” starring Gary Stamm, Viki DuMez, Don Jensen, Cameron Spencer, Terry Lawler, Thom Powers and Ryan Farrell. Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup wrote this original program.

The WGTD Radio Theater’s broadcast of “The New Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show.” Show number 33 in our series of live broadcast of original old time radio dramas and comedies. Written and produced by Steve Brown and Mike Ullstrup, directed by Terry Lawler. Starring Cameron Spencer as “Roy,” and Viki DuMez as “Dale.”

The WGTD Radio Theater’s production of “Highway 43: The Ray Bradbury Waukegan Mystery.” Created and written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio Theater: The Fifth Season opens with the Second Annual Radio Cartoon Special: “The Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Extravaganza.”Features Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggy, Snagglepuss, and Quick Draw McGraw. Starring Gary Stamm,Cameron Spencer and members of the 91.1 Players. An original script written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players production of: “The Mercury Theater’s DRACULA.” Stars include: Cameron Spencer, Terry Lawler, Don Jensen, Vittoria DuMez, Thom Powers, and Victoria Ide. This Orson Welles’ version of Bram Stokers classic scary tale is adapted for the WGTD Radio Theater by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup, and is directed by Thom Powers.

The WGTD Radio Theater and the 91.1 Players present, “The New Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.”Starring Thom Powers as “Ozzie,”Vittoria DuMez as “Harriet,” Ryan Farrell as “David,” and Ike Cech as “Ricky.” The host and Narrator is WGTD’s own Dave McGrath. This show is adapted for the radio by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup and is co-directed by Vittoria DuMez and Steve Brown. All of the music featured will be original music orchestrated by Ozzie Nelson and performed by the original Ozzie Nelson Orchestra, featuring Harriet Nelson. We will also have Ricky Nelson’s super mega-hit, “Hello Mary Lou.”

The Award Winning WGTD Radio Theater’s broadcast of of “Young Mycroft and Sherlock: The Holmes Brothers’ Lake Geneva Mystery.” Performed by stars from the 91.1 Players. This original “detecto-drama” is written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

The WGTD Radio Theater’s production of “The Shadow,” starring Terry Lawler and Vittoria DuMez. Written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

91.1 Players: “The New Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends,” written by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup.

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91.1 Players live at the U.S. Cellular Days of Discovery at Kenosha’s harbor. “Our Miss Brooks.”

91.1 Players. Repeat of “Fibber McGee & Molly.”

91.1 Players. “The Time Machine.” With special guest star, Mr. Alan Young, who starred in the 1960 motion picture, “The Time Machine,” and later in TV’s classic show, “Mr. Ed.” Alan played “Wilburrrr.” Todays show was adapted for the radio by Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup

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