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Doc Danger is Back!

And now, for your listening pleasure, we present ​Episode Four of
​Doc Danger and the Danger Squad: Radio Edition!
Episode Four is available on several streaming platforms!
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Check out Jill Anna on WISN 12's Arts Avenue,
talking about the process of transforming Doc Danger into a radio play!
"Tune in...and follow the adventures of Doc Danger –
​and MOT – as they fight against evil forces in the universe."

~Gwen Rice, GwendolynRice.com

"How to combat the evil that results from a failure of imagination?
Why, with an old-fashioned and endlessly imaginative radio play, of course.”

~Mike Fischer, Mike's Picks
​Cast (in order of appearance)
Narrator: Jason Powell
Libby/Lady in Black: Rae Elizabeth Paré
Mom: Katie Gruell
The Kid: Harper Navin
Dawn/Doc Danger: Briana Rose Lipor
Beetle Queen: Ana Gonzalez
Penny Dreadful: Becky Cofta
Professor Z: Eric Welch
Clara/Clare de Lune: Hannah Esch
Robert von Hesslington: Siobhan Jackson
Satellite Sally: Carrie Gray
Jesai of the Jaguars: Stephanie Staszak
MC-7: Katie Gruell

Creative Team
Stage Director: Jill Anna Ponasik
Music Director: Donna Kummer
Sound Engineers: Ric Probst and Adam Qutaishat
Foley Artist: Michael “Ding” Lorenz
Additional EFX: David A. Robins
Doc Danger Artwork: James Hanson


Musical Numbers
One Person's Trash (Libby, Mom)
The Perfect Man - Reprise (Dawn/Doc Danger, The Kid)
No Stranger to Danger - Reprise
     (Beetle Queen, Professor Z, Penny Dreadful)
Universe - Reprise (Robert, Sally)
Taking it Back (Company)
Who I Am and How I Came to Be (Doc Danger, The Kid)
One Person's Trash - Reprise (Company)
Synopsis
When we last left our heroes, the Kid realized that Mr. Zachary was in reality Professor Z, bent on using the power of the gem to make the world boring!  Meanwhile, Libby challenges Mom over her banning the Kid from reading Breathtaking Tales, reminding her that one person’s trash may be another’s treasure.  As Mom makes dinner, the Kid arrives with the Gem of Zavvenu and uses its power to give Libby her memories back!  Reassuming her previous form as the Lady in Black, Libby and the Kid track down the rest of the Danger Squad – Dawn, Sal, Jessie, and Bob – and use the gem’s power to remind them who they really are: Doc Danger, Satellite Sally, Jesai of the Jaguars, and Robert von Hesslington.  The sole exception is Clare de Lune (aka Clara Leonard), whom the Beetle Queen has forced into servitude on the her tropical island.

The Squad tracks down the Matter Phase Modulator to the Channel Z ad agency’s off-limits Level 13, where Sally and Robert reprogram it to return reality to the way it was before it was made boring.  When the villains arrive, our heroes are ready, and subdue them with the aid of Satellite Sally’s hog-tying skills!  But Professor Z has one final trick up his sleeve: his beloved robot MC-7 arrives, detains the Squad, and frees Z from his restraints.  The tables turned, the Professor double-crosses Penny and the Beetle Queen, and recalibrates the Modulator to create a reality where he alone rules. But just when all seems lost, Clare appears out of nowhere and socks the Professor in the face, knocking him out cold!  With Professor Z laid low once and for all, Doc Danger places the Gem of Zavvenu in the Modulator and returns everyone to their colorful, complicated, more authentic selves.
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Doc Danger: Radio Edition is fully released!
Stream previous episodes ​on any of these platforms!
Episode One
​MOT Website
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YouTube  
Episode Two
MOT Website
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YouTube
Episode Three
MOT Website
​YouTube
Anchor   |   Breaker   |   ​Overcast   |   Pocket Casts   |   RadioPublic   |   Spotify
Harper Navin (The Kid), Briana Rose Lipor (Dawn), and Melissa Anderson (Mom) in our 2018 production!
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Can't get enough Doc Danger?

​Check out these previews!
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Shepherd Express
Tom Strini Writes

Becky Cofta as Penny Dreadful from our 2018 production!
Photo Credits: Ross Zentner

Support Our Work!

Make a contribution in any amount to help cover the costs of Doc Danger: Radio Edition!
​100% of funds raised will go directly into the pockets of our dedicated performers!


We've come up with a few ways to say THANK YOU:
$25 - Member of the Danger Squad ⚡ Link to original cast album!
$50 - Space Cowgirl 🚀 Link to exclusive outtakes reel!
$100 - Sidekick 💥 Signed production photo from the cast!

🎧 All gifts over $25 will be recognized with a link to our original cast album once it is fully mastered. 🎧 

Rest assured that your donation will help us bring you the small batches of locally-produced opera you know and love.
​(Did we mention that 100% of funds raised will go directly to the artists?)
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Thank you for all you do!
Please note: Upon successful receipt of your donation, a confirmation will be sent to you from MightyCause.

Doc Danger Artwork by James Hanson | Graphic Design by Andrea Klohn

​This project was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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MOT is a proud member of Opera America.
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Our Mission

We are Milwaukee’s micro-brewery for opera, proudly producing small batches of high quality, local lyric theatre.
​​We tell stories through music...unconventionally.
Milwaukee Opera Theatre is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
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