Island Theater reads for radio: "Dear Editor" Part 1 (Spec-001)

Island Theater reads for radio: “Dear Editor” Part 1 (Spec-001)

This first show in the new podcast series of BCB Bainbridge Island Specials is a recording of Part 1 of “Dear Editor: Letters to the Bainbridge Review”, by the cast of Island Theater.

This rendition is a documentary for radio recorded on March 1, 2015 at the BCB Studios, and it was also presented to a live audience in February 2015 at the Bainbridge Island Public Library. The performance is part of the Island Theater’s 20th anniversary season.

This 2-part recording is read aloud by the following Island Theater cast members:

Diane Bankart
Charlie Hamilton
Debbi Lester
Fred Saas
Tell Schreiber
Pat Scott
Diane Walker

The Director of the production for Island Theater was Tell Schreiber.

In this part 1, there are three segments, each separated by a brief musical interlude:

Segment 1: A burst of short excerpts from various letters
Segment 2: Letters from years prior to World War II, as far back as 1928
Segment 3: Letters from the era of WW II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island

Part 2 is a separately published podcast and includes letters from the post-war era through the 1970s.

Credits: BCB producer, editor and publisher: Barry Peters

Abby Wyatt2024-04-26T10:30:44-07:00March 12, 2015|

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.