1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,159 Speaker 1: It's an old timey format for kids still in high school. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: We're doing It's a Wonderful Life, a live radio play. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: The Keif Tech Drama Company is set to perform the 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: nineteen forty six classic in an altered medium, standing up 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: on stage in front of a handful of mics with 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: no set or props. It's a way to focus on 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: the fundamentals of acting. Aaron Rattino is a theater teacher here. 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 3: You have to create characters, and many of these cast 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: members are creating multiple characters. 10 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: They do have some twists, including a folly artist to 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: do all the sound effects live. This is cornflakes and 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: a metal tin. Oh, that's a lot meant to be 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: footsteps crunching in the snow. It's new to the students here, 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: but definitely teaching them something. 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 4: It's definitely you have to focus a lot more on, 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 4: like how you enunciate and like your facial expressions, attitude. 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: You just don't know all that you've done. If it 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: hadn't been for. 19 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 2: You, you hadn't been for me, everybody be a lot better. 20 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: On Kyle Schaffle WBZ Boston Shows Radio