Santino Fontana, Ali Ewoldt and More to Star in YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR Presented by Keen Company

Keen Company will conclude the 2020-'21 Season with an all-star benefit broadcast of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter by Jack Johnstone, starring Tony, Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning actor Santino Fontana. Directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar will be a fundraiser event premiering Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST and available through Monday June 14th at 7pm EST only, on Keen's website!

"I am thrilled to announce Keen's final piece of programming for our 21st Season! Throughout the past year, we have been revisiting some of the most iconic titles from the Golden Age of Radio through starry benefit broadcasts. For our last fundraising event of the series, we are thrilled to present one of the most successful serial mystery programs, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, starring Santino Fontana as the titular insurance adjuster with the action packed expense account. It's been an utter pleasure and honor to delve into the fascinating history of radio drama while working alongside some of the best talents in the theatre. I look forward to sharing the work with our community as we raise funds to ensure we return to live performances strong," said Mr. Silverstein.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar will also feature George Abud, Ali Ewoldt, Ted Koch, Susan Malloy, John-Andrew Morrison, Steven Ratazzi, and Jay Russell. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar will have live foley effects by Nick Abeel, original music by Billy Recce, and audio engineering by Garrett Schultz.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the longest running detective shows on radio - 13 years of intrigue and adventure. Presented by CBS Radio from 1949 to 1962, the conclusion of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollaris often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio. Since its immediate popularity, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar has been rebroadcast, satirized, adapted, documented, and paid homage to for over five decades.

Johnny Dollar, "the freelance investigator with the action-packed expense account," worked for the Universal Adjustment Bureau, flying from Mexico to swamps to California ghost towns. He would recover furs and diamonds for a cut of the goods, bodyguard wealthy men, and climb into the deathly Skull Canyon. All stories included mystery and murder, drawing listeners to the edge of their seats.

Tune in to the intriguing case of "The Clever Chemist Matter," which originally aired on March 17, 1957, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. A simple change to an insurance policy leads to disastrous results when a scientific genius is killed, his partner is blinded, and the laboratory door is found bolted from the outside. This sounds like a case for the man with the action-packed expense account, Johnny Dollar.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a pay-what-you-can benefit event with tickets starting at just $1, including a live video talkback immediately following the premiere on Thursday June 10th.

Just like the original broadcast, this will be an audio-only performance. Patrons can expect an intimate, engrossing, fully-produced audio-only production that will feel just as satisfying as a great night at the theater!

All patrons will have access to the show from Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST to Monday June 14th at 7pm EST. Patrons will be emailed a private web link and password with their confirmation. The webpage and stream will be active from Thursday June 10th at 7pm EST to Monday June 14th at 7pm EST.

This fundraiser event will support Keen Company's Hear/Now season of audio theater, as well as Keen's Playwrights Lab for mid-career writers, and Keen Teens which serves students in all five boroughs of NYC.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is part of a series of all-star benefit broadcasts, including Howard Koch's legendary adaptation of War of the Worlds which aired in October 2020 starring Jason Tam; Keen Company's Holiday Variety Hour which aired in December 2020 featuring Keen alumni; Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher which aired in February 2021 and starred Marsha Mason; and The Year of Magical Thinking with aired in March 2021 and starred Kathleen Chalfant.

For more information on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar or any of Keen's programs, visit KeenCompany.org.