This week (our season four finale!) we present a very different type of episode for Ivory Tower… last year, one of Julie’s students at Windsor Law, Micah Pirk O’Connell, submitted a play as his final project for her class on how to work effectively and collaboratively with legal clients. Julie was delighted with Micah’s writing, and shared his (we think) very clever one-act play with Dayna and the NSRLP team, and an idea formed: to adapt the play for audio, and produce it as an episode of the podcast. We roped talented friends and colleagues into acting in and helping to produce this episode, and after several months of hard work, we are very proud to present, “Whacked – A Legal Farce in One Act”.
Credits
“Whacked – A Legal Farce in One Act” was written by Micah Pirk O’Connell.
Micah, Jayden, Julie, Dayna, and Moya on recording day
Cast:
William Haynes– Peter Hrastovec
Mrs. Pearce– Moya McAlister
Marvin– Micah Pirk O’Connell
Christopher– Jayden Lacoursiere
Kate– Leslie McCurdy
Ferris and Mr. Pearce– Aaron Bergeron
Jenny– Dayna Cornwall
Dr. Macfarlane– Julie Macfarlane
Narration by Ali Tejani
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The “Whacked” script was adapted for audio by Dayna Cornwall.
Production and editing by Jason Cornwall, with additional production help from Micah Pirk O’Connell, and Brauntë Petric.
The song featured in this episode is “Big Mouth and the Old Oak” by Micah Pirk O’Connell.
Special thanks to Peter Hrastovec and Shibley Righton LLP for the generous donation of their conference room for recording purposes, and to Windsor Law for their ongoing support.
Thanks to Jolie Inthavong, and Brent Oneschuk for their support.
Thanks to all our gifted actors and crew members, for donating their valuable time and energy to this project.
Very special thanks to Jason Cornwall for all his time, equipment, and expert production. (Check out Jason’s wonderful podcast, Unprepared Storytelling.)
And another very special thanks to our gifted author, musician, producer, and actor, Micah Pirk O’Connell, who has just graduated from Windsor Law, and is off to complete his articling in Toronto. Congratulations, and good luck Micah!
“Whacked, A Legal Farce in One Act” has been a production of NSRLP at Windsor Law.
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And that’s it for season four of Jumping Off the Ivory Tower! We’re particularly proud of this season, and encourage everyone to go back and listen to any episodes you may have missed, re-listen to your favourites, and share widely. Remember, Ivory Tower makes for excellent summer listening! We’ll be back in the fall with season five, but in the meantime you can find us on Twitter and on Facebook. Listen, rate, and subscribe on SoundCloud, and iTunes, where your ratings and reviews will help us immensely.
Thanks to all our loyal listeners for a wonderful season! Have a fantastic summer!