“An adorable radio play. Kids and grownups alike will be delighted.”
– Rose Friedman, Editor NPR Books & Culture
LOLLY LARDPOP’S RADIO PLAY-DATE
Welcome to Lolly Lardpop’s Radio Play-Date, a comedy podcast for kids! Join candy-loving, 5-year-old sock puppet Lolly Lardpop, her Granny Dot, Sasquatch Gordon, and friends as they spread joy across the airwaves.
Featuring a cast of Broadway, TV, and movie stars, this hilarious, family-focused, radio-show-style podcast blends real world with fantasy. Visit people who make a difference in their community, then jump into an adventure in Lolly’s wild and whimsical world! Tune in for heartfelt hoopla, original music, interviews, celebrity guests and episodic adventures.
Brought to you by the playfully twisted minds of comedian Leslie Carrara-Rudolph and Jamie Donmoyer, Lolly Lardpop’s Radio Play-Date is ear candy for the soul.
“Listening to ‘Lolly Lardpop’s Radio Play-Date’ is like taking a tram tour through the amazing comic mind of Leslie Carrara-Rudolph. You want parody? She’ll give you a delicious parody. Care for some ear-wormy tunes about saying please? Leslie will provide! Craving a hilarious joke about the abbreviated presidency of William Henry Harrison? She’s got that as well. Leslie’s writing and performing are wild, silly, funny and ultimately bursting with kindness and love. Somebody call Netflix, because Leslie and Lolly deserve to have a show of their own!”
– Joey Mazzarino, Emmy Award Winning Writer/Muppet Performer
LOCAL IMPACT
Select episodes are performed and recorded before a live audience. They feature Lolly’s live band “The Red Hot Lemonheads” as well as performances by children and adults from the local community!
CREATIVE TEAM
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph – Creator, Producer, Writer, Performer, Lyricist
Five-time Emmy Nominee Leslie Carrara-Rudolph is a multi-faceted creator and entertainer best known for performing Abby Cadabby on Sesame Street. A graduate of San Francisco State University (B.A., Child Development Through The Arts), Leslie got her start as a puppeteer on ABC’s Muppets Tonight. Leslie went on to develop her own signature characters, candy-loving 5-year-old Lolly Lardpop and her Weird Warriors.
Leslie’s work has been developed at the Ojai Playwrights Conference and the Eugene O’Neill Puppetry Conference. She has received a Jim Henson Foundation grant and an UNIMA Citation of Excellence. Whether performing her award winning “Bizarre Brunch” cabaret series in NYC, touring “The Oz in You” to schools across the U.S., or simply doing outreach with children and seniors, Leslie is dedicated to bridging the gap between the young and the young at heart. Learn more about Leslie at www.lesliecarrararudolph.com
Jamie Donmoyer – Co-Creator, Producer, Writer, Performer
Jamie and Leslie crossed paths as puppeteers on Johnny and the Sprites and have been collaborating ever since, co-writing podcasts, cabarets, school and theater shows, and curriculum that broadens the imagination. A writer, producer, artist and educator, Jamie turned a childhood interest in puppetry into a full time career performing onscreen in shows such as Sesame Street and onstage in theme parks, schools, and theaters.
As an arts integration specialist Jamie makes learning fun by developing programs that bridge the education gap between neurodiverse and neurotypical students. Jamie has written, directed and produced over 65 live shows and videos that entertainingly educate adults and children on topics such as bully prevention, STEAM, and financial literacy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-donmoyer/
Paul Rudolph – Associate Producer, Audio Editor, Music Arranger
Emmy-Award winner Paul Rudolph is a musician first and a welder last. In between the two, he is a composer, arranger and instrument builder. When he’s not working as vocal music director/arranger and composer for Sesame Street and other onscreen and theater projects, Paul composes multi-media pieces for his percussion performance art group GLANK, using found-object metal to create unique sounds. These instruments and his sound-design have been featured in film/tv, including the 2007 feature “Rendition” and Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” and “Raw Nature”.
www.paulrudolphmusic.com
Darin De Paul – Creative Consultant / Mailman Joe
Darin De Paul has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters and national tours. Currently he can be heard in several video games including Skylanders, World Of Warcraft and Hearthstone as well as in the animated The Stinky And Dirty Show on Amazon Prime.
www.darindepaul.com
Chris Sassano – Sound Effects Artist
Chris is an all-around audio guru: audio editor, sweetener, dialogue recordist, mixer, and playback A2. He is also a master of live foley sound effects and brings both live and recorded effects to Lolly’s Radio Playdate. Experience includes Sesame Street, NBC Macy’s Parade, NBC Christmas Tree Lighting, Peg + Cat, Wonder Pets, The Onion News, The Last Film Festival, Lasertrax LTD, and It’s A Big Big World.
Alan Muraoka – Director of Live Recordings
Alan Muraoka is an accomplished actor and director living in New York City. He is most recognizable for his role in the Emmy-winning series, Sesame Street, where he has played “Alan,” the proprietor of Hooper’s Store, for more than 16 seasons.
As a director, Mr. Muraoka received critical praise for his Off-Broadway revival of Falsettoland for the National Asian American Theater Company. He directed the Tony nominated actor John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) in his one-man show, John Tartaglia AD-LIBerty, which enjoyed a sold out run at Joe’s Pub. Mr. Muraoka is a graduate of UCLA, where he received the Carol Burnett Musical Comedy Award for performance.
www.alanmuraoka.net