Audience members can experience both history and television in the making during the filming of Episode Two of “Inventing America: Conversations with the Founders” on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 8-9, at 7:30 p.m. at Hope College in the DeWitt Center main theatre. Admission is free, although advance tickets are recommended (call the Hope College Ticket Office at 395-7890). “Inventing America” was created by Hope Church member Milton Nieuwsma, a two-time Emmy Award winner, to tell the story of the American republic and apply the Founders’ ideas to the present time. Gary Zell is playing George Washington, and Perry Landes is the lighting and sound designer.