Did you know, the Dodge City Depot Theater Company started out as the Boot Hill Museum Repertory Company back in March of 1984? The first dinner theater production consisted of two one act plays one presented in the Old House Saloon Boot Hill Museum.  Sundance was a good example of a new form of play referred to as “serio-comedy” which used comedy to deal with serious themes while retaining all the depth of a dramatic piece. The Drunkard’s Wife was a pure melodrama that the audience could get involved in and react to the actors as they spoke directly to the audience.

PERFORMANCE DATES: March 8-11, 1984

CAST: SUNDANCE: Hickock – Dean Freeman, Jesse – Greg Smith, Barkeep – Ken Dean, The Kid – Ray Mettling, Sundahce – Tod Demuth, THE DRUNKARD’S WIFE: Mrs. Fernway (An Elderly Widow Woman) – Connie Hudnett, Millie Bottoms (Her long-suffering Daughter) – Theresa Eades, Sir Eustace Makepeace (A Base, Cold-Hearted Villain) – Tod Demuth, Willie Bottoms (A Drunken Husband) – Kent Ross, Dancers – Stephanie McCullough, Starla Trease, Tonia Hopkins, Shannon Teufel

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Doug Austen, Choreographer – Jana Ross and Jill Austen

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