Depot Theater

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
1998-12-03 - 1998-12-13
The story begins with the Bradleys, a typical family, preparing for their church program. All the preparations go as schedule until the director has an unfortunate accident. Grace Bradley agrees to direct the Christmas pageant and comes face to face with the Herdmans. The whole pageant seems to come apart until the night of performance and the true miracle of Christmas unfolds.
PERFORMANCE DATES: December 3-13, 1998
CAST: Beth Bradley – Rachel Vale, Alice Wedleken -Danielle Hulett, Maxine – Ashley Hulett, Charlie Bradley – Ryan Royle, Bob Bradley – David Cox, Grace Bradley – Christy Lampe, Irma Slocum – Judy Walton, Jane Clark – Molly Black, Vera CLausing – Lisa Walton, Edna McCarthy – Marilyn Black, Helen Armstrong – Deb Holuska, Leroy Herdman – Brandon Fuller, Imogene Herdman – Katelyn Royle, Diane – Morgan Morrison, Elmer Hopkins – Dahlton Vale, Gladys Herdman – Megan COpeland, Ralph Herdman – Blake Elder, Ollie Herdman – Andrew Cox, Claude Herdman – Matt Unruh, Hobie Clark – Tyler Royle, Sunday School Class – Leah Schmidt, Kaylee Holeman, Haley Gilbert, Erin Howard, Lindsey Bird, Erin Kenny, Doris – Mary Cox, Little Angels – Emilyjane Pyle, Alice Pyle, Grace Royle, Sarae Kistler, Firemen – Rod Copeland, Pete Bethke, Alan Stukenholtz, Ric Musselman, Reverend Hopkins – Steve Morgan
CREW: Director – Connie Penick, Stage Manager – Joyce Fuller, Costume Design/Properties Master – Patti Copeland and Janell Walton, Set Design – Sarah Simpson, Sherry Polkinghorn, Monica Mills, Charles Fuller, Rod Copeland, Brent Unruh, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Chris Pyle, Hair/Make up – Marcia McVay and Dee Dee Royle, Production Advisor – Don Steele
MENU: Tossed salad, butterfly steak, baby vegetables, baked potato, French bread, pecan pie. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Andrea Bethke, Deedee Miller, Kathy Morgan, Pete Bethke, Sherry Polkinghorn, Faye Trent, Barb Duesing, Kelloy Carroll, Karen Carroll, Karen Koontz

Bosh & Moonshine at the Gaiety Saloon
1998-10-08 - 1998-10-31
Bosh & Moonshine at the Gaiety Saloon was specially written for the Company by Mike Craver. Set in contemporary Dodge City, Bosh and Moonshine at the Gaiety Saloon tells the story of a young woman who has taken out a loan and turned a landmark hotel into a bed-and-breakfast. As she does the last-minute cleaning before the grand opening, the vacuum cleaner explodes, and out the dust step several early Dodge residents including a notorious gun-slinger named ‘Mysterious Dave Mather’, a ‘fancy lady’ named Fannie Mae Garretson, a Shakespearian Tragedian known as Frederick Forsythe Fosdick the Third, and Reverend Mould, a mild mannered undertaker. The past and present meet head-on and the spirits from the past discover that they have unfinished business to attend to. Key to the story is the tale of Dora Hand, who was accidentally shot while sleeping at the mayor’s house in 1878. Two of the characters in the play really did live in Dodge City — Mysterious Dave Mather, a gunslinger, and Fannie Mae Garretson, a saloon singer. Fannie Mae, Craver said, was with Dora Hand the night she was shot.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 8-31, 1998
CAST: Lynn – Marci Williams, Mysterious Dave Mather – Mark Mahieu, Rev. Mould – Mike Craver, Fannie Mae Garrettson – Karen Carroll, Frederick Forsythe Fosdick III – Jim Johnson, Ollie O’Leary – Kyle Hager, THE BUNKHOUSE BOYS: Crunchy – Kent Ross, Stubby – Alan Stukenholtz, Jaws – Chad Mickey
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Sound Board Operator/Set Design – Deanna Johnston, Light Board Operator – Paul D. Marshall, Costume Design – Dee Miller and Anne Curtis, Set Design – Mike Craver, Barry Metcalf, Monica Mills, Mischel Miller, Denis Ann Bamberger, Darleen Clifton Smith, Marla Bethke
MENU: Green and white salad, autmn pork chops, melon ball potatoes, roll, lemon silk cake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Darleen CLifton Smith, Deedee Miller, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Pete Bethke, Denis Ann Bamberger, Sherry Polkinghorn, Faye Trent, Barb Duesing, Kelly Carroll, Paulette Setkins.

Out of Order
1998-04-16 - 1998-05-09
This play tells the story of Conservative Government MP, Richard Willey, who is attempting to have an affair with one of the secretaries of the leader of the Opposition in a top London hotel. However, with a conniving waiter, a suspicious hotel manager, an alert private detective, an angry wife, a furious husband, a bungling secretary, an unconscious nurse and a dead body, nothing is going to go as planned.
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 16 – May 9, 1998
CAST: Richard Willey – Kelly Carroll, The Manager – Greg White, The Waiter – Pete Bethke, The Maid – Kristina Morgan, Jane Worthington – Mandy keezer, A Body – Kent Ross, George Pigden – Joe Walker, Ronnie – Jason Keezer, Pamela – Darleen Clifton Smith, Gladys – Denis Ann Bamberger
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Set Design – Monica Mills, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator/Set Design- Dustin Shepard, Set Design – Barry Metcalf, Mark Mahieu, Greg White, Lise Sinclair
MENU: Salad, baked steak, beans, baked potato, frozen dessert. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Deedee Miller, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Paul Marshall, Lise Sinclair, Amy Reinert, Marilyn Black

Das Barbecü
1998-02-05 - 1998-02-28
Set in various locations throughout present day Texas, Das Barbecü is loosely based on Richard Wagner’s massive four-part 20-hour opera cycle DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN – neatly compressed into a fun little two-hour musical comedy. Opera-lovers and opera-haters alike enjoyed this witty fable of love conquering greed set in the Lone Star State. Hilarious scenes spin around two sets of mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their shotgun double wedding and three generations of outrageous characters from two feuding families. This is one show full of big hair, big hats, and wonderful music—including an infectious ode to guacamole and a tender ditty entitled “Hog Tie Your Man”—making this show a blast for opera buffs and anybody who just loves a good time. Songs run the gamut from Broadway to Texas swing – from jazz to twangy country-western.
PERFORMANCE DATES: February 5-28, 1998
CAST: Narrator/Fricka/Erda/Backup Singer/Kat;sy Snapp/Rivermaiden/Balkyrie – Karen Carroll, Wotan/Gunther/Hagen/Giant – Mark Mahieu, Siegfried/Norn Triplet/Milam Lamar/Alberich/Giant – Kyle Hager, Gutrune/Norn Triplet/Freia/Y-Vonne Duvall/Rivermaiden/Valkyrie – Connie Penick, Brunhilde/Norn Triplet/Rivermaiden -Amy Reinert
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Set Design – Marci Williams, Assistant Stage Manager/Set Design – Mandy Keezer, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Greg White, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Paul Marshall, Barb Buesing, Michelle Christensen, Costume Design/Set Design – Darleen Smith, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez, Set Design – Bary Metcalf and Mark Mahieu
MENU: French onion soup, barbecued brisket, corny macaroni, cole slaw, cherry crisp. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Deedee Miller, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Denis Ann Bamberger, Paul Marshall, Darleen Smith, Lise Sinclair, Pete Bethke

A Tuna Christmas
1997-11-20 - 1997-12-13
Set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the “third-smallest” town in the state. The plays are at once an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes but also a withering satire of the same. The plays are notable in that generally, two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages (when the Company did Greater Tuna in 1989 – three actors covered all the parts). The plot of A Tuna Christmas centers on the town’s annual Christmas Yard Display Contest, won 14 times in a row by Vera Carp. A mysterious “Christmas Phantom,” known for vandalizing the yard displays, threatens to throw the contest into turmoil. Among the subplots are Stanley Bumiller’s attempts to end his probation and leave Tuna, Bertha Bumiller’s trying to hold her family together at Christmastime, and Joe Bob Lipsey’s struggle to mount successfully his production of A Christmas Carol despite numerous vexations and obstacles.
PERFORMANCE DATES: November 20 – December 13, 1997
CAST: Thurston Wheelis/Elmer Watkins/Bertha Bumiller/R.R. Snavely/Aunt Pearl Burras/Sheriff GIvens/Ike Thompson/Inita Goodwin/Leonard Childers/Phoebe Burkhalter/Joe Bob Lipsey – Kent Ross and Arles Struvie/Didi Snavely/Petey Fisk/Jody Bumiller/Charlene Bumiller/Stanley Bumiller/Vera Carp/Dixie Deberry/Helen Bedd/Farley Burkhalter/Garland Poteet – Kelly Carroll
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Jennifer Bell, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Chris Cave, Costume Design – Carolyn Johnson, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez, Set Design – Linda Connelly, Sarah Simpson, Barry Metcalf, Darleen Smith, Paul marshall, Lise Sinclair
MENU: Applesauce salad, baked chicken breast with cream sauce, orzo pasta, peas and carrots, orange cranberry muffin, cheesecake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Deedee Miller, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Amy Reinter, Denis Ann Bamberger, Paul Marshall, Darleen Smith, Pete Bethke.

Wait Until Dark
1997-10-02 - 1997-10-25
Wait Until Dark is a play by Frederick Knott. The mystery thriller’s heroine is Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three thugs searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who since has been murdered. The trio tries to convince Susy that her spouse has been implicated in the crime and the only way to protect him is to surrender the doll. More murder and mayhem ensue when she refuses, with the stage lights turned off for the final scene when Suzy levels the playing field by plunging her apartment into total darkness.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 2-25, 1997
CAST: Mike – Steve Morgan, Carlino – Brian Bailey, Roat – Christopher Pyle, Susy Hendrix – Kristina Morgan, Sam Hendrix – Kyle Hager, Gloria -Megan Copeland, Patrolman One – Dustin Shepard, Patrolman Two – Pete Bethke
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Administrative Assistant – Lise Sinclair, Shop Assistant – Jason Keezer, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Sarah SImpson, Greg White, Barry Metcalf
MENU: Tossed salad, pot roast, mashed potatoes and gr;avy, corn, fresh rolls, fruit miscellanea. Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Deedee Miller, Darleen Smith, Linda Owens, Paul Marshall, Amy Reinert, Mandy Keezer, Kathy Morgan, Kathy Giebler, Denis Ann Bamberger, Joanne Welchel, Lise Sinclair.

Radio Gals
1997-04-17 - 1997-05-10
Radio Gals is a musical by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick, set in the late l920’s, and concerning an enterprising woman, Hazel Hunt, of Cedar Ridge, Arkansas who, upon her retirement as the town music teacher, receives a Western Electric 500 watt radio transmitter and begins broadcasting as radio station “WGAL”. What comes out over the local airwaves is a small town diary, calendar, and stream of consciousness — sort of a Molly Bloom crossed with the Farmers’ Almanac — with generous dollops of singing and playing by Hazel’s “all-girl” orchestra, “the Hazelnuts”, and that lovesick flapper Gladys Fritts. However, due to Hazel’s habit of “channel wandering”, her broadcasts are not always so local. And listeners as far away as Montreal and Manhattan can testify. Enter O. B. Abbott, Federal Radio Inspector, intent on rescuing the airwaves from gypsies like Hazel Hunt. However, Mr. Abbott soon falls prey to the blandishments of the Hazelnuts, and the Shangri-La that is Cedar Ridge. Inspector Abbott, it turns out, also has a fine tenor voice, plays a mean accordion, and in the course of things falls for the flapper.
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 17 – May 10, 1997
CAST: Hazel Hunt – Karen Carroll, Miss Azilee Swindle – Alisa Nickel, Miss Mabel Swindle – Kristina Morgan, Miss Klea Swindle – Becky Matticks, Rennabelle – Dee Dee Royle, America – Penny Cox, Gladys Fritz – Connie Penick, O.B. Abbott – Steve Morgan
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Jason Keezer, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez, Set Design – Dustin Shepard, Darleen Clifton Smith, Claudia Pyle, Kelly Carroll, Barry Metcalf, Sarah Simpson
MENU: Salad, grilled steak in special marinade, green beans and carrots, baked potato, bread, cake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Dee Miller, Linda Owens, Darleen Clifton Smith, Paul Marshall, Denis Ann Bamberger, Dustin Shepard, Kathy Morgan, Linda Bethke, Pete Bethke, Kelly Carroll

The Odd Couple
1997-02-06 - 1997-03-01
The plot concerns two mismatched roommates, one neat and uptight, the other more easygoing but slovenly. Sources vary as to the origins of the play. Most sources claim that Simon was inspired to write the play when he saw his brother Danny Simon and theatrical agent Roy Gerber living together after recent divorces. However, in the Mel Brooks biography It’s Good to Be the King, author James Robert Parish claims that the play came about after Simon observed Brooks, in a separation from his first wife, living with writer Speed Vogel for three months. Vogel later wrote that Brooks had insomnia, “a brushstroke of paranoia,” and “a blood-sugar problem that kept us a scintilla away from insanity.”
PERFORMANCE DATES: February 6 – March 1, 1997
CAST: Speed – Paul D. Marshall, Murray – Mark Mahieu, Roy – David Cox, Vinnie – Pete Bethke, Oscar Madison – Jim Johnson, Felix Ungar – Kent Ross, Gwendolyn Pigeon – Sarah Simpson, Cecily Pigeon – Darleen Clifton Smith
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Jason Keezer, Costume Design – Dee Miller
MENU: Minestrone, baked pork chops, corn, scalloped potatoes, cornbread muffins, cheesecake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Dee Miller, Linda Owens, Denis Ann Bamberger, Alisa Nickel, Deanan Johnston, Kathy Morgan, Liz Riegel, Mischell Miller, Monica Mills

A Homestead Christmas
1996-12-12 - 1996-12-15
A musical review by the Company for Christmas.
PERFORMANCE DATES: December 12-15, 1996
CAST: Pete Bethke, Jennifer Fuller, Stephanie Groth, Kyle Hager, Deb Holuska, Alison Mahieu, Brittany Mahieu, Mark Mahieu, Barry Metcalf, Dee Miller, Kristina Morgan, Mara Morgan, Alisa Nickel, Jesse Peach, Connie Penick, Amy Reinert, Chad Reynolds, Liz Riegel, Casey Ross, Kent Ross, Sarah Simspon, Darleen Smith, Jill Smith, Don Steele, Dave Wetmore, LuAnn Wetmore
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Keyboard – Kristina Morgan and Don Steele
MENU: Catering provided by Brona Love, Denis Ann Bamberger, Linda Bethke, Deanna Johnston, Paul D. Marshall, Kathy Morgan, Linda Owens

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
1996-10-10 - 1996-11-02
THE INAGURAL PRODUCTION OF THE NEW HOMESTEAD THEATER!
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown was a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. Ten of Gesner’s songs were first recorded as an “Original Album Musical” for MGM’s Leo record label, on which Orson Bean played Charlie Brown, Barbara Minkus was Lucy, Clark Gesner was Linus and Bill Hinnant played Snoopy.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 10 – November 2, 1996
CAST: Linus – Jason Keezer, Charlie Brown – Joe Walker, Patty – Alisa Nickel, Schroeder – Greg White, Snoopy – Kyle Hager, Lucy – Amy Reinert
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Keyboard – Kristina Morgan
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Beeson School for loan of properties – Mr. Brooks, Linn school Valentine construction – Amy Reinert
MENU: Salad, charred chicken royale, carrots, potatoes, bread, pumpkin tart

You Can't Take It With You
1996-06-20 - 1996-06-30
The story revolves around the various characters in the lives of the Vanderhof/Sycamore/Carmichael families and takes place in their family home in New York City. At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. Tony, the attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore house on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores find it hard to realize Alice’s view. Tony knows the Sycamores live the right way with love and care for each other, while his own family is the one that’s crazy. In the end, Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores particularly since he happens in during a visit by the ex-Grand Duchess of Russia, Olga Katrina, who is currently earning her living as a waitress.
PERFORMANCE DATES: June 20-30, 1996
CAST: Penelope Sycamore – Connie Penick, Essie – Jennifer White, Rheba – Penny Cox, Paul Sycamore – Greg White, Mr. De Pinna – Pete Bethke, Ed – Paul White, Donald – David Cox, Martin Vanderhof – Jim Johnson, Alice – Amy Reinert, Henderson/Man – Mark Mahieu, Tony Kirby – Joe Walker, Boris Kolenkhov – Paul D. Marshall, Gay Wellington – Deanna Johnston, Mr. Kirby – Christopher Pyle, Mrs. Kirby – Denise Simmons, Men – Eric J. Reid and Barry Metcalf, Olga – Denis Ann Bamberger
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Liz Riegel, Assistant Stage Manager – Angie Frans, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Properties Master – Deanna Johnston and Denis Ann Bamberger, Running Crew – Greg White, Geneva Cecil, Darleen CLifton Smith, Claudia Pyle, Judy Richman, Kyle Hager, Set Design – Dodge City Community College Set Building and Scene Painting Class, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez
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Company
1996-07-18 - 1996-07-28
On the night of his 35th birthday, Robert struggles to think of a wish to make as he blows out his birthday candles. The lone bachelor, surrounded by “those good and crazy people” — his married friends — Robert is uncertain whether he should simply be happy with his lot or whether he should wish for his own romantic partner. Over a series of dinner parties, first dates, and thoughtful conversations, Robert attempts to understand the pros and cons of marriage from his diverse and frequently hilarious friends, and begins to make sense of his own persistent bachelorhood.
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 18-28, 1996
CAST: Robert – Kyle Hager, Sarah – Connie Penick, Harry – Jim Johnson, Susan – Denise Simmons, Peter – Bob Sears, Jenny – Jennifer White, David – Paul D. Marshall, Amy – Alisa Nickel, Paul – Steve Morgan, Joanne – Karen Carroll, Larry – Jeremy Sisson, Marta – Amanda Morgan, Kathy – Kerri Sherer, April – Amy Reinert
CREW: Director – Greg White, Stage Manager – Liz Riegel and Angie Frans, Running Crew – Ted Warshaw, Light Board Operator – JD Smith, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Set Design – Greg White, Sarah Simpson, Don Steele, Geneva Cecil, Barry Metcalf, Kyle Hager, Dodge City Community College Set Building and Scene Painting Class
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Keyboard – Kristina Morgan and Don Steele, Vocals – Bonnie Austin and Paul White
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Funny Money
1996-03-28 - 1996-04-27
This play centers around middle-aged Henry Perkins who is going home to Fulham on the underground, looking forward to his birthday dinner, for which he and his wife Jean have invited their old friends, Vic and Betty Johnson. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened so far, but on the tube train he by mistake picks up a wrong suitcase without noticing it. He gets off at Fulham, wants to get out his gloves and scarf and realizes that he is actually carrying someone else’s briefcase. In it, he finds £735,000 in used £50 notes. He goes to a pub and counts the money several times in one of the booths of the gents. “Bent copper” Davenport — in plain clothes — watches the excited man and believes he has come to the pub to solicit men. Unforeseeable events intervene and a whole series of (deliberately) mistaken identities ensues.
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 28 – April 27, 1996
CAST: Jean Perkins – Darleen Clifton Smith, Henry Perkins – Kelly Carroll, Davenport – Kyle J. Hager, Bill – Joe Walker, Betty Johnson – Sarah Simpson, Vic Johnson – Kent Ross, Slater – Pete Bethke, Passer-by – Barry Metcalf
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Claudia Pyle
MENU: Coleslaw, baked steak Barcelona, baked potato, corn, roll, blueberry buckle

The Nerd
1996-01-18 - 1996-02-10
Set in Terre Haute, Indiana in late 1979, The Nerd by Larry Shue presents the story of Willum Cubbert, an unassuming young architect, friends Tansy and Axel and unexpected houseguest Rick. During the course of the play, we learn that Rick had saved Willum’s life in Vietnam. Over the years, Willum and Rick had exchanged occasional letters and greeting cards, though they never met. Willum has promised Rick that he could come to him for help at any time. While Willum is hosting a dinner party for his boss, Rick shows up. His awkward manner and inappropriate behavior throw the occasion into shambles. Rick decides to move in. Eventually at his wit’s end, Willum decides to take a chance on Axel’s plan to get rid of Rick.
PERFORMANCE DATES: January 18 – February 10, 1996
CAST: Willum Cubbert – Rick Matticks, Tansy McGinnis – Deanna Johnston, Axel Hammond – Paul D. Marshall, Warnock Waldgrave – Jim Johnson, Clelia Waldgrave – Denis Ann Bamberger, Thor Waldgrave – Ted Warshaw, Rick Steadman – Chris Pyle
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Monica Mills, Costumes – Linda Connelly
MENU: Northern bean soup, BBQ chicken, baked rice, carrots, corn bread, orchard cake

Lucky Stiff
1995-10-12 - 1995-11-04
A mild-mannered English shoe clerk named Harry Witherspoon gets mixed up with his murdered croupier uncle (Anthony Hendon) from Atlantic City and the lunacy that surrounded him. Harry will inherit $6M on the condition that he take his dead uncle’s corpse on one last vacation to Monte Carlo. If he doesn’t fulfill this requirement, the inheritance reverts to the Universal Dogs Home of Brooklyn – and Harry hates dogs! His uncle’s legally blind girlfriend, Rita, tells her optometrist brother, Vinnie, that she accidentally murdered her lover while not wearing her glasses. She also informs him that the $6M she & Uncle Anthony embezzled from her former gangster boyfriend is now on its way to Monte Carlo. Oh, and one other detail, they blamed the embezzlement on Vinnie so now there’s a hit out on him! A great score and well-lubricated plot takes the audience to the ultimate happy ending.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 12 – November 4, 1995
CAST: Harry Witherspoon – Kyle Hager, Uncle Tony – Jason Keezer, Dr. Vinnie DiRuzzio – Greg White, Rita La Porta – Mischel Miller, Luigi Gaudi – Kelly Carroll, Annabel Glick – Penny Cox, Landlady, etc. – Valisa Oldham, Boarder, etc. – Jennifer White, Lorry Drive, etc. – Steve Morgan
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Running Crew – Connie Penick, Assistant Stage Manager – Liz Riegel, Set Design – Darleen Clifton Smith, Claudia Pyle, Paul D. Marshall, Running Crew – Jim Johnson, Greg White, Jason Keezer, Angie Frans, Lise Sinclair, Robert Sinclair, Carolyn Johnson, Barry Metcalf, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Dog Heads – Linda Connelly, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez (House of Beauty)
MENU: Salad, roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, French bread, jello parisianne. Catering provided by Brona Love, Darleen Smith, Paul Marshall, Dynette Brumit, Barry Metcalf, Linda Owens, Joanne Welchel, Pete Bethke, Lise Sinclair, Claudia Pyle, Linda Bethke, Dee Miller, members of the Company

Songs for Dodge City
1995-04-06
A celebration of the Company’s first twelve seasons of musicals.
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 6 – May 6, 1995
CAST: Karen Carroll, Penny K. Cox, Kyle Hager, Adriane Hall, Amy Reinert, Greg White
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Deana Johnston, Costumes – Deedee Miller, Tech – Keith Reimer, Lights & Sound – Chris Pyle
MENU: Cole slaw, baked Swiss steak, oven rice, carrots, French bread, peach crumble

Run for Your Wife
1995-01-19 - 1995-02-11
This British farce tells the story of London cab driver John Smith, a man with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both. With one wife at home in Streatham and another at home in Wimbledon, and with occupants of the flat upstairs at the latter location. Trouble brews when Smith is mugged and ends up in hospital, where both of his addresses surface, causing both the Streatham and Wimbledon police to investigate. Having upset his schedule, Smith becomes hopelessly entangled in his attempts with his lazy neighbor upstairs in Wimbledon, to explain himself to his wives and two suspicious police officers.
PERFORMANCE DATES: January 19 – February 11, 1995
CAST: Mary Smith – Darleen Clifton Smith, Barbara Smith – Marilyn Black, John Smith – Kent Ross, Sgt. Troughton – Paul D. Marshall, Stanley Gardner – Kelly Carroll, Reporter/Bobby Franklyn – Kyle Hager, Sgt. Porterhouse – Pete Bethke
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Set Design – Monica Mills, Set Design – Barry Metcalf, Kyle Hager, Jim Johnson, Lise Sinclair
MENU: Mrs. Smith’s veggie soup, roast pork tenderloin, scalloped potatoes, green beans, Cyril’s hot rolls, The Queen’s coconut squares. Catering provided by Brona Love, Amy Reinert, Milly White, Dynette Brumit, Barry Metcalf, Linda Owens, Joanne Welchel, cast of Run for Your Wife.

Only Kidding!
1994-10-06 - 1994-10-29
Only Kidding! by Jim Geoghan takes the audience through the business of “show business” where a booking on the “The Buddy King Show” (think Johnny Carson) is the ultimate achievement. The play follows five characters over a three-year period. Jackie Dwayne is a fading comic whose claim to fame is 31 appearances on Ed Sullivan – but he still yearns to be booked on Buddy King. Sadly though, his selection of Polish & mother-in-law jokes are faded at best. In the first scene, Jackie’s agent sends another of his clients (Sheldon) to Jackie’s Catskills home in hopes of rescuing the outdated act. In scene two, Tom & Jerry, a younger, hipper team of improvisational comics seem to come apart after a good evening performance. Jerry, with his bent toward booze & drugs, is the hothead of the pair who jumps at the chance for an appearance on Buddy King when offered the gig by Sal, the mob-connected proprietor of the club. Tom, however, backs away. The destinies of all five characters come together in scene three when they are arrive in the green room of Buddy King’s show three years later.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 6-29, 1994
CAST: Jackie Dwayne – Jim Johnson, Sheldon Kelinski – Kyle Hager, Tom Kelly – Jared Adams, Jerry Goldstein – Jason keezer, Sal D’Angelo – Joe Walker
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Connie Penick, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Chris Pyle, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Set Design – Jared Adams, Jason Keezer, Joe Walker, Josh Bemiss, Mike Paget
MENU: Tossed salad, baked chicken breast marinara, pasta primavera alfredo, Italian bread and herb butter, tapioca. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Lori Reetz, Darleen Smith, Pete Bethke, Monica Mills, Barry metcalf, Linda Owens, Pam Neely, Marilyn Black, Dynette Brummit, Joanne Welchel, Staci Kuhlman, members of the Company.

Assassins
1994-03-31 - 1994-04-23
In this darkly humorous musical revue, Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and John Weidman (book) depict nine misfit men and women who set out to assassinate American Presidents. Though only some were successful, all left their mark on American history. While every nation has its assassins and would-be assassins, only in America, the authors suggest, do disturbed and disturbing individuals act not because they hope to influence national politics, but because they are wrapped up in a malignant sense of entitlement. Feeling betrayed by the failed promise of American democracy and the American Dream, they strike out at the symbol for America: the American President. Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions that culminate in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 31 – April 23, 1994
CAST: John Wilkes Booth – Jeff Dary, Charles Guiteau – Greg White, Leon Czolgosz – Kent Ross, Guiseppe Zangara – Ray Mettling, Samuel Byck – Kelly Carroll, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme – Adriane Hall, John Hinckley – Joey Walker, Lee Harvey Oswald – Trent Cott, The Balladeer – Kyle Hager, Bystanders – Linda Jackson, Steve Letro, Barry Metcalf, Darleen Clifton Smith, Claudia Pyle, Casey Ross
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Music Director/Keyboard – Don Steele, Keyboard – Kathy Asher, “Contractor” – Bill Thomas, Flute/Piccolo -Jean Smoot, Reeds – Dan Nemeth and H.D. McCosh, Trumpet – Bill Jenkins, Trombone – Charlie Day, Electric Bass – Dynette Brumit, Percussion – Andy Miller
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Deena Johnston, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Light Board Operator – Connie Penick, Sound Board Operator/Video Operator/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Set Deisgn – Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Trenton Cott, Barry Metcalf, Jim Johnson, Raymond Mettling, Greg White, Andy Speakar, Poppet Construction – Linda Connelly
MENU: Tossed salad, baked marinated brisket, baked potato, corn, fresh roll, brownie pudding cake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Lori Reetz, Pete Bethke, Linda Bethke, Jennifer Johnson, Monica Mills, Jared Adams, Jill Smith, Matt Cole

The Crucible
1994-01-27 - 1994-02-19
In the insular, Puritan community of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls are found dancing in the woods, and immediately fall ill. When no earthly cause can be determined, the citizens of Salem suspect that some more sinister force may be at hand. As long-held grudges turn to violent disputes, humiliating secrets are exposed and disseminated, and the line between truth and pretense becomes increasingly blurry, the citizens’ dogged determination to root out evil becomes more dangerous than the evil itself. When the burden of proof is invisible and the crime too terrible to name, everyone becomes a suspect and no one is safe. The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s remarkable 1953 play, remains as relevant as ever, and carries with it a stern warning: in every community torn by suspicion, the most dangerous threat may be the community itself.
PERFORMANCE DATES: January 27 – February 19, 1994
CAST: Betty Parris – Haley Ross, Reverend Samuel Parris – Steve Ltro, Tituba – Chasni Briggans, Abigail Williams – Adrianne Hall, Susanna Wallcott – Molly Black, Mrs. Ann Putnam – Claudia Pyle, Thomas Putnam – Chris Holt, Mercy Lewis – Robin Magouirk, Mary Warren, – Angela Frans, John Proctor – Kelly Carroll, Rebecca Nurse – Joanne Welchel, Giles Corey – Pete Bethke, Reverend John Hale – Kyle Hager, Elizabeth Proctor – Elizabeth Leigh Dary, Francis Nurse – Mark Mahieu, Ezekiel Cheever – Jared Adams, John Willard – Eric J. Reid, Judge Hathorne – Jeff Dary, Martha Corey – Linda Jackson, Deputy Governor Danforth – Jim Johnson, Sarah Good – Deanan Johnston, Hopkins – Barry Metcalf
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Linda Connelly, Joanne Welchel, Jana Ross, Stage Manager – Connie Penick, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Dynette Brumit, Set Design -Keith Reimer, Kyle Hager, Barry Metcalf, Andy Speakar, Blacksmithing – Pete Bethke
MENU: Vegetable soup, turkey and dressing, parsley potatoes, carrots, apple crisp. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Lori Reetz, Darleen Smith, Karen Koontz, Matt Cole, Jennifer Johnson, Linda Bethke, Stacy Cross, members of the Company.

Black Comedy
1993-10-14 - 1993-11-06
Black Comedy studies the effect of loss of light would have on a group of people who hold things from each other. Set in London during an electrical blackout and opening with a dinner party on a dark stage, the play is written to be staged in reversed lighting – so when the blackout occurs, the lights actually come up and the characters are seen floundering about appearing to be invisible to each other. Hence the “pun” title – Black Comedy.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 14 – November 6, 1993
CAST: Brindsley Miller – Kent Ross, Carol Melkett – Chris Keehn, Miss Furnival – Sarah Simpson, Colonel Melkett – Jim Johnson, Harold Gorringe – Chris Pyle, Clea – Mischel Miller, Schuppanzigh – Kyle Hager, Georg Bamberger – Mike Hall
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Sound Design – Keith Reimer, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Elizabeth Marcrum, Metalwork – Jared Adams and Jason Keezer, Special Paintings – Courtney Simpson, Set Design – Jim Johnson, Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Sarah Simpson, Barry Metcalf, Ray Mettling, Andy Speaker
MENU: Pepper hash, corny macaroni, green beans, ham loaf, roll, jello cake. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Lori Reetz, Darleen Smith, Pete Bethke, Karen Koontz, Barry Metcalf, Matt COle, Dynette Brummit, Joanne Welchel, Staci Kuhlman, members of the Company.

Insight
1993-08-12 - 1993-08-14
The Boot Hill Museum Repertory Company Student Division will present “Insight: and evening of monologues and scenes.” This intriguing collection of theatrical pieces was created by the Walden Theater Playwright in Residence program in Louisville, KY. The playwright conducted a workshop for young writers which followed the dramatic process from the first idea through readings and discussion to a finished production. The resulting collection of material covers a wide range of topics of interest and importance to young people.
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 12-14, 1993
CAST and CREW: Includes 11 students, ages 12-18, who have been rehearsing since min-July. Members of the production staff, including the director, stage manager, sound board operator, light board operator, props, tickets, and graphics, are also students. Directing the production is Jason Hart, a sophomore at KU.
Performed in the Old House Saloon on the Boot Hill Museum complex.

Man of La Mancha
1993-04-01 - 1993-04-24
Man of La Mancha, based on Cervantes’ epic 17th-century novel, Don Quixote, is a remarkable, poignant, moving musical that was one of the first shows to musicalize a piece of historical literature. Set in the context of the Spanish Inquisition, Man of La Mancha is presented as a play-within-a-play. We encounter historical author Miguel de Cervantes in prison, awaiting trial by the Inquisition. When his fellow prisoners try to take Cervantes’ belongings from him, including his manuscript, Cervantes proposes a trial in which he proves the merit of the manuscript through a reenactment, enlisting his fellow prisoners as characters in his play. Together, they tell the story of the aged Alonso Quijana who believes himself to be a knight errant, names himself Don Quixote, and pursues an obsessive quest to attain an impossible dream. Against all odds, Quixote and his trusty squire Sancho Panza take to the road in a quest to chivalry, and seek out the good and innocent in a world filled with darkness and despair. Through the story, all the prisoners – at least for a moment – are transformed. The mad Don Quixote may think a windmill to be a giant and a tavern to be a castle, but along the way he also transforms a wretched woman into a beautiful lady – and proves that an old man’s belief can truly make him a knight. Man of La Mancha features such stirring songs as “Dulcinea” and the now-famous standard, “Quest” – more famously known as “The Impossible Dream.”
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 1-24, 1993
CAST: Cervantes/Don Quixote – Kelly Carroll, Aldonza – Kasren Warshaw, Sancho – Kyle Hager, The Goernor/Innkeeper – Greg White, Antonia – Mischel Miller, The Duke/Dr. Sanson Carrasco -Steve Letro, Padre – Roger Maas, Housekeeper – Connie Penick, Pedro – Mark Mahieu, Anselmo – Jeff Dary, Jose – Jason Keezer, Paco – Jared Adams, Juan – Chris Holt, Tenorio – Pete Bethke, Ramon – Barry Metcalf, Maria – Deana Reimer, Fermina/Moorish Dancer – Elizabeth Marcrum, Barber – Mike Hall, Captain of the Inquisition – Raymond Mettling
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Flute/Piccolo -Betty Douglas and Nicki Homeier, Clarinet – David Kirby and Joanne Welchel, Oboe – Alejandra Garcia Trabucco, Bassoon – Denise Forbes, French Horn – Katie Humble and Marjorie Nazarenus, Trumpet – Bill Jenkins and Dan Nemeth, Trombone – Everett Mills, Guitar – Jim Johnson, Keyboard – Karla Kolenda, Percussion – Andy Miller and Jana Ross
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Connie Penick, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Light Board Operator – Chris Keehn, Sound Design/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Steve Letro, Barry Metcalf, Jared Adams, Jason Keezer, Lyn Yost, Sarah Simpson, Kirk Anderson, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez and Greg White, Properties Master – Marcia McVay and Linda Connelly
MENU: Tossed salad, grilled steak, baked potato, carrots, French bread, lemon tart. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Darleen Smith, Lori Reetz, Claudia Pyle, Chris Pyle, Matt Cole, Karen Koontz, Dynette Brummit, Kathy Konrade, members of the Company.

Don't Drink the Water
1993-01-28 - 1993-02-20
This farce takes place inside an American Embassy behind the Iron Curtain. Returning from a European tour, Newark, New Jersey, caterer Walter Hollander, wife Marion, and daughter Susan, accidentally wander into a restricted area and take photos for Walter’s new hobby of photography and are caught by Krojack, the head of the secret police, who suspects espionage and attempts to arrest them. The tourists, however, are granted asylum in the American Embassy, temporarily supervised by Axel Magee, son of the ambassador. There the Hollanders meet mad Father Drobney, who for six years has enjoyed sanctuary within the embassy’s confines. Although the United States attempts to rescue the family by repatriating Vulgarian agent Grey Fox, he commits suicide before an exchange can be negotiated. When middle-aged student agitators picket and bomb the embassy, Magee accidentally thinks up an escape plan that Susan forces him to share with the rest of the family. The Hollanders dress up as dignitaries and attempt an escape when the escape fails, Walter and Marion don the robes of a visiting sultan and his harem and rush out of the embassy. Susan happily bids her parents farewell and secures diplomatic immunity by marrying Magee.
PERFORMANCE DATES: January 28 – February 20, 1993
CAST: Father Drobney – Ken Dean, Ambassador Magee/Sultan of Bashir – Greg White, Kilroy – Kent Ross, Axel Magee – Chris Pyle, Walter Hollander – Jim Johnson, Marion Hollander – Joanne Welchel, Susan Hollander – Chris Keehn, Krojack – Steve Letro, Guard/Sultan’s First Wife – Michelle Drenth, Guard/Countess Bordoni – Darleen Clifton Smith, Burns – Roger Maas, Chef – Kent Ross, Kasnar – Roger Maas
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Michelle Drenth, Costumes – Connie Hudnett, Props – Roger Maas, Lights – Connie Penick, Sound – Keith Reimer
MENU: Coleslaw, scalloped potatoes, green beans, BBQ pork chops, corn bread, coconut custard squares. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Lori Reetz, Pete Bethke, Karen Koontz, Barry Metcalf, Matt Cole, members of the Company.

The Taffetas
1992-10-08 - 1992-10-31
The play, written by Rick Lewis, is a tribute to the great girl groups of the 1950’s. Set in 1950-something, three singing sisters – Peggy, Cheryl, & Donna – from Muncie, Indiana are making their national television singing debut. This nostalgic piece pays homage to the harmony of The Maguire Sisters, The Fontane Sisters, the Chordettes, and the Lennon Sisters. The Taffetas make their appearance on “Spotlight on Music” – a fictitious weekly TV show on the real-life Dumont Television Network and the audience is swept away to a by-gone era where music had real harmony and the world came to life on a 12-inch black & white television set.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 8-31, 1992
CAST: Cheryl – Jill Austen, Peggy – Connie Penick, Donna – Dee Dee Royle, The “Jivemasters” – Susan Robinson, Dynette Brumit, Jared Adams
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez, Stage Manager/Set Design – Roger Maas, Running Crew – Brent McKinley, Jason Keezer, Faye Adams, Light Board Operator – Chris Keene, Sound Design/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Jared Adams, Kason Keever, Dynette Brumit, Faye Adams, Greg White
MENU: Cream of broccoli soup, oven baked chicken, corn, French bread, Barry’s mom’s dessert. Catering provided by Brona Love, Milly White, Staci Kulhman, Joanne Welchel, Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Barry Metcalf, Matt COle, Lori Reetaz, Dana Wilkening.

Glimpses
1992-07-09 - 1992-07-12
The Boot Hill Museum Repertory Company Student Division presents an evening of monologues and scenes. This intriguing collection of theatrical pieces was created by the Walden Theater Playwright in Residence program in Louisville, KY. The playwright conducted a workshop for young writers which followed the dramatic process from the first idea through readings and discussion to a finished production.
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 9-12, 1992
CAST: Mandy Pankratz, Jessica Reinert, Keri Duree, Dallas Hardy, Donelle Bergeson, Adriane Hall, Ann Jambor, Robin Magouirk, Jill Stopple, Jennifer Meyer, Trenton Cott, Ozzie Rodriguez, Chris Holt, Jared Kitselman, Theresa Klunk, Shane Keck, Christina Lingard, Stephany Rosenholtz, Keena Reimer, Stephanie Schuette, Angela Zimmerman, Jill Stopple
CREW: Director – Connie Penick, Stage Manager – Carol Woydziak
MENU: Chuckwagon dinner prepared by the Boot Hill Museum Kitchen
Performed in the Old House Saloon on the Boot Hill Museum complex.

The Cardigans
1992-03-27 - 1992-04-18
The play, written by Rick Lewis, is the male version of his earlier piece – The Taffetas. At the time it was selected by the Repertory Company, it was as yet unpublished and still in development. The company had hoped to produce a similar boy-group piece but it was not available for community theater yet (that production came later!). Special arrangements were made with Mr. Lewis for the Repertory Company to be the first group outside of New York to produce The Cardigans. The show was chock-full of great 1950’s music and with the great group of musically talented actors to play The Cardigans, the audience was treated to a “swell” evening of nostalgia and harmony with “those Swingin’ Singin’ Guys From Alpha Mu Phi Pi.”
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 27 – April 18, 1992
CAST: Buddy – Jim Johnson, Frankie – Greg White, Chuck – Billy Thomas, Johnny – Ken Pervenanze
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Piano – Susan Robinson, Bass – Dynette Brumit, Drums – Jared Adams
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez, Stage Manager/Set Design – Connie Hudnett Penick, Running Crew – Cyndi Hudnett, Running Crew/Set Design – Greg Smith, Running Crew/Spot Operator – Brent McKinley, Greg Smith, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Spot Operator – Greg “Sparky” Smith, Sound Design/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Jared Adams, Jason Keever, Dynette Brumit
MENU: Tossed salad, baked Swiss steak, carrots, rice, rolls, cake and ice cream. Catering provided by Brona Love, Stacy Cross, Milly White, Pat King, Barbara Woodall, Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Barry Metcalf, Karen Koontz, Ruby Kellogg, Mary Beth Riege, Jeanette Magouirk, Dana Wilkening, Charlene Elyea

It Runs in the Family
1992-01-23 - 1992-02-15
“If you’re going to tell a lie, tell a whopper,” yells Dr. Mortimore as events begin to spin deliriously out of control. Inadvertently, he’s identifying, in the midst of his panic, the motor that propels all the best farces. Deception, mistaken identities, double-entendres, puns and flapping doors fuel this high octane comedy. Set in the doctor’s lounge of a London hospital three days before Christmas, the staff is preparing the annual holiday show. But that is only the sideshow. The real business is a conference of neurosurgeons. As Dr. David Mortimore is preparing his lecture (that should guarantee him a knighthood and the hospital some badly needed funds), a former nurse bursts in with the news that their fling some 18 years and 9 months ago made Mortimore a father. The boy (emotionally high strung and under arrest for driving under the influence) is downstairs, desperate to meet his long lost Dad. Now the good doctor really practices what he preaches. Lies pile on lies, as he enlists his colleagues to deceive his wife, his boss, a police sergeant and even his newfound son. Sharp syringes, crashing wheelchairs, squirting seltzer bottles, doctors in nurse drag, and window ledge wrestling matches gear the farce into overdrive.
PERFORMANCE DATES: January 23 – February 15, 1992
CAST: Dr. David Mortimer – Greg Smith, Dr. Mike Connolly – Chris Pyle, Rosemary Mortimer – Darleen Clifton Smith, Dr. Hubert Bonney – Kent Ross, Matron – Joanne Welchel, Dr. Willoughby Drake – Roger Maas, Sister – Claudia Pyle, Jane Tate – Jill Austen, Leslie – Brent McKinley, Police Sergeant – Jim Johnson, Bill Lesley – Kelly Carroll, Mother – Jeanette Magouirk
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Roger Maas, Assistant Stage Manager/Set Design – Claudia Pyle, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Sound Board Operator/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Costume Design – Joanne Welchel and Connie Hudnett, Set Design – Darleen Smith and Claudia Pyle
MENU: Lime jello with grapes and mandarin oranges, baked ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, hot roll, pumpkin supreme. Catering provided by Stacy Cross, Brona Love, Milly White, Pat King, Barbara Woodall, Barry Metcalf, Karen Koontz, Ken Pervenanze, members of the Company.

The Cemetary Club
1991-10-09 - 1991-11-02
The play centers on the lives of three Jewish widows. Lifetime friends – Ida, Doris and Lucille are part of a club, The Cemetery Club. Every month they meet at Ida’s house in New York for tea then trundle off to the cemetery to remember the good times and gossip with deceased husbands. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. Sam meets the widows at the cemetery while visiting his late wife and changes their lives forever. A budding romance between Sam and Ida is squashed by Doris and Lucille (who later are guilt-stricken when their influence nearly breaks Ida’s heart).
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 9 – November 2, 1991
CAST: Ida – Jeanette Magouirk, Lucille – Mary Beth Riegel, Doris – Sarah Simpson/Brown, Sam – Steve Letro, Mildred – Carol Woydziak
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Jill Austen, Assistant Stage Manager – Roger Maas, Light Board Operator – Chris Pyle, Costume Design – Joanne Welchel, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Sarah Simpson/Brown, Courtney Simpson, Jim Brown, Light Board Operator – Greg Smith and Jim Johsnon, Hair/Make up – Johnny Martinez
MENU: Cream of broccoli soup, roast beef, parsley buttered potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll, peach cobbler. Catering provided by Faye Trent, Brona Love, Stacy Cross, Milly White, Darleen Clifton Smith, Claudia Pyle, Barry Metcalf, Ken Pervenanze, Dana Wilkening, members of the Company.

Sunshine Boys
1991-03-26 - 1991-04-14
The play focuses on aging Al Lewis and Willy Clark, a one-time vaudevillian team known as “Lewis and Clark” who, over the course of forty-odd years, not only grew to hate each other but never spoke to each other off-stage throughout the final year of their act. The stubborn Clark, who was not ready for retirement, resented the wiser Lewis for breaking up the act when he opted to leave show business. CBS invited the team to reunite for a special on the history of comedy, with the pair representing the vaudeville era at its best. Clark is convinced by his nephew Ben to revive one of the old routines one last time. Much of the humor is derived from efforts to get the two cantankerous actors into the same room for a rehearsal, their differences of opinion once they reunite, and their shenanigans on the actual broadcast.
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 26 – April 14, 1991
CAST: Willie Clark – Jim Johnson, Ben Silverman (Willie’s nephew) – Ken Dean, Al Lewis (Willie’s former partner) – Greg Smith, Sketch Patient – Ken Pervenanze, Voice of TV Director – Miek Hansen, Eddie (TV Stage Manager) – Osbaldo Rodriguez, Sketch Nurse – Michelle Drenth, Nurse O’Neil – Darleen C. Smith
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Set Design – Mike Hansen, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Sound Board Operator/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Set Design – Darleen Smith, Claudia Pyle, Greg Smith, Ken Pervenanze, Ozzie Rodriguez, jJim Johnson
MENU: Vegetable soup, shishkabobs with baked rice, French bread, cherry crisp. Catering provided by Faye Trent, Brona Love, Doug Austen, Stacy Cross, Rick Matticks, Pat King, Barry Metcalf, Milly White, members of the Company.
