Depot Theater

Sundance/The Drunkards Wife
1984-03-08 - 1984-03-11
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

The Long Branch Variety Show '83
1983-08-01
A Long Branch Variety Show celebrating the ‘Wild West’ and Dodge City.
PERFORMANCE DATES: 1983
CAST and CREW: Connie Hudnett, Greg Smith, Ray Mettling, Amy Brax, Ken Dean, Tod Demuth, Walt Hudnett, Doug Kramer, Sara McFarland, Don Pfister, Candi Pyle, Mischel Raney, Brian Richardson, Jana Ross, Christie Walder, Stage Manager – Doug Austen
MUSICIANS: Doc. the piano player, Kent Ross, Tod Demuth, Dean Freeman, Shane Johnson
DANCERS: Jerri Anglin, Jill Austen, Missy Brown, Theresa Eades, Michelle Gabel, Tonia Hopkins, Staphanie McCullough, Starla Trease, Kelly McElhinney, Gwen Melson, Jana Ross, Katrina Salem, Janet Stukenholtz, Tanza Taylor, Shannon Taufel
GUNFIGHTERS: Jess Cunningham, Tod Demuth, Darrell Dodge, Dean Freeman, Walt Hudnett, Shane Johnson, Chad Kirk, Randy Traylor, Mark Mahieu, Ray Mettling, Don Pfister, Brian Richardson, Troy Robinson, Greg Smith, John Stella
