Depot Theater

A Long Branch Christmas '84
1984-12-06 - 1984-12-09
A celebration of the season in song and dance.
PERFORMANCE DATES: December 6-9, 1984
CAST: Jill Austen, Doug Austen, Kim Blattner, Stacy Bamgardner, Amy Brax, Teresa Buchanan, Deborah Eades, Tania Hopkins, Doug Kramer, Callie Lyons, Sara McFarland, Candi Pyle, Mischel Raney, Brian Richardson, Jana Ross, Kent Ross, Roberta Scott, Greg Smith, Julie Stapleton, Brenton Surgenor, Lyn Yost
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Doug Austen, Dance Captain – Jana Ross

Count Dracula
1984-10-27 - 1984-11-03
In this performance at the Dodge City Old House Saloon Boot Hill Museum, Count Dracula by playwright Ted Tiller was reworked from Bram Stoker’s classic story of the suave vampire, updating the setting to 1930’s England, and adding comedic elements.
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 27-November 3, 1984
CAST: Sybil Seward – Amy Brax, Hennessey – Doug Austen, Dr. Arthur Seward – Ray Mettling, Renfield – Kent Ross, Wesley – Lyn Yost, Jonathan Harker – Brian Richardson, Mina – Sara McFarland, Count Dracula – Greg Smith, Henrich Van Helsing – Tod Demuth
ORCHESTRA/BAND: Sara McFarland, Gretta McFarland, Pat McFarland, Wiley McFarland
CREW: Director – Don Steele, Assistant to the Director – Doug Austen, Stage Manager – Julie Kirby, Costume Design – Jana Ross, Hair/Make up – Connie Hudnett, Sound Design -Sara McFarland, Gretta McFarland, Pat McFarland, Wiley McFarland
MENU: Catering parovided by Faye Trent, Brona Love, Crystal Reynolds, Jana Ross, Jill Austen.

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
