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Mon-Tue, Feb 16-17, 7pm at the
theatre
There will be cold readings
so there is no need to bring anything
prepared
Directed by Jo An Miller and Technically
Produced by Christen Manuel
Show
dates: May 1st-3rd
and May 8th-10th
Deadwood Dick
or, The Game of Gold
Story of the play
A dramatization
of a bloodthirsty dime novel, lure of the
Old West-of six gun heroes, of red-skins
biting the dust, of lily-pure maidens and
black-hearted gamblers, of the nerve-ending
“Game of Gold”-is still with us!
It is based on
one of the dime novels of Edward L. Wheeler.
Taking the most exciting situations, the
more colorful characters, and the most
amusing dialogue from these novels, Tom
Taggart has fashioned a Gay ‘90s melodrama
that has all the elements that make these
blood-and-thunder melodramas of Grandma’s
day so hilarious: long lost daughters,
stolen goldmines, kidnapped heroines, and
hairbreadth escapes abound! They are all
there and so cleverly integrated into a
three-act play.
Description of Characters:
Lily & Rose
Blossom are the typical
heroines of old-fashioned melodrama. Lily is
the languishing, delicate kind of heroine
and blind. The actress to play Lily should
be able to sing. Rose is more sparkling and
vivacious.
Ned Harris &
Wild Bill Hickock are our
pair of stalwart western heroes. Ned is more
sedate, more noble. Bill should be played
for comedy, Ned for tragedy.
Calamity Jane
is the type of western tough as nails woman
also personified by Mae West
Blackman Redburn
is our villian, dark and black hearted….
Pong Ping
-a squeeking Chinaman-PLAYED FOR SYMPATHY,
NOT MENACE
Judge Nix
does his best to be a dignified old
law-giver but his lack of education crosses
him up. Sometimes pomptuous, other times
colloquial.
Molly Loveless
the Sheriff’s wife, is a motherly woman
approx. in her 40s
Sheriff Homer
Loveless is the typical Wild
West sheriff…..
Chet Pussy
is our assistant “villain”-bartender and
toady to Blackman Redburn
Piano Annie
is one of Calamity’s bar-maids and
entertainers
Teetotal Tessie
is a battle-axe of a woman, with a voice
like a foghorn. She leads the temperance
crusade with her cohorts
Also needed:
Extras to play miners, tough guys, and some
bar-maids to hang out at Calamity Jane’s
Man-Trap Saloon
2 ladies to
play Teetotal Tessie’s “hatcheteers” |
