Directed by Earl Westerng
The Great Western Melodrama has the usual quota of stereotypical characters - the sneering villain, the helpless maiden, the steadfast hero - but owing to an unfortunate twist of fate, the troupe of touring actors scheduled to present this epic work can't make it. Since the show must go on, a substitute cast is hastily assembled to fill in. Unfortunately for them - and fortunately for the audience - they're, well, let's just say they're not very good. But what they are is uproariously funny.
The original cast has been quarantined and the stage hands, promptress, et al., have stepped into the roles so that the play might go on-- horribly miscast and unrehearsed. It is the story of how Daisy wins her poet lover, Filbert Fearless, over the objections of her hard hearted father. Though the cast forgets its lines, and the sound effects go wrong, the scene wherein Filbert, single handed, captures that villainous jail breaker, Two gun Percy, is beyond words!
The Cast
| Master of Ceremonies, Director of Play |
Earl Westereng |
| Filbert Fearless, Our Hero |
Renee Thorness |
| Daisy McSkew, His Sweetheart |
Bernadene Gortler |
| Mres. Abigail McSkew, Her Mother |
Mary Kay Evanson |
| Mr. Mortimer McSkew, Her Father |
C'Dale McBride |
| Oswald, Slugfest, another Suitor |
Sarah Haugen |
| Two Gun Percy, Our Villain |
Sharon Hoglund |
The Staff
| Director |
Earl Westereng |
| Set Design |
D.W. Groethe |
| Sound TEchnician, Promptress, Program |
Sarah Jane Johnson |
| Costumes |
Lynn Mendro |
| Props |
Sharon Hoglund, C'Dale McBride |