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Hauncho
 the Hamster


May 23, 24, 25 and 
June 13 & 14

Zenith Park Playhouse


7:30pm


Directed by:
 Joplin J. Sell


This award winning adventure fantasy has the flavor of a modern folk tale. Young Kendall Kip, left in the care of Ain't Leena, wonders if his parents still love him.

With his pet hamster, Hauncho, he sets off to find them on a marvelous journey through the labyrinth of tunnels in Hauncho's unique habitrail. Friends Belinda Braveheart and Billy Barnstorm soon follow.

The wayfarers are waylaid by fabulous characters like Profitess Palmetto, a deliciously avaricious backwater oracle, and the Bewilderbeast, a mischievous creature who delights in dilemmas and lives in a cinder block box.

Enchanting theatregoers with a view of the familiar from unfamiliar perspectives, this play examines elements like friendship and courage that are universal to the human experience."





THE CAST






Kendall Kip 
(10 years old)
played by
Joplin J. Sell

A young boy whose parents have gone to Weed, leaving him in Cloudcroft under the temporary care of Ain't Leena.


Belinda Braveheart
(13 years old)
played by
Mariana Dean

A girl who is capable and self-confident.  She is Kendall's neighbor and friend.


Billy Barnstorm
(12 years old)
played by
 Dave Venable

Another of Kendall's friends, a boy around Belinda's ago, a bit of a bumbler.


Hauncho
the Hamster
played by
  Arlan Ponder

A heavyweight hamster, Kendall's pet and friend.  Everything he eats goes straight to his hips.


Cardamum the Cat
played by
K. Jan Wafful

Kendall's catty cat. A feline femme fatale who tolerates Kendall but disdains all rodents including Hauncho.


Professit Palmento (Gypsy)
played by
Patricia Miskin

A backwater oracle, fortune-telling witchy woman, and siren of the swamps.  She can and will answer any questions for a fee.

 

Shank Longfinger
(Bad Guy)
played by
 Alan Hale

The Childcatcher and baddest of the bad guys.  He snatches up stray children who wander into the hamster house.


The Bewilderbeast
 (A mystery)
played by
Leo Cuevas

A confusing creature who delights in deception and adores dilemmas.  A perplexity.  Lives in a cinder block box in the remotest reaches of the bayou, where no one is happy and the sky is never blue.  If you can't find him there, he'll find you!


Kittens
played by
Cardamum's own cats much to her chagrin.  Captives of the Childcatcher and prisoners of the People pound.  The Foundlings are mischief makers with a healthy disregard for the dignity of others.  Nobody loves them.


Kaylie


Emma


Marisela


Frank


Jacob




Prompter
Charliss Randal


Sound
Viola Penner


Camera
Brady Randall


Set Design
Earl Anderton



SOME PRACTICE SHOTS
and
SNEAK PREVIEWS
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SEE YA THERE !!!
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THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS

J. R. Oppenheim



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