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WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH YEAR
BY PERFORMING
THREE ORIGINAL MELODRAMAS

SURE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS FIRST ONE
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or... Dirty Work in the Lucky Cuss
by Tim Kelly
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Director:
 
Joplin Sell

SHOW DATES
May 27, 28, 29,
June 3, 4 
2011


Assistant director:
Terra Ponder


Originally performed in 1994
To see original performance
click here.
March 17,18,19, 1994
Lodge Pavilion

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"The Shame of Tombstone"
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"Dirty Work in the Lucky Cuss"

by Tim Kelly

Amanda Goodsort, once a Boston society belle, has journeyed to Arizona to find employment so that she might support her infant daughter. Alas, she must perform on the stage of Tombstone's famous Birdcage Theatre, where soldier lads and silver miners come to gawk and applaud! In order that her true identity never be revealed, Amanda sings in disguise and is known far and wide as The Masked Canary; but to civic leaders like the tenacious Flora Courtland, who is determined to drive her out of town, she is... "the shame of Tombstone!" Alas, the wily villain, Judge Mortimer Harshly, and a pretty cohort, Peachy Jamm, discover Amanda's secret and decide to blackmail her. The side-splitting action begins on the day Amanda's grown daughter arrives in town with her two companions, Lonely Wolf, a Harvard-educated scout, and Lt. Pete Bogg, a manly chap who has everything... including PX privileges and a future pension. An outrageous company of funny characters add to the confusion: Cantankerous Ol' Timer; Wing Tip, the Oriental philosopher who is available for witty sayings and tea-brewing; Fifi, the French maid from Bisbee. But above everything is the sheer nastiness (and comic genius) of the Judge. All ends suitably with the meanie's defeat, Amanda's vindication and a sing-a-long to keep the audience smiling.

 

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Cast of Characters

Little Victoria 
played by
Kenzi Ponder

Lonely Wolf 
played by
Jeremy Colbert

Flora Courtland
played by
Jan Wafful

Ole Timer 
played by
Mike Mishkin

Peachy Jamm 
played by
Terra Ponder

Fifi 
played by
Lisa Matern

Judge Mortimer Harshly 
played by
Alan Hale

Unknown Woman
played by
Hollie Eye

Lt. Pete Bogg
played by
Tony Calderon

Wing Tip 
played by
Joplin James Sell

Amanda Goodheart
played by
Pat Mishkin

Sidekick 
played by
Margaret Phinney

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Sound/Producer:
 Arlan Ponder
Lights/Stage Manager:
 
Tony Courvoisier


Prompter: 
Becky & Scotty Courvoisier


Consessions:
Charliss Randall and 
Michele Rollins


Panhandler: 
George Collins


Programs:
Kevin Milligan


Greeter:
Sharon Collins


Sweat Shirts:
Kalei Ponder


Hair & Makeup:  Joplin Sell & Terra Ponder


Maxwell
played by
Scotty Courvoisier

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BE SURE AND SEE OUR FILM CLIPS
AVAILABLE AT END OF PAGE

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*** FIRST A LITTLE PRACTICE ***


WARMING UP THE CROWD

 

 

 


WATCH OUT FOR THAT

BAD GUY !!!! 

 

IT IS REALLY

GETTING DANGEROUS

OUT THERE

 

 

BUT THE GIRLS SURE 

ARE PRETTY ...

 

 

 


OUR HERO 
Lt. Pete Bogg
IS IN TOWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THINK THE HERO

WAS VICTORIOUS

IN THE END ??

SO GLAD THAT

YOU CAME TO

ENJOY WITH US 





TEN (10) VERY BRIEF FILMS FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE ARE AVAILABLE:

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1. Featuring Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder and Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale.

2. Featuring Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale and Wing Tip played by Joplin James Sell.

3. Featuring Fifi played by Lisa Matern, Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, and Sidekick played by Margaret Phinney.

4. Featuring Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert and Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon.

5. Featuring Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert, Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder and Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon.

6. Featuring Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, Amanda Goodheart played by Pat Mishkin, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, and Ole Timer played by Mike Mishkin.

7. Featuring Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder, Fifi played by Lisa Matern, Flora Courtland played by Jan Wafful, Amanda Goodheart played by Pat Mishkin, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon, Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert, and Sidekick played by Margaret Phinney.

8. Featuring Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder, Fifi played by Lisa Matern, Flora Courtland played by Jan Wafful, Amanda Goodheart played by Pat Mishkin, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon (dancing), Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert (dancing), and Sidekick played by Margaret Phinney.

9. Featuring Wing Tip played by Joplin James Sell, Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder, Fifi played by Lisa Matern, Flora Courtland played by Jan Wafful, Amanda Goodheart played by Pat Mishkin, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon, Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert, and Sidekick played byMargaret Phinney.

10. Featuring Wing Tip played by Joplin James Sell, Unknown Woman played by Hollie Eye, Little Victoria played by Kenzi Ponder, Fifi played by Lisa Matern, Flora Courtland played by Jan Wafful, Amanda Goodheart played by Pat Mishkin, Judge Mortimer Harshly played by Alan Hale, Lt. Pete Bogg played by Tony Calderon, Peachy Jamm played by Terra Ponder, Lonely Wolf played by Jeremy Colbert, and Sidekick played by Margaret Phinney.

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