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DEADWOOD
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OR THE GAME
OF GOLD |
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By Tom
Taggert - Based on the dime novels of Edward L. Wheeler |
Director: Roger
Bennett Assistant Director: Mike Remington |
Producer: Carol
Remington Stage Manager: Roger Eastman |
Production Dates: October
13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28, 2000 |
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The 2000-2001 season opened with this
bloodthirsty dime novel of the style frequently referred to as "lurid trash" by
our grandparents' parents. But the allure of the Old West... with the six-gun heroes,
redskins biting the dust, lily-pure maidens and blackhearted gamblers, of the never-ending
"game of Gold"... is still with us.
In 1876, a little-known writer, Edward L. Wheeler,
started turning out dime novels about a Robin Hood of the Black Hills whom he named
Deadwood Dick. Dick became an overnight success to the extent that Wheeler went on to
write 64 Deadwood Dick novels.
Taking the most exciting situations, the most colorful
characters and the most amusing dialogue from the novels, Tom Taggert has fashioned a Gay
'90's melodrama that has all the elements that make these blood-and-thunder melodramas so
hilarious. They're all there... long-lost daughters, stolen gold mines, kidnapped heroines
and hairbreadth escapes. Theater-goers are invited to show their enthusiasm by cheering
the good guys and booing the bad guys. Watch closely and you may even see a mustache
twirled and a lady swoon. |
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OPENING
NIGHT PHOTOS - OCTOBER 13, 2000 |
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DEADWOOD
DICK CAST INCLUDES: |
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Steve Martin |
Matthew Besco |
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Jessie Rumsey |
Gloria Mooney |
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Jeff Leonard |
Gene Ditsler |
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Diane Eastman |
Geri Leonard |
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Jeff Cummings |
Denny Blanford |
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Steve Mercer |
Sharon Mercer |
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Susan Gordon |
Robin Walters |
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Nancy Bennett |
Caroline Heading |
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Eddie Dovenbarger |
Becky Dovenbarger |
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Jamie Hostetler |
Zackery Allen |
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Donna Underwood |
D.J. Woodie |
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