Blame It on the Pony Express
Way Off Broadway Community Players
August 6th through 21st
2243 Business Park in Leander
The Way Off Broadway
Community Players conclude their 13th season with the annual
summer melodrama, presented at the group's new theater home.
Directed by Karen S. Miller, the play Blame It on the
Pony Express by Whitney Ryan Garrity runs August 6th through
21st.
The prequel to the
Calamity Gulch series, the comedic melodrama answers many
questions from the stories of the previous shows staged by the
Players. When Gideon Culpepper opens the Last Chance Inn,
the guests pour in immediately. Dashing Horace Prickley
agrees to help poor Flossie become a lady, so she can win her
heart's true love - the spineless but wealthy Theodore
Vanderthistle
Teddy's scheming
mother, Vedalia has other plans though, and she sends for Posey
Lee Perriwinkle, a beautiful southern belle who arrives via
Pony Express as a mail-order bride. Unfortunately, Posey falls
for Gideon instead.
Meanwhile Horace
finds that he is falling for Flossie and facing the dilemma of
helping her - and therefore losing her to Teddy. The play
weaves together elements of My Fair Lady and Gone With the Wind
for one evening of laughs.
The cast includes
Brian Fontenot, Caitlin Sullivan, David Hilliard, Elizabeth
Chepul, Kyle Elmore, Lissa Fontenot, Michael Chepul, and Tedrah
Hutchins. Jeremy Mielens provides lighting, Meredith
Connally provides sounds, and Maren Norris serves as Assistant
Director and Stage Manager.
Performances run
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on
August 15th at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general
admission, $12 for students and seniors, and $8 for children.
The Way Off Broadway
Community Players' new home is located at 11880 West FM 2243 in
the 2243 Business Park in Leander - one mile west of Hwy. 183,
just east of Bagdad Road. For reservations and more
information, call (512) 259-5878 or visit www.WOBCP.org.
(Photo courtesy WOPCP)
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