MHS to present ‘How the West was Dun’
The Monticello High School Theatre Department will present “How the West was Dun” Thursday and Friday, March 8-9 in the MHS Auditorium.
The show is a hilarious melodrama that spoofs many of Hollywood’s Westerns and has modern touches to boot.
Slick and wealthy Richard Coldheart must marry Polly Wanda Cracker to control the Cracker property. However, it’s Polly’s homely sister, Prunella, who wants to marry him.
Meanwhile, our hero, Sheriff Wayne John, has his hands full surviving the hilarious antics of well-meaning, but not too bright, Deputy Doowrong. When a bundle of villains, including Snydley Dastardley, Kid Kid, and Calamity Jan, attempt to take over Low Humidity Chasm, things really go crazy.
With a narrator to keep the characters onstage in line, this wild and wooly Western will bring down the house.
The show is at 7 p.m. both Thursday and Friday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens.
“HOW THE WEST WAS DUN”
Cast (listed alphabetically)
Hannah Ahlrichs – June
Sophie Ahlrichs – Extra
Mya Boffeli – Calamity Jan
Marisa Braford – Schizophrenic Kid
Courtney Campbell – Widow Cracker
Kehde Campbell – April
Jeff Carlson – Bob Scratchitt
Makayla Coffey – Extra
Kendra Foust – Kid Kid
Olivia Goodyear – Polly Wanda Cracker
Gabby Guilford – Extra
Grace Heinrich – Prunella Cracker
Payton Jaeger – Lone Stranger
Jaelynn Kraus – Narrator
Evee Krouse – August
Scott Lange – Snydley Dasterdly
Anna Loes – Sarsaparilla Sal
Megan Mahoney – Extra
Justin Martin – Black Bart
Jordyn Patterson – Extra
Makenna Patterson – Extra
Delaney Peitz – Extra
Skyler Postel – Belle Starr
Mason Reuter – Deputy Dudley Doowrong
Shelbie Reyhons – Extra
Grahm Schneiter – Bo Best
Chase Sternhagen – Sheriff Wayne John
Levi Temple – Blacker Bart
Andrew Wall – Reverend Right
Luke Weber – Richard Coldheart
Micah Williams – May
Crew
Costumes – Sydney Freeze, Kaitlin Guyer, Rylee McBride, Jordyn Patterson, Brooklyn Stark.
Backstage – Spencer Avery, Rylee Bauer, Jackson DeMean, Matthew Fokken, Adele Hogan, Rachel Larabee, Jordan Lorenzen, Caroline Olson, Ben Oswald, Nicole Porter, Kacie Rickels, Haley Shady.
Props – Hayo Eiben, Autry Fasnacht, Keegan Freese, Rachel Nelson.
Lights/Sound – Robby Holmes, Cassie Gillmore, Abby Willson.
Publicity/Advertising – Kacie Bayne, Savannah Reyhons, Presley Tapken.