The Old Theater Corporation
The Old Theater Corporation proudly presents its 2nd radio show, THE BIG GUNS: Or Whose Little Lily Is She? for your listening and viewing enjoyment. Set in a 1940s radio station, this show will be performed by actors in costume with sound effects and singing radio commercials.
With songs and smoking six-shooters, we’re here to tell the adventures and misadventures of two cattle barons and, most especially, of a beautiful young lady in search of … well, not the usual kind of gold in them thar hills. Is this a musical? Nope. But somewhat like Cat Ballou, Paint Your Wagon and a lot of John Ford westerns, it has music that made its way west. And what’s a rousing, sometimes rowdy western without a saloon gal? A saucy little filly known as Lily. A comic valentine to the cowboy and cowgirl heroes of bygone screen, radio and television—Gene, Roy, Hoppy, Coop, The Duke—with a tip of the Stetson to Calamity, Annie O, Belle Starr and Cat Ballou. A story of the Old West, but a different sort of a story. A tale with a twist. A rootin’, tootin’, six-shootin’ wing-ding of a western.
Join our “studio audience” as we step back in time for an old fashioned adventure!
THE CHARACTERS ...
Ellyn Speciale (Charlene Pratt, Dutch Masters & Foley Artist)
Bill Wheeler (Raymond Collins)
Woody Fuller (Louie, Deacon Adderlie, Reggie & Voices)
Nancy Hiller (Janette & Little Lily)
Will Wheeler (Shorty, Clerk, Maguey & Schemer Scroggins)
Rich Tuttle (Sheriff Broker Baker)
Bill Sage (Big John)
Peter Freeman (Ready John)
Russ Stevenson (Joe & Jess Courtland)
Emma Wheeler (Abigail Crump)
Elaine Hills (Olivia Crump)
Sam Alitto (Bentnose Bascomb & MacIntosh)
(Back Row) Bill Sage, Elaine Hills, Peter Freeman, Bill Wheeler, Ellyn Speciale, Woody Fuller (Front Row) Will Wheeler, Emma Wheeler, Rich Tuttle, Russ Stevenson (Not Shown) Sam Alitto |
THE SLIDE SHOW ...
Click HERE to see a slide show of this performance.
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.
All proceeds of this event go to benefit the Old Theater, a non-profit organization.