Bosh & Moonshine at the Gaiety Saloon was specially written for the Company by Mike Craver.  Set in contemporary Dodge City, Bosh and Moonshine at the Gaiety Saloon tells the story of a young woman who has taken out a loan and turned a landmark hotel into a bed-and-breakfast. As she does the last-minute cleaning before the grand opening, the vacuum cleaner explodes, and out the dust step several early Dodge residents including a notorious gun-slinger named ‘Mysterious Dave Mather’, a ‘fancy lady’ named Fannie Mae Garretson, a Shakespearian Tragedian known as Frederick Forsythe Fosdick the Third, and Reverend Mould, a mild mannered undertaker. The past and present meet head-on and the spirits from the past discover that they have unfinished business to attend to. Key to the story is the tale of Dora Hand, who was accidentally shot while sleeping at the mayor’s house in 1878. Two of the characters in the play really did live in Dodge City — Mysterious Dave Mather, a gunslinger, and Fannie Mae Garretson, a saloon singer. Fannie Mae, Craver said, was with Dora Hand the night she was shot.

PERFORMANCE DATES: October 8-31, 1998

CAST: Lynn – Marci Williams, Mysterious Dave Mather – Mark Mahieu, Rev. Mould – Mike Craver, Fannie Mae Garrettson – Karen Carroll, Frederick Forsythe Fosdick III – Jim Johnson, Ollie O’Leary – Kyle Hager, THE BUNKHOUSE BOYS: Crunchy – Kent Ross, Stubby – Alan Stukenholtz, Jaws – Chad Mickey

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Sound Board Operator/Set Design – Deanna Johnston, Light Board Operator – Paul D. Marshall, Costume Design – Dee Miller and Anne Curtis, Set Design – Mike Craver, Barry Metcalf, Monica Mills, Mischel Miller, Denis Ann Bamberger, Darleen Clifton Smith, Marla Bethke

MENU: Green and white salad, autmn pork chops, melon ball potatoes, roll, lemon silk cake.  Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Darleen CLifton Smith, Deedee Miller, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Pete Bethke, Denis Ann Bamberger, Sherry Polkinghorn, Faye Trent, Barb Duesing, Kelly Carroll, Paulette Setkins.

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