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By Cheryl Kisling
Will Charlotte, the naive owner and operator of the
Bar-B-Q-Dude Ranch, ever admit her love for the Spanish
speaking ranch hand who is allergic to horses?
Can Joe Chuckwagon ever buy his wife Princess One
Blossom the "101 Ways to. Fix Rattlesnakes Cookbook"?
These and many more questions can be answered by
seeing the Theatre Incqrporated of Lincoln mellerdrama
production, They Went Ttiat-A-Wqy.
Director Tom Lombard, who also plays Waxine's side
kick Slug, said there will be performances every Wednes
day through Saturday until Sept. 8 at the upper level of
the Starship Enterprise.
The play opens with Charlotte and her pessimistic part
ner, Lii Bower, putting the finishing touches on their
newly-acquired dude ranch. The girls are from, "about as
far south as you can get-Cortland."
They soon are informed by Sheriff Jackson that they
need a license to operate their ranch. ,
Recognizing the financial woes of the young ladies,
the sheriff agrees to let them have a couple days to pay
for the license.
The girls are talked into hiring a ranch hand who makes
a life of freeloading, and into hiring an imitation Indian's
wife as a cook.
Elmira Spring', the ranch's first paying customer, ar
rives, and gives hope that the ranch will make it through
the financial crisis. Then the imitation Indian is hired, and
two "big-time outlaws" arrive with a shoe box full of
money.
The shoe box is left downstairs, and the sheriff tells
the girls it is stolen. As several visitors come to the ranch,
romantic twists arc added to tle plot.
A marriage falls through, and it turns out that all the
cook can cook is rattle snakes.
If all of this isn't enough, the actors provoke, almost
challenge the audience to heckle, cheer and throw pop
corn because "that's half the fun of a mellerdrama." And
this "one is complete, from the live piano player to the
Master of Ceremonies, Jerry Egan. leading the audience
in a sing-along at intermission.
According to Muffley, this is the last production for
TIL this year since they only perform during the summer.
Muffley said that they have been asked to work the entire
year, but says that it is impossible without the nucleus
of people.
Backgrounds of the actors vary from a college
freshman majofing in theatre and journalism, to a woman
in her late 30s wanting to get involved, to an aspiring 18
year old hoping to be accepted into a prominent New
York acting school.
Renav Kushner. who plays Waxine, said that she has
always been surrounded by acting.
"My mother is an actress and so was her mother,"
the 4-foot-9 blonde Kushner said. "It's been i part of me
all of my life." - , ,
Preparing to go on stage five nights a week for the next
four weeks might put a strain on some actors, but the cast
said they are ready.
Doug Grandstaff, alias Freddy Buck, said, "Getting
into character isn't hard for me. I just don't worry about
it."
The rest of the cast includes Ann Smeltzer as
Charlotte Pelham, Gerianne Carttar as Lil Bower, Mark
Burkitt as Sheriff Jackson, Lane Burkitt as Joe Chuck
wagon, Dottie Stoesz as Princess One-Blossom, Annette
Dahl as Elmira Spring and Sara Williamson as Sue
Castle.
Curious about the outcome of the Bar-B-Q-Dude
Ranch? Then see "They Went That-A-Way" and find out
who's really falling for whom.
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Renay Kushner and Tom Lombard as Waxine and Slug.
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