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Performances run from September 10 through October 10

RAINMAKER

Directed by Cecilia Fannon

Produced by Rae Cohen

 CAST

H.C. Curry: late 50s-60s, gentle patriarch. Fit. Must have western twang.

 Noah Curry: 30-40, grounded, slightly rigid. Western twang.

Jim Curry, 30-40, energetic, not very educated. Western twang.

Bill Starbuck: 30-40, charismatic huckster. Tall, lean, handsome.

File: late 30s-50, argumentative but good-hearted. Western twang.

Sheriff Thomas 40-50s, decent, good-intentioned. Western twang

Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression era America, the play tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned from a trip to visit pseudo-cousins (all male), which was undertaken with the failed expectation that she would find a husband. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. A charming confidence trickster named Starbuck arrives and promises to bring rain in exchange for $100. His arrival sets off a series of events which enable Lizzie to see herself in a new light.

Auditions for Room Service on September 20 and 21 at 7:00 p.m.

A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.  Brothers try and put on a play before their landlord finds out that they have run out of money. To confuse the landlord they pretend that the play's author has contracted some terrible disease and can't be moved.  To see the cast breakdown, click here.