From the publishers Eldridge Plays:
Set in the 1920s, this semi-musical play (contains five piano songs) starts out with two vaudeville troupers who are fleeing New York following their robbery of a theatre box office. They become stranded in the village of Pleasant Corners, Ohio. Broke and hungry, they devise a plan to swindle the local populace by convincing them they have enough talent to produce their own vaudeville show to raise money for a new school. The play tryouts are hilarious: Eloise Findley, the rich spinster, recites "The Bells"; the hillbilly McDowell clan gives their own deadpan rendition of "Little Brown Jug"; and the N.A.G.S. (National Alliance for Good Schools) members form a chorus line.
The Upstage Players produced "Vaudeville's My Home" in July, 2009 in the Upsala Auditorium.
Harvey Zimmerman | Larry Johnson |
Clyde J Fish | Randy Borash |
Emmanuel Thorndike Hooker | Josh Knudtson |
Joyce Hackman | Leonice Prokott |
Mrs. Scott | Emma Guthrie |
Mrs. Reed | Janel Scholz |
Mrs. Wilson | Lisa Hansen |
Mrs. Peterson | Pam Schoon |
Mrs. Arnold | Aleta Edin |
Mrs. Gaglianno | Marlene Hovland |
Eloise Findley | Carolyn Kokett |
J.T. | Brent Pepin |
Elsie | Hannah Knudtson |
Emma Jean | Glory Knudtson |
T.J. | Joe Swanson |
G.J. | Nate Knudtson |
P.J. | Aidan Guthrie |
B.J. | Katie Prokott |
C.J. | Naomi Knudtson |
Z.J. | Francis Knudtson |
Antonio Giovanni Gaglianno | Tony Achmann |
Margaret Wilson | McKenzie Barth |
Willy Peterson | Andrew Swanson |
Sgt. Tim O'Sullivan | Adam Pangrac |
Officer Jack O'Malley | Mat Hansen |