BONANZA
Id/Ego Productions at Live bait Theater
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It’s certainly not Othello, The Cherry Orchard, or even Hello, Dolly! But hey–what do you expect from a late-night spoof of a cheesy TV western? Besides, a lot of people like Bonanza–just like a lot of people like The Brady Bunch. And a lot of people like to see women lampoon cheesy icons of masculinity. Don’t they?
‘Course the plot of this real-live Bonanza ain’t much, though it must have sounded like a real zinger to the TV producers. Hoss (Robin Baber) accidentally kills a man. He feels mighty bad about it, even though everybody says he didn’t do it on purpose. Enter the bad guy, the dead man’s brother, Rhett Twighlight (Dana Block), who wants revenge. While Hoss is out on the Ponderosa range fixing a fence post and mourning, Rhett sneaks up from behind and shoots him in the shoulder.
THE COURSE OF IT
Mettle Theatre at Heartland Studio Theatre
