The Sweetwater Cattle Company singing drovers - JERRY SANDERS, DOUG HIXON, ANTHONY BROOKS
Hardtack Harry - A wagon train guide with bad eyesight and a questionable sense of direction - RICHARD McCULLOCH
Beaver Bob - A grumpy old Indian and a trapper friend of Harry's - SHERM DOOLEN
Bunny O'Hare - An "entertainer" who was kicked out of Kansas for being too entertaining - LYNDA FRY
Will Young - A new bridegroom looking to homestead the Oregon Territiory - ERIK WILLIAMS
Moriah Young - Will's young bride who's ready for adventure - HOLLY McCABE
Quentin Goodrich - A well-heeled banker with a stongbox full of gold - HAROLD STOVER, JR.
Mary Goodrich - She married for money, not love - LuANN GROTE
Sarah Sweetwater - A cattle rancher with a tough exterior that hides her sensitive soul - JAN JONES HEISCHMIDT
Sam Sweetwater - Sarah's widowed father; he has a dream they'll have the biggest cattle ranch in all of Oregon - ALLEN FRY
Jess Harper - An Eastern newspaper reporter on an assignment West - DUANE KUBICKI
Hannah Jessup - A mail order bride; she's blonde and stacked and oh so dumb - REGINA HENSON
Harriet Buchanan - A mail order bride; she's an ex-schoolmarm who's running from a past - VIKKI HIGGINS
Martha Stuart - A mail order bride; she decorates along the trail - MONA WUEBBELS
Egbert (Bert) Doolittle - A simple minded hick form Southern Illinois - MARK PAINE
Elwood (Woody) Doolittle - He's almost as dim-witted as his younger brother Bert; they hope to rob wagon trains for a living - JOEY JONES
Understudy - CHARLEY CROSS
Musicians - ANN COTTON, LINDELL LOWERY

Synopsis Of Scenes
Act 1 Scene 1 Independence, MO April 25th, 1850
Act 1 Scene 2 Alcove Springs, KS May 13th, 1850
Act 1 Scene 3 Ash Hollow, NB June 3rd, 1850
Act 1 Scene 4 Ash Hollow, NB June 4th, 1850
Act 1 Scene 5 Ash Hollow NB June 5th, 1850
Act 1 Scene 6 Register Cliff, WY June 21st, 1850

INTERMISSION

Act 2 Scene 1 Independence Rock, WY July 4th, 1850
Act 2 Scene 2 South Pass, WY July 14th, 1850
Act 2 Scene 3 Soda Springs, ID July 22nd, 1850
Act 2 Scene 4 City of Rocks, ID July 29th, 1850
Act 2 Scene 5 Thousand Springs, NV Aug 15th, 1850

Act 3 Scene 1 Forty Mile Desert, NV Aug 29th, 1850
Act 3 Scene 2 Carson Pass, CA Sep 8th, 1850
Act 3 Scene 3 Sutter's Fort, CA Sep 21st, 1850

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PRODUCTION STAFF
Director JEANNE JONES
Asst Director SHEREE JONES
House Manager GAIL GARRISON
Production Manager SHEREE JONES
Stage Manager ED HEISCHMIDT
Properties CINDY JONES
Stage Crew JEFF JONES, ANGIE KUBICKI, CHASTITY KUBICKI, MATT WALTER, MIKE McKEE
Set Design-Construction LARRY WILSON
Set Painting-Design REGINA HENSON
Artists LYNN BOSSARDET, MIKE & DEB FARIS, GAIL GARRISON, REGINA HENSON, HOLLY McCABE, MARYA MANN
Artist Assistants BRAD BENJAMIN, JULIE FINLEY, ALLEN FRY, JAN & ED HEISCHMIDT, JoC LEWIS, KELLY RADCLIFF
Costumes JODENE NALL
Lighting MIKE ROSS
Sound JOE FULTON, LARRY WILSON
Publicity MIKE JONES
Programs GAIL GARRISON
Prompter DARLENE PETTYGROVE

This Production was sponsored in part
by the Illinois Arts Council