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WOW Fall 1998 Production

Hey, folks, it just keeps gettin’ worse.  In this remarkable show the action takes place at Shakey Acres, a retirement home for has-been performers.  The cast list says it all, and it is set forth for your viewing pleasure.

CharactersCast Hazel Hussel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Nevills Rajah Madras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vaude deVille Slim Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Dunlap Natasha Nudnick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Petzold Phillace Flame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Freested Stine Weigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newt Buker Robert Go-Lay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lyle Russell Signora Tzingaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruthe Fralick Ethel Moremen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rauly Peckham Angela Lungsbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julia Taylor Harpy Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Napier Katrina Katharsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Patnode Sir Harry Louder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Vickerstaff Marlene Didtricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanie Roper Mae Werst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Forst Steve Stoned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Dergan Dixie Lee Rose/Carmen Veranda . . . .Chris Brewis-Roberts Jaques Offenbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Williams Dr. Vince Vorkian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Flinkfelt

Yep, it just keeps gettin’ worse, but only in terms of creative character names, not in terms of the quality of the production.  The show opens to a wheelchair ballet done to classical music (a Wrinkles Of Washington! rarity), followed by a nearly inertial "Swan Lake" in bunny slippers and nightshirts.  It’s all upbeat from there - a miraculous recovery!  At one point, patients (or residents, or inmates, or whatever) get to choose their own medications, since Nurse Katharsis can’t remember who gets what, and she and Dr. Vorkian "Play a Simple Malady."  Among the sight gags is the ageless Sophia Napier doing sign language into Leonard Vickerstaff’s ear trumpet.  Mary Petzold does a ballet number in which everything jiggles, and Mary Cullen removes several veils as Little Egypt, jiggling in many of the same places.

Terpsichorean ensembles hoof to an unlikely tune called "Tater Tune with a Latin Beet", featuring Chris Brewis-Roberts as Chiquita Banana, and then raise everyone's temperature with a red-hot version of "Fever."  Bob Williams delivers an inspired rendition of "Yakety Sax."

Vor der Kaserne, vor dem grossen Tor. . . . Wie einst Lili Marlene, Wie einst "Lili Marlen" - a superb number performed superbly by Joanie Roper is one of a multitude of musical highlights.

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