Theatre Department set to perform Tombstone

 

Caleb CurtisMobile

Reporter

The Crowder College Theatre Department’s production of Tombstone will be held Oct. 17-19 with 7:30 p.m. showtimes, as well as a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday in the Elsie Plaster Auditorium. The show will last roughly two hours, with a 10 minute intermission. Tickets are $8 for the general public, $5 for seniors, $4 for Crowder staff and students, and free for students living on campus. 

This darkly funny examination of the legend of folk heroes Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and the powerful mythology of the O.K. Corral gunfight gives emphasis to the lives of the women whose fortunes were linked to the gun-slingers. 

The cast consists of:

Wyatt Earp-Dalton Compton (Stella)

Virgil Earp-Todd Clay (Jane)

Doc Holiday-Hunter LaCour (Berryville, AR)

Morgan Earp-Chance Compton (Stella) & Greyson Lamp (Neosho)

Johnny Behan-Jorge Zapata (Ft. Stockton, TX)

Josie-Hope Wolfe (Pineville)

Mattie Blalock-Destinee Winningham (Lamar)

Kate Elder-Sarah Swayne (Aurora)

Blondie-Kinzey Saap (Joplin)

Pauline-Elizabeth Rose (Goodman)

Drunk/Judge-Chris Doyle (Neosho)

Ike Clanton-Caleb Williams (Neosho)

Billy Clanton-Ty Loudon-Wiese (Carthage)

Frank McLowry-Jeremiah Murphy (Nevada)

Tom McLowry-Tyler Carpenter (Burlington, KS)

Cowboy 1-Jody Richards (Neosho)

Cowboy 2-Zion Shetley (Branson)

Cowboy 3-Ben Davies (Balckpool, England)

Barkeep-Greyson Lamp (Neosho)

Natasha O’Brien-Davies, the play’s director, said she is excited to see the audiences’ responses to this topsy-turvy rendition of Tombstone. She also told how parts of this play were inspired by Quentin Tarantino films, as well as the 2011 animated movie, Rango

“We’re blending Crowder students and community members, so I think the community is really going to appreciate it, especially the folks who really like the movie,” she added.

The play is rated PG-13 for language and some violence.