Calamity Jane

Screen Play by James O'Hanlon

Adapted for the stage by Charles K. Freeman

Music by Sammy Fain

Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

Directed by Bud Abbott                   1967

CAST:

Charlotte Cleghorn …..... Calamity Jane             Sandie MacKenzie …........ Katie Brown

Ian Roberts………………… Wild Bill Hickock       Bill Little …......................... Henry Miller

Bil Allison …...................... Lt. Danny Gilmartin   Debbie Skelton ….............. Susan

Dan Wurzer ...............….. Francis Fryer               

Jackie Nesbitt...............… Adelaide Adams

Brent Carver …................ Rattlesnake                  Barry Booth …................... Doc Pierce

Dave Andrews ...........….. Joe                                 Roy Warner .................….. Hank

Dennis Doyle ............….. Buck                               Bud Abbott ….................... Hugh

Fred Cawte, John DeBruijn........................................................ …. Adelaide Number

Lucille Packard, Pamela Malnarich, Anne Clemmer ................. Chorus Girls

Dagmar Allen, Norma Johnston, John Debruijn,

   Ruth Haskell, Karin MacDonald, Pamela McWhirter,

     Carol Doyle, Anne Clemmer, Roy Jones, Bud Abbott,

       Dan Sommerfeldt, Fred Cawte, Dawn Burrin,

           Patty Sommerfeldt, John Scanland, Ken Kjenstad & Maurice McKay ….. Chorus

 

PRODUCTION STAFF:

Miggs Sawchuk .....… Assistant Director            Phyllis Kuhnert …..... Musical Director

Les Kuhnert …............ Pianist                               Mamie Shiells …....... Prompter

John Packard ….......... Drums                               Dennis Boyd …......... Publicity

Lois Price …................ Programmes                    Gail Mawson …......... Décor

Jodi Marki …............... Sound Effects                  Lorian Hunter …....... Tickets

Flo Downey & Louise Stropky ............…......... Makeup

Edna Dundass & Dawn Burrin …..................... Floral Arrangements

Sidney Kjenstad (Evelyn M)….......................... Hair Styles of Leads

Anna Haley (Wal-Mart) …................................ Hair Styles of Chorus

Cliff Owen & Paul Kershaw …......................... Stage Managers

Gail Mawson ….............................................…. Assistant Stage Manager

Roberta Jackart, Miggs Sawchuk,

         Margaret Dukowski & Judy Edmunds …....................................... Wardrobe

Ken Strang, George Schuler, John Packard, Dennis Doyle,

      Dave Andrews, George Jackart, Dwight Littlechild ...........................Crew

Debbie Skelton, Sharon Bruzel, Nina Salvall ,

          Jim Gooderham and Ellen Watson ................................................... Helpers

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SYNOPSIS: musical comedy

The setting is the wild-west outpost of Deadwood City, 1976.  It’s a city of sharpshooters, cowboys, and interesting local townsfolk. Lots of saloons and wild goin’-ons.  Tomboy 'Calam' dresses like a man, totes a gun and drives the Deadwood City stagecoach. Well-meaning, but disaster-prone, she tries to help the local saloon proprietor out of a jam by promising to fetch a music-hall star from Chicago.  By mistake, she brings home the stars maid instead, who tries to pull it off.  A hilarious comedy, it nevertheless has many tender moments especially for Calamity Jane as she discovers she loves Bill Hickock.  The musical includes some very famous numbers such as "Secret Love", "Black Hills Of Dakota, "Deadwood Stage" and "Windy City".