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"Bus Stop"
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Last Modified:
Monday, February 26, 2007
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"Bus Stop"
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by William Inge
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Directed by Mary Hill
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February 2005
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Synopsis
From Dramatists Play Service, Inc.:
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a
cheerful roadside diner. All roads are blocked, and four or five weary travelers
are going to have to hole up until morning. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse in a
sparkling gown and a seedy fur-trimmed jacket, is the passenger with most to worry
about. She's been pursued, made love to and finally kidnapped by a twenty-one-year-old
cowboy with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong
bull. The belligerent cowhand is right behind her, ready to sling her over his
shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana. Even as she's
ducking out from under his clumsy but confident embraces, and screeching at him
fiercely to shut him up, she pauses to furrow her forehead and muse, "Somehow deep
inside of me I got a funny feeling I'm gonna end up in Montana …" As a counterpoint
to the main romance, the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver at last find time
to develop a friendship of their own; a middle-age scholar comes to terms with himself;
and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets her first taste of romance.
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Published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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Cast
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waitress Elma Duckworth:
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Michaela Solise
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diner owner Grace Hoylard:
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Ann Wilson
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Sheriff Will Masters:
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Don Pirl
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Cherie a chanteuse:
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Millie Newell
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prof. Dr. Gerald Lyman:
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Bill Schuler
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Carl a bus driver:
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Doug Showalter
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ranch hand Virgil Blessing:
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Jerry Longinotti
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rancher/cowboy Bo Decker:
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Samuel Grubb
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Crew
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Director:
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Mary Hill
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Asst. Dir./Stage Manager:
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Robert L. Simpson
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Producer:
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Gene Forsyth
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Lights/Sound:
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Dave McKillip
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Props:
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Mary Hill and
Ann Wilson
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Costumes:
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Linda Rickel,
and the Cast
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Set Design:
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Mark Britton,
and Mary Hill
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Set Dressing:
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Jan McKillip,
Kristi Clark,
Thomas Clark,
Bill Schuler,
and Karla Parker Ross
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Set Construction:
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Mark Britton,
Jim Cunningham,
Ray Johnson,
Mary Jane Cunningham,
Bob Stout,
Dave Cambell,
Jan McKillip,
Dave McKillip,
and Nyle Cearlock
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Publicity:
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Gene Forsyth,
Margaret Forsyth,
Ray Johnson,
Thomas Clark,
and Karla Parker Ross
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Box Office:
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Margaret Forsyth
and her wonderful volunteers
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Acknowledgements & Thanks
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Program Design:
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Dave McKillip
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Graphic Design:
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Thomas Clark
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Dunninger and Kreskin Posters:
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Karla Parker Ross
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Program Printing:
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Hot Springs Printing
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Media:
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Jerry Jones,
KQUS radio,
KLAZ radio,
KVRE radio,
KZNG radio,
KALR radio,
Resort TV Cable (Ch. 5),
Hot Springs Village Voice,
The Sentinel-Record,
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arts Central,
The Springs Magazine,
The Malvern Dialy Record,
The Daily Siftings Herald (Arkadelphia),
and Hot Springs Advertising & Promotion
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Digital Photography:
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Kristi Clark and
Thomas Clark
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