[September 17, 2012]    

Saturday evening the "Pleasant Sage" play was a big hit. People started arriving at 4 p.m. for the play that would begin at 5. Within the first 30 minutes, all the seats were filled, and play crew and helpers started setting up more chairs. 

They would set up chairs and the seats would fill, then they'd set up more and again it wasn't enough. By the time the play began at 5, the barn that houses the Lincoln Stage was fully packed.

Pictures by Nila Smith

Signers were provided for the hearing impaired

Lisa Kuhlman, co-author of the play,  explains how the audience will provide sound effects, using the cue cards.

 

When the banker is arrested, he claims he's going to see his mother, though he had previously told the town she was dead. He finally confesses that his mother lives in isolation because she is grotesquely ugly. He shows them her picture and they all shriek in horror.

However, Kitty O'Day, the town jezebel, applies some rouge and lipstick to the photo and everyone agrees she's a right nice-looking woman.

The banker is innocent of stealing the money from the bank.

 

Butch Haam, the town butcher, and Molly confess they were headed out of town on the train to elope. However, when Butch announces that once wed they will live with his dear mother, Molly puts the stops on that runaway train.

They are innocent of stealing the money from the bank

Dim-witted Selma (pictured far right) shares all the wanted posters she has "tucked away" on Kitty O'Day.

But Kitty is still innocent of stealing the money from the bank.