Act One Productions from Alida will be celebrating 25 years of theatre this March. The organization raises funds for community projects, while providing an evening of entertainment.
Each year they host four shows: the first is a dessert theatre (March 8), the next a cocktail theatre (March 9), the third is a dinner theatre (March 10), while Sunday (March 11) is a matinee. Tickets for performances can be picked up or reservations can also be made at, Just Off Center Groceries (306)443-2444.
This year the cast and crew will be enacting Donald Payton’s, “Desperate Ambrose.” A three-act comedy farce, the play involves two would-be vaudeville comedians, Ambrose Groves and Bert Miller, who are kicked off of a train in the desert. They were on their way to California, but while on the train someone had stolen their tickets and money, leaving them out of luck and in the desert.
The pair make their way to Dead Man’s Gulch, a rough and tumble town in the wild West. Homer the Kid and Gun Smoke Carter, two of the meanest cowboys around, are expected to arrive that very day and laughter abounds as a case of mistaken identity is had when Ambrose and Bert come to town. A hilarious satire of old West antics, “Desperate Ambrose,” will surely bring the laughter.
