This is the final weekend for the Stage III Community Theatre’s production of "The Voice of the Prairie," a comedy by John Olive. The play follows David Quinn, a quiet farmer in the Nebraska Sandhills who is coaxed into telling a story on the air by a traveling radio salesman. Soon he becomes a national sensation. David’s stories are about his childhood as a hobo, traveling first with his Poppy (“the worst confidence man in the USA”), then with a fearless runaway blind girl named Frankie.
Stage III’s production is directed by Pat Greiner, assisted by Phil Brown. The cast includes Will Wallace as Davey Quinn, Dob Wallace as the grown-up David Quinn, Jeffrey Dodson as Leon Schwab, Pat Turner Pulitzer as Frances Reed, Kayla Albertson as Frankie, Dennis Rollins as Frankie’s Father and James, Jeff Steele as Poppy, Kelly Delap as Susie, Walter Hawn as the Watermelon Man and the News Vendor, PJ Rose as the Jailor, and Abigail Schneider and Nathan Brown as townspeople.
"The Voice of the Prairie" is sponsored by Hilltop National Bank and produced with support from the Wyoming Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Performances are March 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Stage III, 900 North Center Street. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and full-time students; available in advance at Grant Street Grocery, Metro Coffee Company, and the Cadillac Cowgirl. Group rates are available upon request; call the theatre at 234-0946.
