WHERE IS IT?

It’s April 10, 2010, and something marvelous is about to happen in Cass County. Local citizens are going to present a professional version of a broadway musical.

Everyone will be a volunteer.

Rehearsals’ have been going on now for five weeks. The director is Dub Narramore of Linden. He has a cast of neighbors and friends. They’ll have to sing, dance and tell a story. Music City Theater Texas will be filled. Tickets are going to $20 each.

The performance will be only one night Saturday, but if you still want to come you can attend dress rehearsal Friday night.

And, sure, the stars will sign autographs after the curtain goes down.

Your Where Is It? mystery question is what is this musical? Who are some of those who put it together and pulled it off? The answer with a good bit of detail floors:

ANSWER

Volunteers are ready to present the musical “Working” 7:30 p.m. Saturday night at Music City Texas Theatre in Linden.

The production is the season ending presentation of the Cass County Performing Arts Council. The musical is based on the book by Studs Terkel and has been made into a Broadway show as well as a movie.

The musical honors the working person and is performed with everyone on stage all of the time. No curtain opens or closes. Stage hands and musicians may wander in and out of the performance for they, too, are workers and need to be recognize “for what they do.”

The musical is being directed by Dub Narramore of Linden. The songs and persons performing them are as follows: Song: “Lovin Al,” car parking attendant, performed by Jeremy Boyce Song: “Nobody Tells Me How,” school teacher, performed by Stephanie Casteel.

Song: “I’m Just Movin,” supermarket checker, performed by Lee Ellen Benjamin.

Song: “Un Me Jor Dia Vendra,” farm laborer, Benjamin Serrano Song: “Just A Housewife,” performed by Christy Barnes.

Song: First Act Finale “If I Could Have Been,” the entire cast.

Song: “Millwork,” performed by Irene Webster.

Song: “The Mason,” performed by Bill Smith.

Song: “Brother Trucker,” performed by Lucky Boyd and Bobby Howard.

Song: “It’ An Art,” the waitress, performed by Irene Webster.

Song: “Joe,” a retired man, performed by Daniel Jones.

Song: “Cleanin’ Women” performed by Stephanie Casteel.

Song: “Fathers and Sons” performed by Bill Smith.

Finale: “Something to Point To” by entire cast.

Persons acting and included in the choral support group include Amanda Keithley, Flo Stevenson and Sue Godsey.

As is evident by the song titles and working people as cast members, the musical and performers are a tribute to the working community of this region.

Dub Narramore

Dub Narramore of Linden is Dr. Narramore who holds the doctorate in theatre from Florida State University. His Master of Fine Arts degree is from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Austin College in Sherman,TX.

“Dub,” as he prefers to be called, was a member of the Department of Theatre for Austin College and served as chair of the department for several years.While professor of theatre at Austin College, he took students to London during the month of January every other year for 20 years. He also founded the Austin College Theatre Troupe at Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly in Hunt,TX, which performed repertory for 15 summers in the Hill Country.

He was born in Douglassville, grew up in Wake Village and attended high school at Texas High in Texarkana.