Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Homestake Opera House

Description

The Gold Camp Players community theatre group proudly presents The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on the first two weekends of May 2015 on the stage of the Homestake Opera House at 313 W. Main Street in Lead.

The musical is written by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, with music and lyrics by Carol Hall, in cooperation with Samuel French. The musical director is Shelley Dragoo and stage director is David Scherer. 

?The Gold Camp Players have a reputation of welcoming anyone who would like to experience community theatre, and this production is no exception,? says Dave Scherer, production director. ?Our cast of thirty includes individuals from Lead, Deadwood, Spearfish, and Rapid City. Half of the performers are between the ages of 16 and 22, most have never been on the stage at the Historic Homestake Opera House before, and six are making their theatrical debut. This musical is bursting with talent.?

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is an energetic musical that tells the true story of the high-profile closing down of a 130-year-old brothel outside a small town in Texas in 1973. This happy-go-lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until a puritan nemesis focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution. The musical portrays how putting life on TV changes it, how it changes people, how the TV camera impacts that which it records. The show asks questions about privacy and, ultimately, asks if television goes too far in its love for exposés.

Performances are May 1-3, and 8-10, 2015. Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday matinee shows start at 2:00 p.m. 

Admission is $15 adults, $10 HHOH members, and $5 for kids 17 and younger; high school ID is required. Tickets are available in advance by calling 1-800-344-5122 or available at the door. The ticket booth opens 1 hour prior to showtime.

For more information, call production director David Scherer at 605-381-8753; the HHOH office at 605-584-2067 or visit HomestakeOperaHouse.org.

Free parking is available in front of the building on Main Street, behind the building and in the municipal parking lots, including the Visitor Center two blocks from the theater. The building is accessible for wheelchairs, and assisted listening devices are available. 

The HHOH theater is a non-profit organization dedicated to returning the building to productive use for the enrichment of the community and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for generations to come. Support is provided in part by the City of Lead, and the Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation, Mary Adams Mastrovich. The HHOH is a equal opportunity provider and employer.