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Annual Jamboree Melodrama to show at Grand Encampment Opera House

Prepare to laugh, cry, ooh and ah next weekend during the 61st Annual Woodchopper's Jamboree and Rodeo as the Jamboree Melodrama returns to entertain locals and visitors alike.

The Grand Encampment Opera Company will present "Unhand Her, You Villain or Stop Thou Evil Presses" by Ray Hamby. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday June 15, Friday June 17 and Saturday June 18 at the Grand Encampment Opera House in conjunction with the annual Woodchopper's Jamboree. Admission is by donation at the door. The melodrama is produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services of Denver, Colorado.

Cheering the handsome hero and booing the vile villain is part of the fun of any melodrama. The hero in this prize-winning melodrama is based on one of America's great newspaper men, Henry L. Mencken (played by Kellan Swanson). A little known fact is that he got his start at the newspaper in Encampment, Wyoming-though some liberties may be taken with that story. Mencken is an "idealist young reporter who takes on Squire I.M. Rancid, editor of the Encampment Echo. Rancid will be played by Rachel Swanson.

The heroine, Perdita Glob (played by Madi Dunning) gets confused by women's lib, the "femme fatale" Agnes Rose (played by CayCee Cox) is of doubtful moral character and the righteous Widow Glob (played by Shirley Hillyard) is in search of a husband.

Who will discover the truth going on in Encampment? Find out as the Grand Encampment Opera Company presents their annual Jamboree Melodrama in June.

Along with the cast, crew members of the Grand Encampment Opera Company are: Ms. Ivory Keys, Becky Kreusel; Director, Mary Martin; Prompter, Joy Martin; Sound & Lighting, Hailey Ellingham; Olios, Wiley Swanson, Anna McLinskey, Declan Ralston, Kelby Jones and Andrea Jones; Donation Area, Sandy Martin; Costumes, Virginia Parker; Can-Can Girls are Sami Anderson, Ireland Ruff, Kyenna Jackson and Regin Stewart; Stage and Parade Float Construction is done by Tim Kilper and Cody Cox.

 

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