Shows & Events
Sponsored by Breckenridge Accommodations
directed by Rick Bernstein
featuring Maggie Frazer, Frank Lilly, Tasha Milkman, Seth Maisel, Dustin Murphy
Performances run July 16, 2009 thru August 16, 2009
Backstage Theatre goes back to its early days of producing melodramas with this revival of the
hysterically goofy and sweetly affecting temperance melodrama, "The Drunkard", one of the most
produced plays in Backstage Theatre's 35-year history.
In this new adaptation (written by Backstage Theatre artistic director Christopher Willard),
it is 1859 in Breckenridge, and the town constabulary has hired a theatre troupe to present
the great temperance melodrama to steer the citizens away from the temptations of "demon rum".
In the story they tell, Edward Middleton is a young temperance leader led on a wild fall from
grace by Lawyer Cribbs, a dishonest solicitor bent on destroying Middleton to gain possession
of his inheritance and to win the hand of the innocent and beautiful Mary Wilson.
Audience members are invited to join in with the proceedings, "boo" the villain, "cheer" the
hero, and to sign "The Pledge of Sobriety" in the theatre lobby. It's an evening of silly,
melodramatic fun that is pure, unabashed entertainment.
Show Dates & Times
Jul 16, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30pm
Jul 30, 31 at 7:30pm
Aug 1, 2 at 7:30pm
Aug 13, 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm
Information Subject to Change
Performed at the Breckenridge Theatre,
121 South Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado
TICKETS
$18 - Adults
$12 - Children under 12
CANCELLATION POLICY
At least 24 hours notice is required to receive a refund.
Reservations Recommended
Walk-Ins Welcome
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Thanks, to Summit Daily News