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Li'l Abner

Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but is also a pointed satire taking on any number of topics, ranging from an incompetent United States federal government to standards of masculinity. The plot centers on two things: first, Dogpatch, the town that is the main setting of the comic strip, has been declared the "most unnecessary town" in the U.S. and is set to be turned into a nuclear testing site; second, the baby tonic that Abner has been fed all his life by his mother, Mammy Yokum, is discovered to be a potion that makes men strong and handsome, but also utterly uninterested in romance. The town is ultimately saved when a plaque is discovered declaring that its local hero, the Confederate General Jubilation T. Cornpone was, by virtue of his incompetence, so instrumental in the defeat of his own army as to be a hero of the Republic.

Act One

Synopsis Of Scenes and Musical Numbers

Overture ----------------- Pit Orchestra

Scene 1. Dogpatch. U.S.A.

"It's A Typical Day in Dogpatch U. S.A." ----------------- Dogpatchers

Scene 2. The Yokuin Cabin

Scene 3. The Fishing Hole

"If I Had My Druthers" ----------------- Li'l Abner & Cronies

"If I Had My Druthers" (Reprise) ----------------- Daisy

Scene 4. Cornpone Square

"Jubilation T. Cornpone" ----------------- Marryin' Sam and Dogpatchers

"Rag Off'n the Bush" ----------------- Phogbound & Dogpatchers

Scene 5. Dogpatch Road

"Namely You" ----------------- Daisy and Li'L Abner

Scene 6. Cornpone Square

Scene 7. Washington. D.C.: Government Laboratory

Scene 8. General Bullmoose's Office

"What's Good for General Bullmoose" ----------------- Secretaiies

Scene 9. Dogpatch Road

Scene 10. Dogpatch

"There's Room Enough For Us" ----------------- Dogpatchers

"The Country's in the Very Best of Hands" ----------------- Marryin' Sam, Li'l Abner, and Dogpatchers

Scene 11. Dogpatch Road

Scene 12. Dogpatch

"Sadie Hawkins Day" ----------------- Entire Company

Act Two

Entr'acte ----------------- Pit Orchestra

Scene 1. Government Testing Laboratory, Washington

"Oh, Happy Day" ----------------- Drs. Finsdale, Smithborn, Krogmeyer, Schleifitz

Scene 2. The Yokum Cabin

"I'm Past My Prime" ----------------- Daisy and Marryin' Sam

Scene 3. General Bullmoose's Office

"Love In a Home" ----------------- Li'l Abner and Daisy

Scene 4. Corridor in Bullmoose Mansion

"Progress Is the Root of All Evil" ----------------- General Bullmoose

Scene 5. Ballroom in Bullmoose Mansion

Society Parly Guests and Dogpatchers

Scene 6. The Government Testing Laboratory

"Put'Em Back" ----------------- Wives

Scene 7. Cornpone Square

"The Matrimonial Stomp" ----------------- Marryin' Sam and Dogpatchers

Finale ----------------- Entire Company

Cast (In Order of Appearance)

Hairless Joe ----------------- Andy Samuel

Moonbeam McSwine ----------------- Tracy Utz

Marryin' Sam ----------------- Christopher Samuel

Earthquake McGoon ----------------- Devin Henderson

Daisy Mae ----------------- Jill Zerrrusen

Pappy Yocum ----------------- J.R. Petersen

Mammy Yocum ----------------- Kendra "Ellen" Henry

Li'l Abner ----------------- Joseph Anthony

Cronies Ryan Cekander, Tim Wheeler, James Smock, Andrew Flach, Andy Samuel, Romeo Scragg, Andy Samuel

Mayor Dawgmeat ----------------- Tim Wheeler

Senator Jack S. Phogbound ----------------- Ryan Cekander

Dr. Rocksey T. Finsdale ----------------- Shannon Henderson

Government Man ----------------- Andrew Flach/Keitli Miller

Available Jones ----------------- Tim Wheeler

Stupefyin' Jones ----------------- Jesse Roberts

Colonel ----------------- Tony Hustad

Radio Commentators ----------------- J.R. Petersen, Chris Samuel, Tim Wheeler

General Bullmoose ----------------- James Smock

Secretaries ----------------- Jaclyn Ellis, Courtney Mette, Vanessa Petersen, Anna Dow

Military Police ----------------- Keith Miller

Appasionata Von Climax ----------------- Michelle Petersen

Evil Eye Fleagle ----------------- Andrew Flach

Scarlett ----------------- Diana Cekander

Wives ----------------- Becky Clark, Jaclyn Ellis, Anna Dow, Courtney Mette

Husbands ----------------- J.W. Marshall, Andy Koester, Steve Thies, Shinoba Fukumoto

Dr. Smithborn ----------------- Courtney Mette

Dr. Krognieyer ----------------- Jaclyn Ellis

Dr. Schleifitz ----------------- Becky Clark

Soft Wick ----------------- Vanessa Petersen

Creighton ----------------- Rebecca Quick

Technical Theater

Sound ----------------- Keith Miller, Shana Joslyn

Lights ----------------- Jay Griffith, Kent Bishop, Tony Hustad, Molly Williams

Stage Manager ----------------- J.R. Petersen

Stage Crew ----------------- Entire Cast

Props Manager ----------------- Vanessa Petersen

Costume Managers ----------------- Vanessa Petersen, Michelle Petersen, Anna Dow

Programs ----------------- Michelle Petersen

The Orchestra

Flute ----------------- Michelle Cyr, Jennifer Wilhelm

Trombone ----------------- Raj Nayak

Percussion ----------------- Gregg Loman

Keyboard ----------------- Jamie Martin

Director ----------------- Rachelle Cekander

Assistant Director ----------------- Bev. Marshall

Choreography ----------------- Tracy Utz, Vanessa Petersen, Becky clark, Jesse Roberts, J.R. Petersen