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Thin Air Theatre Company Closes Melodrama GUNSLINGER 9/18

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Gunslinger, The Legend of Billy the Kid
June 25-Sept. 18
Tickets: $15.75 Adult; $13.75 Senior; $9.75 Children; $12.75 for groups of 20-plus.
The Cripple Creek tradition of Classic Summer Melodrama is alive and well! In this fast-pace play, we follow our hero, a 15-year-old Billy, as events (and villains) conspire against him, including the murder of his parents, and his own turn to outlaw. Three years pass before Billy returns home, and while much has changed in the world, two things have not - his need for vengeance, and his love for the beautiful Nell, the girl who had stolen his heart when he was just a boy. The play, originally written in 1906, is adapted for the Butte stage by Mickey Burdick. An all-new Summer Olio follows the show.


Melodrama Returns to the Butte for Summer 2010

This summer you can again boo the villain and cheer the hero at Cripple Creek's Butte Theater as Thin Air Theatre Company Brings an all-new melodrama to the stage.

Gunslinger, the Legend of Bill the Kid opens June 25 and runs through the summer. The Cripple Creek tradition of Classic Summer Melodrama is alive and well in this fast-pace play. Follow the hero, a 15-year-old Billy, as events (and villains) conspire against him, including the murder of his parents, and his own turn to outlaw. Three years pass before Billy returns home, and while much has changed in the world, two things have not - his need for vengeance, and his love for the beautiful Nell, the girl who had stolen his heart when he was just a boy. The play, originally written in 1906, is adapted for the Butte stage by Mickey Burdick. An all-new Summer Olio follows the show

Gunslinger will run through Sept. 18, alternating days and times with the popular musical, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, which opens June 18. The alternating schedule provides a variety of times and days to meet any schedule.

Shows are Wednesday through Sunday with both matinee and evening times available. Tickets are $15.75 Adult; $13.75 Senior; $9.75 Children; $12.75 for groups of 20-plus.
See butteoperahouse.com for schedule and to buy tickets.

For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.butteoperahouse.com.

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