Western

Written by Fletcher Wolfe
Directed by Danylo Loutchko

The Phoenix Theater
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 5–8, 2020

I told you, I don’t WANT a badge, I want my old bread, dammit!

In a quiet town in the Wild West, trouble is brewing.
A lowly blacksmith wants to be a hero.
A bandit wants to take over the government.
A damsel searches for true love.
A doctor creates a potion that turns people into werewolves. A priest believes electricity is the devil’s work.
And a bartender just wants to find his suitcase full of old bread. 

Building on the tropes and stereotypes of the Western genre and taking them to the absolute extreme, Western is a joyfully convoluted and wonderfully absurd play full of heroes, villains, lore, love triangles, gunfights, and one super evil cactus.

Cast & Crew

Written by Fletcher Wolfe
Directed by Danylo Loutchko

LEMMY – Jake Mierva
JESS – Christine Pietz
LYLE / OFFICER DAN – Zach Anderson
CACTUS – Aaron Boger
BLACKSMITH / OLD MAN – Laura Berger
TAYLOR / DOCTOR – Mairead Koehler
OFFICER RILEY – Ali Daniels
PRIEST – Thoman Buan

Assistant Director: Alexandra Pozniak

Stage Manager: Victoria Pollock

Lighting Design: Katie Deutsch

Costume Design: Lena Figlear

Props Design: Abbie Krohn

Sound Design: Eric Wigham

Assistant Producer: Tessa Dahlgren

Marketing: Erin Thostensen, Jonathan Fondell & Danylo Loutchko

Photography & Videography: Christopher Bales