FALL / WINTER 2013
 June 6 - June 21
Whodunnit, Darling?
by Charles Edward Pogue & Larry Drake
A classy "who-done-it" set in a 1930's
western dude ranch, featuring a
quirky cast of characters...and murder
suspects: a crusty old cowboy, a
swanky playboy, a shady
businessman, a voluptuous blonde,
and a tuxedo-wearing sleuth who
must solve a murder and resolve his
feelings for his beautiful ex-wife.
Rated PG
(More about playwrights, page 3)
 June 24 - July 5
Is He Dead?
by Mark Twain adapted by David Ives
A newly published, zany farce by
America’s favorite author! It’s Paris,
1846, and Millet, a young painter of
genius, realizes that the only way to
avoid debt and get the girl of his
dreams is to fake his death to
increase the value of his paintings.
But is fame and fortune really worth it if you’re
not around to enjoy all the fun? Rated PG
July 8 - July 19  The Wonder Team  by Robby Henson, Artistic Director & Award-winning filmmaker!
World premiere! Exciting new play about how a brave gang of gridiron leatherheads from Centre College
in Danville, Kentucky, beat the odds and captured the hearts and headlines of the nation in a 1921 game that
is still considered “the biggest upset in college football history.” (More about this must-see event; page 2) G
July 22 - August 2  Walking Across Egypt by Catherine Bush; adapted from a novel by Clyde Edgerton
Southern comfort food for the soul! Mattie Rigsbee is a senior with a deep faith and a habit of caring for
others. Just when she thinks nobody needs her anymore, Mattie’s world is turned upside down by a stray
dog, a mysterious dog catcher, and a smart-mouthed juvenile delinquent. An uplifting, heartfelt play about
being lost and finally found.
Rated G
August 5 - August 16  A Visit from Scarface by V. Cate & Duke Ernsberger
A hilarious new comedy from the dynamic duo behind Playhouse hits Dracula Bites and Don’t Cry for Me,
Margaret Mitchell! A Hollywood screenwriter has just finished the script for Scarface, a movie inspired by real
-life gangster Al Capone. It’s sure to be a hit…if Capone’s hit men don’t get him first! Rated PG
August 21, 22 & 23  Special Comedy Weekend!
The Queen of Southern Sass loves the Playhouse, and the Playhouse loves her right back!
Pioneer Playhouse is the only professional theatre in the state that presents a Kentucky-based
play each and every summer! Our “Kentucky Voices” productions have celebrated Irish Sister Cities
(The Search for Tinker Doyle), Mammoth Cave (Death by Darkness), the father of modern surgery
(The Infamous Ephraim), possible
alien abduction (High Strangeness),
and the making of MGM’s movie
extravaganza, Raintree County (A
Jarful of Fireflies).
Now we are thrilled to announce
that our own Artistic Director, Robby
Henson, (screenwriter of Pharaoh’s
Army and The Badge) will be penning
the next “Kentucky Voices” offering!
The Wonder Team is a riveting
David vs. Goliath tale of how The
Praying Colonels from Centre College
beat the odds and defeated mighty
CENTRE TRIUMPHS OVER HARVARD, 6-0
Harvard in a win that shook the
Harvard University, the nation's dominant football power, was riding
sports world, and had Danville’s small
a five-year undefeated streak in 1921 when they invited Centre to
-town heroes rubbing shoulders with
Cambridge for a "warm-up" game before facing rival Princeton the
the likes of President Warren Harding,
following week. The Colonels (under coach Charley Moran) became
W.C. Fields, and Gloria Swanson.
the first school from outside the East to ever beat one of the Ivy
You won’t want to miss this very
League's "Big Three." Centre star player Bo McMillin rushed for the
special play! It’s not just about
only touchdown of the game. Sportswriters have declared the Centre
football. It’s about America at a
win as the greatest sports upset of the 20th century.
certain time; it’s about heroes! It’s
about going for the gold, and having the gumption
to make dreams come true!
“Centre has long been recognized as a place
We welcome any size contribution. Checks can be made
that consistently punches above its weight,” says
out to Pioneer Playhouse. Mail your donation to:
Pioneer Playhouse, 840 Stanford Rd., Danville, KY 40422. Centre College President John Roush of the
historic Centre 6-Harvard 0 defeat. We think the
Pioneer School of Drama (dba Pioneer Playhouse) is a registered
same can be said of Pioneer Playhouse…after all,
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we’ve been beating the odds for 65 years!
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Whodunnit, Darling?, the
“PSYCHO III”
by
Charles Edward Pogue
Charles Edward Pogue
sophisticated first play of the 2014
season, was concocted by a dynamic
Hollywood duo: blockbuster
screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue
(The Fly, Dragonheart) teamed with
Emmy-award winning actor Larry
Drake (LA Law). But there is also a
strong Kentucky connection: Pogue
now lives right here in the Bluegrass,
and this exceptional comedy-mystery
premiered at Studio Players of
Lexington to rave reviews!
Walking Across Egypt
Larry Drake
is a bestselling Southern
novel, but it was adapted
for the stage by our very
own Catherine Bush,
author of such Danville
hits as A Jarful of
Fireflies (Pioneer Playhouse) and I Will Never Go Hungry
Again! (West. T Hill Community Theatre). Bush is now the
award-winning playwright-in-residence at Barter Theatre in
Abingdon, Virginia.
Catherine Bush
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