'Annie Get Your Gun' is on stage at HCCT
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Leading roles in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' now playing at Hill Country Community Theater in Cottonwood Shores, are protrayed by, from left, Grace Ann, Jared Fields, Randy L. Hilmer, Valor Fillingim, Christine Ashbaugh, Isabelle Petra Louise, Henry Rowland, Jordan Jones.
The ever-popular musical “Annie Get Your Gun” has been playing to a packed house since opening Thursday, July 21, at Hill Country Community Theatre in Cottonwood Shores.
Performances continue through July 31, with Thursday-Friday-Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:15 p.m.
Wendy Ferrell is the director of the local production of the fictional account of Annie Oakley, written by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, with music by Irving Berlin.That music has taken on a timeless life in songs such as “There's No Business Like Show Business", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", "They Say It's Wonderful,” "Anything You Can Do,” and “Sun in the Morning.”
The real Annie Oakley lived 1860–1926 and provided the idea for the fictional scenario: “Annie Oakley is the best shot around, and she manages to support her little brother and sisters by selling the game she hunts. When she is discovered by Col. Buffalo Bill, he persuades the female sharpshooter to join his Wild West Show.
It only takes one glance for her to fall head over heels for dashing shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show. She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction which, while good for business, is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised male ego leading the way, but is ultimately pitted against Annie in a final shoot-out.
“The rousing, sure-fire finale hits the mark every time in a testament to the power of female ingenuity,” said Mike Rademaekers, HCCT executive director.
The lead cast, supported by local actors and singers, includes Grace Ann, Jared Fields, Randy L. Hilmer, Valor Fillingim, Christine Ashbaugh, Isabelle Petra Louise, Henry Rowland, Jordan Jones.
Tickets are available online at www.thehcct.org or at the theatre box office, 4003 West Farm to Market Road 2147 in Cottonwood Shores, from noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information call 830-693-2474 or send an email to director@theHCCT.org.
