If "practice" is the way to get to Carnegie
Hall, how could one possibly end up at Hiram Hall, a country music palace, in
Rexford, Kansas?
Jo is in a pickle: she has 24 hours to save Hiram
Hall, her father's country/western saloon in Rexford, Kansas, from
foreclosure. Although the Hall has seen better days, she's determined to keep
it open, but how? What will pack in the crowds? Mickey, Jo's hard-livin' wise-crackin'
waitress has just been dyin' to get up on that stage and prove that she's got
what it takes to make it as a singer, and Mo, Jo's cook/cashier, is right
behind her. That's all well and good, but Jo has other plans: she wants
cowgirls and she's booked the Cowgirl Trio, sure it will save the saloon. But
there is no Cowgirl Trio; a misunderstanding on the phone brings to Rexford
the Coghill Trio: Rita, Lee and Mary Lou, classical musicians, currently on a
reunion tour. Jo isn't looking for classical music but the Coghill Trio are
looking for a legitimate booking (as Mary Lou says, "where are we playing
next ... Monty Hall?"). These six women surely mix like oil and water: Jo
could have had a brilliant career as a country singer herself, but she gave up
her dream to run her daddy's business; Mickey needs one more chance to sing or
all her dreams will slip away; Mo can't bear to think that Jo might lose the
place and will do anything to help her keep it; Rita planned the current tour
because she and her husband are about to have their first child and she's not
sure she'll ever perform again; Lee, always searching, has begun to feel like
she's never going to find what she's looking for, and feels they should give
Hiram Hall a chance; Mary Lou, just about to bust from following rules all her
life, can't stand the fact that this isn't a real booking, and feels her
career is doomed. Fate must have brought these six women together and they
side out - it's classical versus country. Can they meet in the middle? Sure
thing and darn tootin', and when Jo proudly presents to the public the Cowgirl
Trio, you bet your bottom dollar that it razes the root!
Performance times for COWGIRLS in LAC’s
Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre February 13-21 are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
p.m. and Sunday February 15th at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 for all
performance times and seat locations. Dinner Theatre tickets are $20. For
tickets, visit the Lakes Art Center Box Office or call 712.332.7013.
