A WORLD PREMIERE
The Ballad of Soapy Smith
By Michael Weller
 Presented by
Seattle Repertory Theatre
at the
Bagley Wright Theater
Seattle, Washington
Oct. 26 to Nov. 19, 1983
28 performances
Director - Robert Egan; scenery - Eugene Lee; lighting - Spencer Mosse; costumes - Robert Blackman; songs -  Michael Weller; musical score - Norman Durkee
Time: 1897-98.
Place: Skagway, Alaska
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Kate Mulgrew as Nurse Kitty Strong
Christopher Cooper (Paul Anthony MacAleer) and Kate Mulgrew (Kitty Strong)
Kate Mulgrew (Kitty Strong) and Kevin Tighe (Frank Reid)

Cast
Role
Actor
Pianoman Norman Durkee
Man on Boat; Photographer James Brousseau
Paul Anthony MacAlwwe Christopher Cooper
Tripod Schultz J.V. Bradley
Jefferson Randolph (Soapy) Smith Denis Arndt
George Wilder John Aylward
Frenchie Villiers; Cpl. Egan Frank Corrado
Maj. James Strong Paul Hostetler
William Whitmore Robert Riehle
Frank Reid Kevin Tighe
Calvin Barkdull Scott Caldwell
Michael C. Sherpy Michael Santo
Kitty Strong Kate Mulgrew
Mattie Silks Marjorie Nelson
Burke Gallagher; Gov. of Alaska Ted D'Arms
Charlie Bowers Lee Corrigan
William Jackson Mark Jenkins
Syd Dixon Kurt Beattie
Red Gibbs Michael J. Smith
Townswomen Toni Cross, Kathleen Worley
Fritz Roderick Aird
Reverand Dickey Clayton Corzatte
Tagish Sam William P. Ontiveros
Violet Gretchen Rumbaugh
Pearl Tina Marie Goff
Sick Man Corky Dexter
Mollie Fewclothes Karen Kay Cody
District Commissioner; Jensen Rod Pilloud
J.D. Stewart Brian Martin
Miners, Skagway Militiamen, Townspeople, Alaska Militiamen, Guards, Mattie's Girls, Vigilantes and Their Wives: Company
REVIEW STAGE\ SEATTLE REP'S SOAPY SMITH' AN AMERICAN EPIC
The Boston Globe
November 16, 1983 
By Kevin Kelly - Globe Staff 

 
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