HISTORICAL REFERENCE
	As the 1849 California Gold Rush played out, by 1863, the Miners, by the thousands, were headed South for the Arizona Territory's Gold Rush~ By 1881, millions in gold and silver were being mined in Tombstone and boom towns and mining camps sprung to life along the border~

~ MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW & THEATER ~

~ MURDER AT THE MINER'S SALOON ~ "Creme de la Creme"! "True to the Gold Rush Era in fashion, lingo, style and attitude~ Great fun and truely a First Class Production"...Des Rev.......... "Top Notch raucous romp through time to the Great Gold Rush Period where murder and mayhem have evolved into a Masterpiece of Bang Up Melodrama~ Bravo!"...Hy Tymes~ "Rip roaring, fast paced, rough and tough action packed drama. Hang on to your seat as this gang of mischievous misfeasoring malcontents lambasts the Gold Rush in one wild swoop!" V Griffin

~TIME TRAVELLERS~

Even before you are seated, you will begin to be exposed to the sites and sounds of a bygone era, circa 1881, as we take you back in time to early Arizona. The Rush for Gold and Silver is playing out in small bordertown boomtowns throughout the Southwest~ We surround you with the actual sounds you would be hearing if you were alive during that wild frontier period due to the magic of Surround Sound Technology. Visually, as well, our Cast goes to great lengths to dress in period wardrobes with much attention to authentic detailing. This respect for details carries over to our period dialogue, or Lingo, and our Attitude is in tune with the times~ Although we are a Comedy based play, we bring as much real life drama as possible to our 2 hour production. We hope you will have the opportunity to enjoy what we consider to be a unique, action packed, and truely enjoyable experience~

~ A MELODIOUS MELODRAMA OF THE GOLD RUSH FRONTIER ~
	Wild Woolly West Presents an Evening of Murder and Mayhem~ A Melodious Melodrama of the Southwest Frontier during the Gold Rush circa 1881~

~ 'MURDER at the MINER'S CAMP SALOON' ~
	A Comical Interactive Murder Mystery set in the Old Southwest, Circa 1881, inside a Gold Rush Camp Saloon~

~ABOUT ~
	THE DINNER SHOW***This is a 2 Hour MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW From 7 TO 9:00 PM OR TBA~ The SHOW Runs in 4 ACTS with 15 to 20 Minute SCENES & INTERMISSIONS. Guests who most ACCURATELY Solve the Crime Win Prizes. Guests Receive Envelopes with Pen and Accusation Sheet. Show is fast moving, action packed ensemble based comedy.

~ HI-LITES ~
	As in any GOLD RUSH SALOON worth its Salt, you will see Can Can Dancing, Bar Room Brawls, Cat Fights, Shoot Outs, and be prepared for Wild Passion, Hate Mongering, Revenge, Lust, Greed and pure Unabridged Evil, AND THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW~

~ WHODUNNIT ~
	During DINNER SHOWS, The AUDIENCE has a chance to Figure Out 'WHODUNNIT' as Clues are given throughout the SHOW~ At the End of the SHOW, THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS Who Most ACCURATELY Solve The Murder WIN THE PRIZES~

~ JACK the MINER ~

A rich Miner, who just struck a glory hole full of hordes of gold, frequents the Camp Saloon and while frollocking with the Dance Hall Gals during a Can Can dance number, falls to the Dance Floor with a knife protruding from his back. The Miner, as it is soon revealed, has shady ties to all three of the Floosy Dance Hall Girls that work the Saloon. After careful consideraton and much pondering, the investigating Sheriff comes to the compelling conclusion that nothing is to be moved, and in order to develope some hope of clues, everyone should continue on as if nothing at all has happened...... nothing but murder and mayhem in the Miner's Camp Saloon~

Catch our Theater Play in Living Color!
	The Gold Camp Freelance Theatre Troupe offers two venues, our renown comedy adventure 'Murder at the Miner's Camp' Murder Mystery Dinner Show and our 'rip roaring' crowd pleasing 'Murder at the Miner's Camp' Full Theatre Production~

~Act I ~ Can Can Fandango~
	~CAN CAN FANDANGO~ While frollicking with the Dance Hall Gals during their Can Can Dance, Jack Potter manages to end up on the floor with a knife protruding from his back~

~Act II ~ Floosy Flap~
	~FLOOSY FLAP~ Mayhem breaks loose when the Saloon Gals discover that their once thought of Secret Marriages are all to the same man and a real nasty cat fight ensues with the Holders of the Certificates~

~Act III ~ Brawlers Bash~
	~BRAWLERS BASH~ The Gents do not take it well when they discover they were all sold the very same bogus Claim to the now deceased Jack Potters Glory Hole diggings by the very same Claims Officer seen living town on the morning stage~ An all out knock down drag out brawl ensues over holders of the Claim Certificates, which is actually, about, well.... everybody!

~FINALE ~ Blazing Sixguns~
	~BLAZING SIXGUNS~ When the Sheriff accidently discovers that Diabolical Bill has been dipping into the Gold Sack that was left on deposit in the Saloon Safe for safe keeping by Jack, he confronts Bill which leads to a standoff on the Dance Floor. Sixguns Blaze and when the smoke clears, one man lays dying riddled with holes from a 44~

~Finale~ Cast Introduction ~ Announce Winners~

* * * * * * CAST * * * * * *

Our Cast is hand selected from Theater Groups, Reenactment Gunfight Groups, Independents and Musicians from the High Desert Region of Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, and 29 Palms and surrounding areas~ The High Desert area has long been a region that attracts artists, both active and retired, from the hustle and bustle of San Diego, Los Angeles, and far off New York City to name a few, and even Internationally as well. We are fortunate to have an abundance of talent that enjoys a certain level of modest activity that fufills certain creative needs for one and all. As Actors, Reenactors, Musicians and Stagecrafters, our Shows seem the perfect venue for great fun and comradeship~

***Surprise Mystery Guest Characters

***Your Event Coordinator can arrange to have 1 or 2 special secret persons chosen from your Group to appear On Stage as Stand In Actors during the Production. Our Wardrobe Crew will disquise them in period Costume and Makeup, their identities not known until the end of the Show as a Surprise Ending~ Our Master of Ceremonies will sneak them in during the Cast Intrduction and Bows at the end of the Show~

~Jack Potter~
	Lucky Strike Miner who's claim hits a Glory Hole hoard of Gold, and quite the ladies man with more than one glory~

~Trixie Trixwell~
	Dance Hall Gal and Floosy with more than working ties to Diabolical Bill~Good partner as long as you are the high bid~

~Diabolical Bill~
	Villainous Owner, manager and dastardly bartender of the Miner's Camp Saloon/Brothel in the heart of gold country~

~Thyphoid Sue~
	Dance Hall Gal and Floosy~ Always conspiracy minded, but no partners have yet to survive it~ Her son Kid Curry, is a bit of a distraction and liability within the Saloon with his all around malicious malcontent behavior~

~Kid Curry~
	Young Son of Typhoid Sue who is driven and in a hurry to prove his manhood having been raised fatherless by a Soiled Dove in rowdy Frontier Boom Towns and Camps~

~Big Noze Kate~
	Dance Hall Gal and Floosy and sometimes chum to Doc Holliday~ Talented at sniffen out a free ride and meal ticket~

~Johny Osowell
	Town Drunk as well as Town Scum to some, and brother to Annie Olsowell~

~ Tasha Malaski ~
	A mail order bride from Russia that the Miners pooled their money together towards, and will hold a raffle for, once she arrives in camp~

~Doc Holliday~
	Professional Gambler, pistolero and Part-time Dentist paid by the House to Gamble, as an attraction due to his fame.

~ 'Chop' Wong Wang Foo Yong ~

Foo is the local head of China Camp, cook at Miner's Saloon and Honorable Father to Yoo Foo Yong and Yoo Wu Yong. Yoo Foo Yong is 'not too young' for marriage, but unfortunately, not in any mood to get pregnant. On the other hand Yoo Wu Yong is too young to get married but wants to get pregnant. Foo's most endearing pastime is chasing miners round about with a meat cleaver who would woo Yoo Wu, and anyone who won't continue to woo Yoo Foo~

~ Yoo Foo Yong #1 Daughter~
	Not so Beautiful nor young # 1 daughter to 'Chop' Wong Wang Foo~ A real 'chip off the old block'! Just as handy with a Cleaver as Honorable Father and with a slightly worse temperment~ She is one of many who is carrying the child of Jack Potter, the Irish Miner, but the ONLY ONE who does NOT WANT TO BE AS SUCH!

~Yoo Wu Yong #2 Daughter~
	#2 Daughter of the Saloon Cook Chop Wong Wang Fu. Young wayward daughter not interested in family traditional ways~ She is carrying the child of Jack Potter, the Miner~

~Sheriff Justin Pride~
	The only Law and Order influence for over a hundred miles and to the Gold Camp, and as well, a regular attendant at the Miner's Camp Saloon~

~Preacher Dudley Olsowell~
	Camp Preacher and father to Annie and Johny Olsowell~ Upright by day but slightly crooked at night~ But alas, his redeeming quality is his ability, with alot of help from above, to bring moral high ground to a sinking quagmire of the most unlikely of candidates~

~Doctor Abe Borton~
	Camp Doctor and last resort problem solver for many of the Camp's citizenry~

~Pierre La Pue~
	Camp Mayor, Gambler, Miner, Blowhard and all around Ladies man, Pierre, a man of many words, and most of them loud and uncalled for, has a knack for stickin his nose in places that might just cause him a wack of trouble~

~English Bob~
	~Ruthless gunslinging bounty hunter who enjoys seeing his hapless victims squirm when he mounts the pressure for a showdown~ Master at slinging stinging insults rather than bullets in most cases with an uncurbed Englishman's tongue lashing~

~Princess Kicking Butte ~
	Oldest daughter of Chief Thunder Clap and unlucky in the romance department, being a little robust or stout in nature. Princess Kicking Butte is rumored to be carrying Jack Potter's child but in her case it is impossible to tell one way or the other. Needless to say, she cared enough for Jack Potter to draw him maps on pieces of deerskin to Glory Holes~

~Ned Bluntline~
	Young idealistic cowboy who heards cattle to the Camp. Has a heart felt crush on one Saloon Gal or another most the time~

~Scratch'n'Sniff~

Misaligned and malignant Miner who, being somewhat of the 'touchy feely' persausion, has quite the aromatic indulgent habit of sniffing the essence of whom ever he can manage to handily digitally swipe or titilate as it were, much to the disdain of the victem, and as well, a disdain extending even to casual observers, if said sniffing was indeed, originating from areas of unmentionable self indulgence.

~ Chief Thunder Clap ~
	Chief Thunder Clap does not know much English, but thinks if he just talks louder, his native tonque will be understood. Of course the Chief accents his talk with vivid sign language, understood around about by even the most illiterate, or else! Also, he has an older daughter well past her prime, that he would love to unload on an unsuspecting miner, or prospector, or, well, most anybody at all~

~ Calamity ~
	Lucky at commandeering liquor, but alas, unlucky at love~ can out drink, out cuss, and out wrestle most the men folk in the entire Mining Camp, all or one at a time~

* * * * * *DINNER SHOW SCHEDULE* * * * * *

~7:00 to 7:15~ Act I ~
	BLOW HARDS BLAST THROUGH THE SALOON DOOR, YOUNG GUN GETS HAT BLOWN OFF AND CHINESE COOK STARTS PIG STAMPEDE AROUND SALOON~

~ 7:15 to 7:30~ Intermission ~
	Salad Served~

~ 7:30 to 7:45~ Act II ~
	FAMOUS GAMBLER SETTLES IN, IRISH MINER LEAVES GOLD AT BAR AND MURDERER LEAVES KNIFE IN HIS BACK AS SHERIFF FIGHTS MINERS OVER CLAIM DEEDS~

~ 7:45 to 8:05~ Intermisson ~
	Main Course is served~

~ 8:05 to 8:25~ Act III ~
	INJUNS ATTACK SALOON AS MINERS DIVY UP MAIL ORDER BRIDE BETWEEN THEM, GAMBLER SIZES UP MINERS SITUATION AS SHERIFF GIVES PATRIOTIC SPEECH~

~ 8:25 to 8:45~ntermisson ~
	~ Dessert is served~ Accusation Envelopes are handed out and 'Whodunnit' cards are collected~

~ 8:45 to 9:00~ FINALE ~
	BLAZING SIXGUNS~ Finale~ Final scene and Cast is introduced~ SHERIFF AND DIABOLICAL BILL FACE OFF IN A SHOW DOWN OVER MISSING GOLD NUGGETS AS MINERS SWITCH LOYALTIES AS THE PAYOUT INCREASES FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. MAIL ORDER BRIDE CHOOSES HUSBAND AND IS MARRIED STRAIGHT AWAY. Winners are announced and prizes awarded by Cast~

*** M U S I C A L *** S C O R E ***

~Our Performances are distinguished by Gold Rush Saloon Piano Music performed Live during the Show and features Pre, Post and Intermission Show Pre-arranged and Pre-recorded Gold Rush Theme Music with Surround Sound Special Effects~

MELODIOUS MELODRAMA
	Kanin O'Malley plays live Gold Rush Era Saloon Piano Background Music during all performances~

~ The Bang Box Band ~

The Bang Box Band Theme Named after the upper board of the Sluice Box where the pay dirt gravel first enters and makes alot of noise as water washes the gold rich tailings down the Sluice Box. The Bang Box Band Theme features pre-recorded and pre-arranged Saloon Music with acoustic period instruments, guitar, mandolin, dobro, stand up base, and, as well, an assortment of traditional folk harmony instruments, such as banjo, accordion, mouth harp, spoons, clapper and dulcimer randomly thrown in to create a truely unique sound for the audience's entertainment and amusement~ The Surround Sound Mix is also the background sound effects of a noisy Gold Rush Saloon/Brothel in the heart of the Gold Rush. All music performed, is original score instrumentals and true to the late gold & silver rush era of Southern Arizona circa 1881, and thus having a slight spanish quitar and Cantina infuence on occasion~

~ SPECIAL EFFECTS~

Sound~Surround Sound~Special Effects~ Our Special Effects are Horseback Rider approaching at gallop and Rider dismounting and rushing into Saloon, Stagecoach pulling up to Saloon and unloading passengers who enter Saloon, Herd of cattle traveling down main street just outside Saloon, Gang of Cowboys galloping down Main street shooting guns and whooping it up, Indians attacking and wardrums beating, Ore Train pulling load nearby and stopping at town station, full on gunfight battle inside Saloon, including two huge dynamite explosions, each larger and progressively more devastatingly close, Irish Jig Band, Old West Saloon Piano fill in, and Miner Band~

~ BOOKINGS ~ TRAVELING TROUPE

~When Only The Best Will Do!~ THE TRAVELING THEATRE TROUPE~ GOLD CAMP Books Events throughout the Southwest, by contacting us via our Contacto Email Page, where you can Email us directly from this web site. The Gold Camp Traveling Theatre Troupe consists of 14 members, including our Musicians and Technicians ,and we can book your upcoming Mystery Murder Dinner Show, as well as that next great Full On Theater Production Performance for your Community, Public & Private Enterprize Theaters~

~ THE GOLD CAMP FREELANCE THEATRE TROUPE ~

The Murder Mystery Dinner & Theater Show are brought to you by the Gold Camp Freelance Theatre Troupe. Our Troupe is unique in that it offers both a Mystery Dinner Show and as well, a totally seperate Full Theater Playhouse Production. Another unique aspect of the Troupe is our live music, especially created and original to both Dinners and Theater Productions. The musicians that play Saloon Piano also double as actors during our performances~

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**** The Shootin Gallery ****

~ Causes & Concerns ~
	Our Theatre Troupe is dedicated to donating a percentage of our proceeds to the benefit of 'Save our Horses'. This would include donations to any non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the lives of wild, as well as abandoned domestic horses, by providing them shelter and safety from harm. Please contact us via our Contacto Page and Email us directly with info regarding your Cause~

*Southern California's Traveling Wild West Murder Mystery Show*

"The most fun you can have without breakin the law!"
	We invite you one and all to escape with us to the Wild Frontier that was the Gold Rush, and throw in Murder and Mayhem, and you'll have a rip roaring Evening of Fun at our Comedy Mystery Melodrama 'Murder at the Miner's Saloon' "The most fun you can have without breakin the law!"

PRAIRIE ROSE
	MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES~

TRIXIE

BIG NOSE KATE

TYHPHOID SUE

YOO FOO YANG

BILL AND CHOP FOO

DOC AND KATE

BILL

CALAMITY

CALAMITY

PINA & JUSTIN

DOC