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Dale Easton's THE DRUNKARD

2025 CAST & PRODUCTION TEAM

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

 CAST

(in order of appearance)


MR. ROMAINE

TA Bonnewell

SAMPLE SWITCHEL

Shawn Trimble

SIMON SLADE

John Hanna

MRS. ANN SLADE

Phyllis Schaper

CATALPA SLADE

Lily Czechanski

HARVEY GREEN

Jay Hurst

LITTLE WILLIE HAMMOND

William Ross, Kelly Rippel*

JOE MORGAN, THE DRUNKARD

Philip Grecian

LITTLE MARY MORGAN

Suzann Godinez

MRS. FANNY MORGAN

Sally Roediger

MEHITABEL CA

 CAST

(in order of appearance)


MR. ROMAINE

TA Bonnewell

SAMPLE SWITCHEL

Shawn Trimble

SIMON SLADE

John Hanna

MRS. ANN SLADE

Phyllis Schaper

CATALPA SLADE

Lily Czechanski

HARVEY GREEN

Jay Hurst

LITTLE WILLIE HAMMOND

William Ross, Kelly Rippel*

JOE MORGAN, THE DRUNKARD

Philip Grecian

LITTLE MARY MORGAN

Suzann Godinez

MRS. FANNY MORGAN

Sally Roediger

MEHITABEL CARTWRIGHT &

MRS. DANGERFIELD

 Lisa Greenwood

PRODUCTION TEAM 

PRODUCER

Karen Hastings

DIRECTOR

Shawn Trimble

PRODUCTION MANAGER/PUBLICITY

Lisa Greenwood

STAGE MANAGER

Jeni Thomas

MUSIC DIRECTOR/ACCOMPANIST Weslie Evans, Brenda Geisler***

COSTUMES & PROPS MANAGER

Gayle Taylor

TECH MANAGER

Deb Bruner

RUNNING CREW

Ginger Taylor

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Kate Hastings


*June 13/14 performances

**June 20/21 performances

***June 21 performance 

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

As the longest-running play in Topeka theater history, 

Dale Easton's The Drunkard returns!


  • 3 Friday & 3 Saturday night shows 7:00PM Curtain


  • Friday ONLY 

              Pre-Show Mexican Buffet                  

5:30PM with advance ticket; tickets at the door if not sold out


CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!


Philip Billard VFW Post #1650

 3110 SW Huntoon 

As the longest-running play in Topeka theater history, 

Dale Easton's The Drunkard returns!


  • 3 Friday & 3 Saturday night shows 7:00PM Curtain


  • Friday ONLY 

              Pre-Show Mexican Buffet                  

5:30PM with advance ticket; tickets at the door if not sold out


CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!


Philip Billard VFW Post #1650

 3110 SW Huntoon St 


The Last Call Lounge

is Open to the Public Year Around!

  

ADA Notice: 

The VFW performance space is not accessible to wheelchairs. It is accessible to guests using walkers and canes via stairways or a separate chair lift entrance. For special walker and cane-related ADA entry arrangements, please use southeast entrance for chair lift services. Call 785-235-9073 M-F from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for more information.


Free Parking: 

Available on the north and south sides of the VFW building. 



CLASSIC MELODRAMA & HISTORIC VAUDEVILLE

2025 SEASON June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

CLASSIC MELODRAMA & HISTORIC VAUDEVILLE

 


Complete with villains, heroines, and spirited hissing and booing from the audience, Dale Easton's The Drunkard was adapted from a 19th Century straight-up temperance play but skews the once-serious theater piece from its anti-liquor stance into an over-the-top satire that mocks both temperance and melodrama acting. 


To complete the vaude

 


Complete with villains, heroines, and spirited hissing and booing from the audience, Dale Easton's The Drunkard was adapted from a 19th Century straight-up temperance play but skews the once-serious theater piece from its anti-liquor stance into an over-the-top satire that mocks both temperance and melodrama acting. 


To complete the vaudeville presentation, an olio performance at the conclusion of the show will present a collection of classic comedy short routines. 


Plan to stay for the entire performance!


Check out the photo display featured below on this page!



June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28

The Drunkard Photo Gallery

    COMPANY NOTES

    DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS

    FOUNDER & PRODUCER: 

    Karen Hastings


    ARTS, INC. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR:

    Shawn Trimble

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