"\;Tumbleweeds"\;
\n\nThe Prairie Arts Center is pleased to commemorate the 20th \;anniversary of children&rsquo\;s theater by presenting once again the first children&rsquo\;s musical that we ever produced on the PAC stage: "\;Tumbleweeds"\;. \; The 1998 production was a cooperative venture between Act IV community theater and the Prairie Arts Council. \; We \;also produced Tumbleweeds in 2008 for our 10thanniversary of children&rsquo\;s theater at the PAC.
\n\nBased on the comic strip created by Tom K. Ryan\, &ldquo\;Tumbleweeds&rdquo\; centers around the title character\, a cowpoke who returns to his hometown of Grimy Gulch\, population 49. \; After venturing out of the Wild West\, Tumbleweeds is determined to improve his town. \; Unfortunately\, this interferes with the nefarious plans of Throckmorton Fleesum\, his partner\, Clementine Greedy\, and Clementine&rsquo\;s not-so-bright cousin\, Snake-Eye McFoul\, who plan to demolish the town and sell the land for development to the Choo-Choo Railroad Company. \; With a cast of zany characters\, such as Hildegard Hamhocker\, who has everything she wants EXCEPT a man &ndash\; ANY man\, the trio of Undertaker Claude Clay\, his Gravedigger\, Wart Wimble\, and the Hangman\, Hogarth Hemp\, the Poohawk Indian tribe\, a group of visiting schoolgirls\, their teacher\, Miss Prudence Lovely\, the Grimy Gulch townspeople\, and\, of course\, Tumbleweeds&rsquo\; faithful horse\, Epic\, the show has many speaking parts and both singing and non-singing roles.
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