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Wild Dust: The Musical

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  8w, 1m

Music by Dennis Poore
Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus
Lyrics by Flip Kobler

It's 1887, and a dust storm forces the women of Willow Creek to seek shelter in the town brothel. For three days, they confront the elements, each other, and – hardest of all – themselves. It’s a comic romp with lots of slamming doors, mistaken identities, and one very dead body.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences, Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
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Summary

Based on the original play Wild Dust, this engaging Wild West story has been delighting audiences for years. And now, the original playwright, Flip Kobler, has joined forces with veteran composer Dennis Poore to turn Wild Dust the play into Wild Dust: The Musical.

It’s 1887 and a dust storm is about to hit the town of Willow Creek. The west was still wild, but the wind was wilder. Wild Dust: The Musical takes place at a time when the “west was wild, the women were soft and the men were brave.” The worst dust storm in a decade was about to hit the town, and all the men had gone to drive the horses and cattle to safer shelter to ride out the storm. That left the women of town to fend for themselves in the only building strong enough to withstand the pounding sand – the town brothel. So four “fallen ladies” and three “ladies of the town” are thrown together for the next 72 hours, along with a mysterious cowboy and a dancing corpse! For three days they confront the elements, each other, and hardest of all – themselves.

It’s a comic romp with lots of slamming doors, mistaken identities and one very dead body. No one is exactly what they seem, and everyone's got a secret hidden up their sleeve. Wild Dust: The Musical is a hilarious, high-energy escapade that’s not to be missed.

History
Wild Dust: The Musical premiered on 7 June 2002 at Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Presented by Season Productions, the production was directed by Cindy Marcus.

COOPER
MARION
BELLE
SALLY
DENISE
HARD CORA
LOUISE STYLES
GERTRUDE

…and MARTIN

Plus 1 male extra

  • Time Period Wild West
  • Setting A saloon in the old west. 1887.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots

Media

“An original western that genuinely honors the genre.” – Variety
“Mixing melodrama and menace, humor and hamminess, Flip Kobler's Wild Dust is an original western that genuinely honors the genre... The storytelling is handled naturally and never feels forced... Kobler has done a fine job of fleshing out the characters and making them real.” – Variety

Music

Song Samples

Westward Bound
Nobody
Little Bit of Good
Man By Your Side
Girl of Your Dreams
Colors of My World
One of the Girls
One of Those Days
Storybook Romance
Dance With the Devil
52 Years
Vanishing Breed
Man of Destiny
Finale: Nobody Reprise / Spirit of the West
1. “Westward Bound” – Cooper & the Girls
2. “Nobody” – Cooper, Marion, Belle & Sally
3. “Little Bit of Good” – Denise, Marion, Belle & Sally
4. “Man by Your Side” – Louise Styles & Hard Cora
5. “Girl of Your Dreams” – Sally & Belle
6. “The Colors of My World” – Gertie, Marion & Hard Cora
7. “Just One of the Girls” – Hard Cora, Gertie, Marion, Belle & Sally
8. “One of Those Days” – Cooper, Gertie, Hard Cora, Marion, Belle, Sally & Denise
9. “Storybook Romance” – Denise & Cooper
10. “Dance with the Devil” – Marion, Gertie, Hard Cora & Cast
11. “52 Years” – Louise Styles
12. “Vanishing Breed” – Martin
13. “Man of Destiny” – Cooper
14. “Storybook Romance (Reprise)” – Denise & Cooper
15. “Dance with the Devil (Reprise)” – Marion, Belle, Sally & Cast
16. “Nobody (Reprise)/Spirit of the West” – Cooper, Denise & Cast
  • Musical Style Country/Western
  • Vocal DemandsEasy
  • Orchestra Size Small/Combo
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Flip Kobler

Flip Kobler began his performing career as an actor before morphing into a writer. Since selling their first screenplay to Paramount Studios, Mr. Kobler and his wife/partner Cindy Marcus, have been penning away for the last fifteen years. Universal bought another original scr ...
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Cindy Marcus

Cindy Marcus won an acting scholarship to the Teenage Drama Workshop in Los Angeles when she was but a teen. She’s made her living in show business ever since. With her husband and partner, Flip Kobler, she spent many years at Disney writing the sequels to Pocahontas, Lady An ...

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Dennis Poore

Dennis Poore is the composer of everything from European dance hits like 'Strange Desire' and 'Young Men' to the Julie Brown cult favorites 'Cause I'm A Blond' and 'Brand New Girl' from the film Earth Girls Are Easy. He was also nominated for a Clio for his Chase-Manhattan Ba ...
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