Cast members held their first organizational meeting and reading of the United Church annual spring play at the Trinity United Church in Preeceville on January 31.
The play is scheduled to perform in three communities over three days: in Stenen on April 28; Sturgis, April 29; and Preeceville, April 30.
鈥�The Villain Wore a Dirty Shirt is a comedy set in the western era with cast members bringing the play to life,鈥� said Pat Prokop, director. Hazel Urbanoski and Carla Lewis are producers.
鈥淭he first reading went over great with many interested individuals stepping up to fill the characters鈥� positions,鈥� Prokop said.
聽鈥淟aundries are big business in the mining town of Digalittledeeper,鈥� said a synopsis of the play.
鈥淭he 鈥楾ub and Scrub鈥� is operated by Olympia Klenz and Sweet Sally,鈥� it says. 鈥淭he young sheriff is in love with Sally, but every time he gets close he turns into a babbling fool.
鈥淢eanwhile, our villain, Phineas Flatworm, discovers Olympia has been rinsing gold flecks from miners鈥� laundry for years, and she鈥檚 amassed a tidy sum.
鈥淭he villain figures if he had the only laundry in town, he鈥檇 make a million!
鈥淲ith the aid of his hilarious mother, Mrs. Mugwump, and Lola-Lola, a talentless flamenco dancer, he gets control of the 鈥楾ub and Scrub.鈥�
鈥淟ola-Lola plans to marry Phineas, but not if Mrs. Mugwump has anything to say about it!聽 The other laundries 鈥榤ysteriously鈥� burn down.聽Mayor Haggle gives the 鈥楾ub and Scrub鈥� a civic award, and a ghost accuses the villain of his crimes.
鈥淭he highlight of the wacky spoof is a laundry fight that hasn鈥檛 been equaled since the pie-tossing days of silent films,鈥� the synopsis says. 鈥淭he evildoers are brought to the soap-bar of justice, and the sheriff conquers his shyness and proposes to Sweet Sally.鈥�
