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<p>A Spaghetti Western with Music
Written by Eva Anderson & Keythe Farley
Music by Anthony Bollas</p> <p>Cast: Richard Azurdia, Ann Closs-Farley, Michael Dunn, Cameron Dye, Wallis Hearst, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Travis Michael Holder, Dylan Kenin, David Natale and Molly O’Neill</p> <p>The Nevada Desert. 1847. The tiny town of San Lorenzo is terrorized by a ruthless villain named Lagarto. He has brutally murdered the town's sheriff, kidnapped his sixteen-year-old daughter Lucinda, and turned her into a killing machine with a taste for human flesh. The people of San Lorenzo are too weak to fight, but Miranda Coolidge, owner of the local saloon has something Lagarto wants-- a secret treasure that the late sheriff hid somewhere in the desert, and when a stranger with a mysterious past blows into town, she and the local preacher find real reason to hope.</p> <p>Bootleg Theater and the producers of the smash hit The 99Cent Only Calendar Competition, are proud to present Stranger, a new Spaghetti Western Musical. Written by Eva Anderson (Wildboy ’74) and Keythe Farley (Bat Boy: The Musical) with original music by Tony Bollas (). Directed by Farley, Stranger is a thrilling tale of redemption and revenge set in the desert east of the Sierra Nevadas in 1847. </p> <p>"Spaghetti Western" is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960’s -- so named because most were produced by Italians -- Sergio Leone being the most notable. But the distinction between the Spaghetti Western and the American Western is much deeper than the nationality of the producers. The American Western usually concerns itself with a simple story of Good vs. Evil, while the Spaghetti Western deals, often, in moral ambiguity and shades of gray. The Italian films are also much grittier and far bloodier than their American counterparts.</p> <p>"When Eva approached me with the idea of a Spaghetti Western Musical, I have to admit that I had trouble imagining Clint Eastwood opening his mouth to sing," says Farley. </p> <p>"What came out of our collaboration," says Anderson, "is a new form of musical theatre. One where songs and music still drive the narrative, but where none of the main characters sing." Farley adds, "This allows for great actors who wouldn’t normally be found in a musical to work alongside performers whose strength resides in the musical arena." </p> <p>The music of Stranger is written by Tony Bollas who is working in close collaboration with the authors and director. He says, "With the Spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone used the evocative music of Ennio Morricone to help maintain an elevated reality that is almost theatrical in nature. That’s what I hope to do--use music and song to elevate the emotion already present in the script." </p> <p>The play’s most dynamic moments will be staged as dance/fight scenes set to musical accompaniment. "If Twyla Tharp and Quentin Tarantino had a child, this is the kind of movement the spawn of that unholy union might stage-- it’s a ‘Twyla Tarantino’ approach to choreography." laughs Farley. </p> <p>Full of wild music and shocking plot twists; funny, sardonic dialogue and piles of dead bodies, Stranger is poised to become the ultimate theatrical experience: an actionpacked, blood-soaked thrill ride set to music.</p>