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April 8, 2008

Salinas, CA

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The Western Stage Young Company Presents

Heaven Help the Po'Taters (or...I'd-a-hoe The Potatoes But They Just Won't Grow)

The Western Stage Young Company presents Heaven Help the Po’Taters (or…..I’d-ahoe The Potatoes But They Just Won’t Grow by Billy St. John. There’s trouble in Tatertown! The Idaho community is desperate for rain lest their potato crops dry up in the fields. Especially hard hit are Irish Tater, his wife Etta Tater and the Tater tots: Sweetpea, Lyonnaise and Chip. Unless a solution is found, they will be forced to move! May 10^th at 2pm and 4pm, Hartnell College Performing Arts Center. 411 Central Avenue, Salinas. $5 general admission tickets will be available May 1^st from the TWS Ticket Office window. For more information call 755-6987. (113 Word PSA)

April 8, 2008

There's trouble in Tatertown! The Idaho community is desperate for rain lest their potato crops dry up in the fields. Especially hard hit are Irish Tater, his wife Etta Tater and the Tater tots: Sweetpea, Lyonnaise and Chip. Unless a solution is found, they will be forced to move, along with most of the other farmers in Taterfield County. Their plight is the result of a dastardly scheme hatched by Noah Count, the scoundrel lawyer who deliberately left the water rights out of their deeds. The townsfolk send our hero, Spud Farmer, to bargain for water with the B.Z. Beaver Corporation which dammed the Snake River. To Spud's surprise, Sue Duse is not only head of the business, but Noah's partner in crime. Spud's ladylove, Candide Yam and the other citizens spy on the negotiations--all in wacky disguises. Hilarity abounds as the Tater tots are kidnapped for ransom and Spud fights Noah to stop the villain from blowing up the dam! This "dynamite" melodrama sprouts other characters including Ida Hoe, Tilda Fields, Cher Kropper, Marshal Art and Pastor Salt. Directed by Susanne Burns.

Seventeen Young Company actors, ages 9 to 15, present this spud-filled melodrama on May 10th (2pm and 4pm) 2008 on the MainStage.
$5 general admission tickets available May 1st from TWS Ticket Office. Call 755-6987 for more information.