Written by Greta Grosch
Music and Lyrics by Dennis Curley
PLOWIN’ THRU opened at the Ames Center in Burnsville, MN on September 7, 2022 and was produced by Troupe America Inc., Curt Wollan, Executive Producer. The production was directed by Curt Wollan; choreography by Wendy Short Hays; musical direction by Dennis Curley; set and props by Erica Zaffarano; lighting by Scott Herbst; costume design by Katrina Benedict; sound design by Tyler O’Brien; and the production stage manager was Peter Colburn.
Written in loving memory of Suzann (Johnson) Nelson.
ORIGINAL CAST
Greg Eiden as Pastor E. L. Gunderson
Janet Paone as Mrs. Lars (Vivian) Snustad
Greta Grosch as Mrs. Gilmer (Mavis) Gilmerson
Dorian Chalmers as Mrs. Elroy (Karin) Engelson
Tara Borman as Beverly Signe Engelson Hauge
SYNOPSIS: CBL 9: PLOWIN’ THRU: 1975-1976
1975-1976: It has been 5 years since Pastor left and the church is struggling. As Pastor comes back to fill in as interim, Karin becomes a leader in the church. Beverly, now a mother of three, begins to take on a larger role in the kitchen.
ACT 1
PROLOGUE: Pastor’s Reverie: 1975
SCENE 1: Welcome Home Pastor: AN AFTERNOON IN SEPTEMBER
SCENE 2: Pastor Parade: A FEW MINUTES LATER
SCENE 3: Visiting: LATER THAT WEEK
SCENE 4: Spruce Things Up: AFTER CHURCH
SCENE 5: A Woman’s Place: EARLY DECEMBER
SCENE 6: Widowhood Woes: LATER THAT DAY
Act 2
ENTR’ACTE: Off to the Cities: JAN 1976
SCENE 7: Karin Returns: A WEEK LATER
SCENE 8: Poor Pastor: FEB
SCENE 9: We All Gotta Go: MARCH
SCENE 10: How Much Did We Make: JULY 3
SCENE 11: The Aftermath: A FEW MINUTES LATER
CBL 9 SONG LIST
Plowin’ Thru
Who Are These Women?
I’m Gonna Step Out
It Doesn’t Belong
A Happy Mood
Back When I Was a Wife
It’s a Man’s World
It Doesn’t Belong Reprise
It’s a Man’s World Reprise
The Belle of the Bicentennial Basekt Social Ball
Who is This Woman?
Everyone That Stays
Mavis Goes to War
Bows