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BOHEMIA NUGGET 2015
Cottage Theatre Melodrama
“By Wing, By Wheel, By Engine of Steel OR "The Mayor has Loco-Motives”
of very smart orphan kids) foil the villains and
save the day?
Each July, during Cottage Grove’s annual Bo-
hemia Mining Days Festival, Cottage Theatre
produces a family-friendly original melodrama,
the likes of which you’ll not fi nd on any other
stage. The script, lovingly written especially for
us by Cottage Grove playwright Keith Kessler,
features roles for the 25 youth participants of
our summer theatre camp.
An original melodrama by Keith Kessler
and directed by Janet Rust with Music
Direction by Catricia Mayhue
C
ottage Theatre’s 9th annual Bohemia Min-
ing Days melodrama will feature another
world premiere written especially for the thea-
tre by local playwright Keith Kessler. "By Wing,
By Wheel, By Engine of Steel" OR "The Mayor
has Loco-Motives" will run for three perform-
ances on July 17, 18, and 19 at Cottage Theatre.
Bohemia City (1871) – The long-awaited Cali-
fornia, Oregon and Washington Railroad Line
Performers in the 2014 melodrama
(the C.O.W. Line) is nearing completion. It is
camp at Cottage Theatre.
being built from the north and the south and
will connect right here in good ol’ Bohemia
family plan to steal the Golden Spikes, hijack
City. Mayor Major Payne is scheduled to drive
the Galloping Goose locomotive, and race away
in one of the 26 coveted Golden Spikes at a
to the Mexican border to become fi lthy rich.
huge celebration to declare the C.O.W. Line
Can the Legion of S.T.E.A.M: Sleuths, Tinkers,
open. Unbeknownst to the good citizens of Bo-
hemia City, though, Mayor Major Payne and his Engineers, Adventurers & MacGuyvers (a group
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FRIDAYS 8 PM
MAP ROOM THEATER
SATURDAYS
5PM & 8 PM
MAP ROOM THEATER
Performances are Friday, July 17 and Saturday,
July 18 beginning at 7 p.m and Sunday, July
19 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at
www.cottagetheatre.org, by phone at 541-942-
8001, or in person at the Cottage Theatre Box
Offi ce, 700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove. Box
Offi ce hours are Wednesday through Friday, 10
am to 2 pm, and one hour before performances.
Tickets (reserved seating) are $7 for all ages.
July 9 - August 29, 2015
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Zach Galifianakis & Bradley Cooper
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Sean Penn & Jennifer Jason Leigh
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John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
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Ralph Macchio & Pat Morita
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Roy Scheider & Richard Dreyfuss
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Tom Cruise & Tim Robbins
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Cary Elwes & Mandy Patinkin
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Tom Guiry & Mike Vitar
ADMISSION
CHILDREN
2 & UNDER
CHILDREN
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ALL OTHER
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