SAWDUST – 2010

In our 2010 summer production of Sawdust, two elderly gentlemen, Tony Steele and Willie Edelston, told a story that took the audience back in time to the Golden Age of Circus, when young Tony and Willie ran away to join the glitz and glamour of the big top – only to find that there’s also drama and danger in life in the sawdust. Joining a crew of rowdy roustabouts, Tony and Willie quickly learned who really runs the show: the mighty, Musclemen Daredevils and the uppity, Divas of Danger, but most of all the dastardly, manipulative, power-crazed Ringmaster, who runs the center ring with showmanship and charisma—but the rest of the circus with an iron fist. Leading a team of roustabouts and performers, wild animals and sideshow acts, the tenuous, fear-based control that the Ringmaster has over his circus snapped as all forces came together to take over the show and thwart his stronghold!