Boom performers go to work

The musical, Boom, sponsored by the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation is now in rehearsal at Kilgore High School.

Elizabeth Hedges, director, held dialogue rehearsals this week, and next week will begin singing rehearsals.

Hedges said the cast includes:

Tom Foster, news man, is played by Jeff Howell; the farmer is played by John Whitehead; Jim McKeever, an oil driller, is played by Steven Lane; Oscar, the leasehound, played by Tom Brown; Rudy the leasehound is played by Phil Carroll; the postman and townsperson is played by Jake Boling; Melvin Mooney, oil man is played by Robert Shupe; Mrs. Donaldson, a townsperson, is played by Audrey Whitten; the grocer and townsperson has yet to be filled; proprietress and townsperson is played by Pudge Griffin; the mother and townsperson played by Barbara Thurman; a child with mother and townsperson portrayed by Cassie Billings; Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, Texas Ranger, portrayed by Micah Windham; Olga Lapin, a lawyer, will be portrayed by Candace Golden; Betty Sue Randolph will be portrayed by Lana Phillips; Bill Randolph, portrayed by Chuck Maxwell; preacher, played by Jim Parker; D.A.R Lady played by Evelyn Parker; hijacker, played by Austin Head; robber and townsperson played by Trey Hedges; oilman #1/driller and townsperson played by Gavin Gee; oilman #2 and townsperson played by Austin Head; oilman #3 and townsperson played by Trey Hedges; oilman #4 and townsperson played by Brady Weldon; policeman and townsperson played by Jake Boling; Sis Dickerson played by Holly Tycksen; child #1 and townsperson portrayed by Nathan Parker; child #2 and townsperson portrayed by Sarah Funderburk; child #3 and townsperson portrayed by Austin Whitten; street girl and townsperson played by Mallorie Mullins; chain gang #1 and townsperson played by Austin Head; chain gang #2 and townsperson played by Jake Boling; chain gang #3 and townsperson played by Cassia Roach; chain gang #4 and townsperson played by Brady Weldon; Mattie Castleberry, ballroom owner, portrayed by Debbie Dane; taxi girl #1 and dancer with lines played by Mallorie Mullins; taxi girl #2 and dancer played by Holly Tycksen; taxi girl #3 and dancer played by Cassia Roach; husband, played by Brady Weldon; wife played by Rachele Tycksen; RR Commissioner to be announced; newsboy #1 played by Austin Whitten; newsboy #2 played by Sarah Funderburk; newsboy #3 played by Rebecca Garrison; newsboy #4 played by Nathan Parker and newsboy #5 played by Cassie Billings.

Liz Hedges is the director, Nina Mata is the stage manger, Carl Hedges in charge of lights, Paul Little, sound manager, Barbara Thurman in charge of costumes and Evelyn Parker and Audrey Whitten handling props.

Performances will be March 8 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available Feb. 1 at Texas Bank & Trust-Longview and Kilgore National Bank. Reserved tickets are $20 and general admission tickets are $10. For more information contact boominkilgore@aol.com or kilgorehistory@ hotmail.com.