The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Book by Larry L. King & Peter Masterson
Music & Lyrics by Carol Hall
source: Concord Theatricals
Performances at
Edmund M. Keefe Auditorium
May 17-19, 1996
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Acknowledgments
Dave Ryan
Stan St. Onge
Stage One Productions
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New Thalian Players
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Barry Bonner Graphic Design Services
Winchendon Furniture Company
Milford High Athletic Director Marc Maurais
Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers
The action takes place in the state of Texas in the 1930s and the 1970s.
Act One
Scene 1 The parlor of the Chicken Ranch 1930s
20 Fans The Narrator
Scene 2 & 3 The porch and parlor of the Chicken Ranch 1970s
A Li’l Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place Mona, Jewel, Angel, Shy & Mona’s Girls
Girl You’re a Woman Mona & Mona’s Girls
Scene 4 The Melvin P. Thorpe TV Show
Watch Dog Theme Chorus
Texas Has a Whorehouse In It Melvin P. Thorpe & Chorus
Scene 5 A hallway at the Chicken Ranch
Scene 6 A parlor of the Chicken Ranch
24 Hours of Lovin Jewel & Mona’s Girls
Scene 7 The courthouse steps
Watch Dog Theme (reprise) Chorus
Texas Has a Whorehouse In It (reprise) Melvin P. Thorpe & Chorus
Scene 8 The Texas Twinkle cafe
Doatsey Mae Doatsey Mae
Scene 9 & 10 The locker room
The Aggie Song The Aggies (Cowboys)
Scene 11 The parlor of the Chicken Ranch
Scene 12 The parlor of the Chicken Ranch the Raid
20 Fans (reprise) The Narrator and Friend
Act Two
Scene 1 The porch of the Chicken Ranch (immediately following)
The Sidestep Governor, Senator Wingwoah, Melvin P. Thorpe & Chorus
Scene 2 The porch of the Chicken Ranch
No Lies Mona, Jewel & Mona’s Girls
Scene 3 The interior of the Sheriff’s office
Good Old Girl Sheriff & The Aggies
Scene 4 The parlor of the Chicken Ranch
Hard Candy Christmas Mona’s Girls
Scene 5 The porch of the Chicken Ranch
The Bus From Amarillo Mona
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