Ritzville Community Theatre

. . . unexpected pizzazz . . .

     
 

Next Stageplay: Miss Kitty's Christmas
The Sequel To Last Year's A Cowboy Christmas
Performance Dates December 8-11, 2010
All of our shows are dinner theater. Performances are scheduled twice a year, March/April and November/December. Show location is Ritzville, Washington on Main Avenue at Casuela's Grill.
Call 509-659-0113 for more details on upcoming shows and 509-4431 for ticket sales. Tickets are available 30 days prior to opening night of the show. Group discounts are available for 6 or more tickets.

 
     
 

 
     
 

 
   
 

 
   
 

RCT HISTORY

Since 1994, 73 actors have performed 21 productions
in 74 performances to over 4,000 patrons.

Dr. Death, Feb 1995: Odd Couple (female version), Nov 1995:
Blithe Spirit, Dec 1996: Love Letters, Nov 1997:
Gracie's Diner, Jun 2000: Murder in the Manor, Nov 2000:
A Dark And Stormy Night, Jun 2001:
Marriage Can Be Murder, Nov 2001,Feb 2002:
How The West Was Fun, Jun 2002: Two Egg Omelet, Jun 2003:
Murdered by the Mob, Nov 2003: The House Keeper, Mar 2004:
Smorgasbord, Jun 2004: Spook Light Legacy, Nov 2004:
A Taste Of RCT, Nov 2005: Checkmate, Apr 2006:
Plight Before Christmas, Nov 2006,Dec 2006:
Murder at the Banquet, Mar 2007: Murder In The Court, Nov 2007:
Still Alarm/Trysting Place, Mar 2008: A Cowboy Christmas, Dec 2009:
Steel Magnolias, October/November 2010: Miss Kitty's, March 2011

 
   
 

Ritzville Lions Club 1952 Production of Rattlesnake Rose Returns, the sequel to the highly successful 1951 production, Rose of Rattlesnake Flats. Cast (left to right): Buff Hoefel, Eddie Kiehn, Dick Whitmore, Rich Kembel, Frank Sayer, Don Danekas (hidden), Herman Ohland, Red Hanson, Bill Brandenberg, Dutch Gearhart, Kirk Danekas (boy), Flint Howell, Richard Ott (hidden), Orville Hull (hidden), Joe Sinclair, Bob Newland, Ralph Danekas, Bill Thiel, Jim Webb, Eli Duncan, Lawrence Thiel, Bruce Wilson, Bud Coppers, Ed Cross, Colin Campbell. Actors not present: Skinny Edwards, Lee Burroughs, Bob Baster. Others involved: Wes Eckhardt, Carl Spliid, Fred Slipper, Al Schweer.

 
   
 

 
 

 
 

Cast of A Cowboy Christmas (top left to bottom right)

Heidi KinKade "Cookie"; Bill Sager "Sonny"; Ethel Rott "Miss Kitty"; Jerry Snyder "Blue"
Paul Schwisow "Boots"; Dede Brown "Josie"; Jake Harder "Jeb"; Kathryn Schafer "Big Nose Kate"
Joan Bohna "Calamity Jane"; Miles Athey "Mac"; Michele Kiesz "Annie Oakley"
Lisa Simonsen, Stage Manager; Caricatures by Jim Lisk

The play was written and directed by Miles Athey. Four dinner theater shows were performed at
Casuela's Grill, Ritzville, Washington, to "sellout audiences" on December 1-4, 2009

 
 

Cast of A Cowboy Christmas

Standing: Lisa Simonsen, Stage Manager; Jake Harder "Jeb"; Ethel Rott "Miss Kitty"
Joan Bohna "Calamity Jane"; Paul Schwisow "Boots"; Jerry Snyder "Blue"
Miles Athey "Mac"; Dede Brown "Josie"
Sitting: Michele Kiesz "Annie Oakley"; Heidi KinKade "Cookie"
Bill Sager "Sonny"; Kathryn Schafer "Big Nose Kate"

Photo Courtesy of Casuela's Grill, Ritzville, Washington, December 2009

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Join the RCT Western Legends at the Ritzville Western Art Show every Memorial Day Weekend

Visit with the finest western artists, artisans, authors, cartoonists and entertainers. Enjoy the live gunfights, get arrested and thrown in jail for no good reason, munch on great grub, have your photo taken with Wyatt Earp and other western legends.

It's all about "unexpected pizzazz!"