Paint Your Wagon
Karingal High School
October 1976
The story of the rise and fall of an isolated town at the height of the California Gold Rush. After years of searching for gold out West, Ben Rumson and his young daughter, Jennifer, strike it rich. At the burial service of another miner, Jennifer discovers a gold nugget and Rumson Town is born. Word of the strike spreads fast and soon Rumson Town is overflowing with 400 men, hoping to strike gold. Meanwhile, Jennifer falls in love with a young Mexican prospector, Julio Valveras. Accustomed to the complete lack of female presence in town, the men feel uncomfortable with Jennifer’s presence and demand Ben sends her back East to school. Tensions rise even further when a Mormon miner and his two wives come to town. When Jennifer returns back to the town unexpectedly, she discovers that Rumson Town has become a ghost town and Julio is gone. With determination and bravery, Jennifer seeks out Julio and is finally reunited with the man she loves.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Ray Burgess |
Musical Director | Basil Gleeson |
Choreographer | Coralie Carson |
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Stage Manager | John Rekers |
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Costume Design | Bibi McCullum |
Set Design | Pat Morton |
| Ray Burgess |
Lighting Director | Nigel Nettleship |
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Assistant to the Director | Judith Breese |
Wardrobe Mistress | Terri Ovendon |
Orchestra Convenor | Heather Birrell |
Properties | Sue Dyer |
| Rhonda Horwood |
| Norma Macer |
Prompt | Maureen Alder |
Ticket Secretary | Trudi Mackenzie |
Front of House | Tom Hooke |
| Joan Hooke |
Publicity and Promotions | Isabel Myring |
Program | Isabel Myring |
| Mark Sims |
Backstage | Tony Evans |
| Doug Ferguson |
| Shaun Keeley |
| Ron Kitchen |
| Bruce McCallum |
| George Nough |
| Peter Rekers |
| Denis Wilshire |
Lighting | Judy Sanders |
| Ron Elliott |
| Tom Hand |
| Rick Merrin |
| Bill Seppelt |
Set Construction | John Rekers |
| Woodleigh Students |
Wardrobe | Terri Ovenden |
| Judith Smith |
| Judith Smith |
| Elizabeth Palmer |
| Margaret Ovenden |
Scenery Painting | Judith Breese |
| Joan Pearson |
| Tim Thomson |
| Lawrey Twining |
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Violins | John Conyersd |
| Lrene Bulloch |
| Doris Boyce |
| Ray Conyers |
| Nellie Bryant |
Viola | Heather Birrell |
Cello | Erwin Matanzer |
Bass | Don More |
Flute | Sandra Bleazby |
Oboe | Betty Bond |
Clarinet | Ian Clapperton |
| Allan Tagon |
Bassoon | Len Nurse |
Horn | Greg Keogh |
Trumpet | Lyndon Le Dan |
| Jeanette Shepherd |
Trombone | Lorraine Shepherd |
Percussion | Geoff MacGuinness |
Piano | Bev Woodford |
CAST
Walt | Bill McNeilly |
Jennifer Rumson | Margaret Antosh |
Salem Trumbell | Geoff Hinde |
Jasper | David Mackenzie |
Ben Rumson | Martyn Keeley |
Steve Bullnack | John Ashton |
Pete Billings | Bill Bryson |
Cherry | Helen Mills |
Jake Whippany | Don jones |
Mike Mooney | Gordon Lindsay |
Lee Zen | Linda Hewison |
Sing Yuy | Wendy Shakeshaft |
Doctor Newcomb | Dusty Lewis |
Edgar Crocker | Lawry Twining |
Sandy Twist | Ted Capewell |
Rueben Sloane | Tim Thomson |
Julio Valveras | Graham Ford |
Jacob Woodling | Alan Coulson |
Elizabeth Woodling | Fay Harrison |
Sarah Woodling | Joan Keeley |
| Jean Riley |
Dutchie | Alex Young |
Carmellita | Sue Hooke |
Yvonne Sorel | Trudi Mackenzie |
Suzanne Duval | Sian Rodda |
Raymond janney | Ed Hill |
Ed | Tim Thomson |
Jack | Paul Duncan |
Bill | Ian ExtoAlex Youngn |
Johnansen | Nigel Moehr |
Miners | Gary Sanders |
Chorus | Lindsay Brown |
| Bill Bryson |
| Ted Capewell |
| Paul Duncan |
| Ian Exton |
| Patrick Gleeson |
| David Hawkins |
| Addi Helbig |
| Geoffe Hinde |
| Dusty lewis |
| David Mackenzie |
| Bill McNeilly |
| Nigel Moehir |
| Nick Petres |
| Eddie Porjajski |
| Alan Plumb |
| Greg Rekers |
| Gary Sanders |
| Tim Thompson |
| Lawry Twinning |
| Alex Young |
Ballet and Fandango Girls | Elaine Brimmel |
| Pamela Godson |
| June Hewitt |
| Christine Hoffman |
| Sue Hooke |
| Karen Irving |
| Marissa Kennedy |
| Joanne Long |
| Trudi Mackenzie |
| Terri Ovenden |
| Lindy Pearson |
| Catherine Riley |
| Sian Rodda |
| Wendy Shankeshaft |
| Chris Twing |
| Joihn McCormack |
