Hangin' Will Caffee

By Paula Dail

Directed by Jewell Fitzgerald

Hangin’ Will Caffee is a colorful and entertaining play about how justice was carried out in the early days of the Wisconsin frontier - ­with a little suffrage and "gallows politics" thrown in.

The story of how Will Caffee got himself a date with a hangman is based entirely on actual events ­- sort of - and features the legal antics of the infamous Moses Strong, Caffee's defense attorney and a colorful member of the Wisconsin Territorial legislature well known for his remarkable ability to harangue a jury. Glimpses of Wisconsin-style frontier justice and the seeds of suffrage are liberally sprinkled throughout the story.

The play, which invites lively audience participation, was written by award winning author, Paula Dáil and is being directed by Edgewood College Theater Professor Emerita Jewell Fitzgerald.

For more information visit www.willcaffee.info, call Jewell Fitzgerald at 608–212–2300 or email womanspeak@charter.net.

Produced by WomanSpeak at Folklore Village w/one performance at Sinsinawa Mound Center, Box 113, Mineral Point

Performances: June 10 - July 31, 2008

Performance Times: Thursdays @ 7:30 PM. Performances are scheduled at Folklore Village on Thursday, June 5, 12, 19, 26 and July 10, 24, and 31 at 7:30 PM. There will also be a special performance at Sinsinawa Mound Center on July 3.

Ticket Prices: Adults $15; Seniors and Children under 12 $10

Call 608-924-4000 for reservations or more information.

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Auditions

Auditions will be held on the following days:

4/24/2008
4/25/2009

Auditions for Hangin’ Will Caffee are being held Thursday, April 24 at 7pm at Folklore Village 3210 County Rd BB near Dodgeville and at the same time on Friday April 25 at the Marbella Condominiums clubhouse, 6230 Mineral Point Rd in Madison. The cast includes two women, at least nine men, a few dancers and a fiddler.

For more information visit www.willcaffee.info, call Jewell Fitzgerald at 608–212–2300 or email womanspeak@charter.net.

Partial Character List:

Will Caffee
Mary Caffee
Judge Mortimer Jackson
Moses Strong
Defense Attorney William Smith
Reverend Wilcox
Sheriff