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Pump Boys and Dinettes

Apr. 6 –30, 2006

By John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann.

  • Broadway Original Run: Feb. 4, 1982-June 18, 1983 (573 performances)
  • 1982 Tony Award Nominee: Best Musical

Pump Boys and Dinettes is set on Highway 57, somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, where there stands a gas station. Across the blacktop is a roadside eatery called the Double Cupp Diner. The five guys at the station have been known to do some auto repairs, but only when aided by quantities of time and beer. The Cupp sisters celebrate their home cooking with the same zeal they bring to being neighborly with the boys. This is a musical tribute to life by the roadside. Pump Boys and Dinettes is part country-rock concert and part musical theatre.

Thanks to these churches for lobby bake sales during Pump Boys and Dinettes.

Apr. 8: Linn Grove United Methodist Church

Apr. 9: Redeemer Lutheran Church (Indianola)

Apr. 20: Fort Des Moines United Methodist Church

Apr. 22: Westminster Presbyterian Church

Apr. 23: Burns United Methodist Church

Apr. 27: Capitol Hill Christian Church

Apr. 28: Highland Park Lutheran Church

Apr. 29: College Avenue Christian Church

Apr. 30: Adventure Life Church

Artist on Exhibit in the Lobby

Steve Gibbons


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