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Sherman Community Players artistic director Ron Cassady has announced
the cast for the upcoming production of RING OF FIRE – THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH. The musical revue will be the season opener for the theatre group’s new 2011-2012 Season. The show is a musical journey of over 30 songs made popular by one America’s most brilliant songwriter and storyteller.
Cassady and musical director Ben Vincent have chosen a cast of 4 men and 4 women singers and a band of 5 musicians, with several of the singers also playing instruments.
Singers include BRENT FRAILICKS, CHERI ANDERSON, NANCY CASSADY, MICHAEL and ASHLEY LOGAN, RACHEL SIMS, JIM SMITH and FRANK KINTZ. The band is comprised of BOBBY CONNELL on piano, ROBBY THOMPSON on harmonica, saxophone and keyboard, COLBY McCLATCHY on bass, TOM CRONE on drums and JESSE SIMS on electric guitar. Singers FRAILICKS, KINTZ and MICHAEL LOGAN play guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin.
The musical styles include country western, rockabilly and gospel, with love songs, prison songs, comedy songs, patriotic songs and many more.
RING OF FIRE – THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CAST is scheduled to open September 30 and play through October 16. Tickets will go on sale the last week of September. For early discounted group reservations, call Darlene Schweizer at 903-893-7652.
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