The Cooterville Caper: A Western Noir in Five Episodes

by Jillian Blevins

ONE-ACT COLLABORATIVE WESTERN NOIR.

The Cooterville Caper was written for the Story Relay at the 2023 Valdez Theatre Conference Fringe by The Loud Mouthed Malamutes (aka Kelsey Sullivan, Jillian Blevins, Jan Probst, Erin Moughon and Dante Medema).

ONE-ACT COLLABORATIVE WESTERN NOIR.

The Cooterville Caper was written for the Story Relay at the 2023 Valdez Theatre Conference Fringe by The Loud Mouthed Malamutes (aka Kelsey Sullivan, Jillian Blevins, Jan Probst, Erin Moughon and Dante Medema).

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The Cooterville Caper: A Western Noir in Five Episodes

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  • Brian Rust: The Cooterville Caper: A Western Noir in Five Episodes by Jillian Blevins
    “

    I have a LOT of feelings about this play! It has some of the best wordplay and physical comedy I've seen in a long time, there was a surprise on every page, and I'm torn between wanting eagerly to see it performed and feeling like the character of Leonard would be honestly physically unsettling to watch.

    I have a LOT of feelings about this play! It has some of the best wordplay and physical comedy I've seen in a long time, there was a surprise on every page, and I'm torn between wanting eagerly to see it performed and feeling like the character of Leonard would be honestly physically unsettling to watch.

    ”
  • Scott Sickles: The Cooterville Caper: A Western Noir in Five Episodes by Jillian Blevins
    “

    It was a rainy night on the thawing Alaskan tundra.

    Or maybe it wasn’t.

    There *was* an awning, a fire, and mosquitoes whooshing like starlings as a sheriff took the stage along with a wanted-poster-hopping outlaw, a lard-licking belly scratching butter lover, and a lipsticked lady who was literally a horse. A horse? Of course!

    Unseen amidst the prairie mischief, scattered ‘neath the awning, lurked five scribes fashioning a serialized tale of larceny, land, lust… and MURRRDERRRwhinneywhinneywhinney…!

    A tale as compelling as it was perverse, filled with passion, betrayal, tragedy, and...

    It was a rainy night on the thawing Alaskan tundra.

    Or maybe it wasn’t.

    There *was* an awning, a fire, and mosquitoes whooshing like starlings as a sheriff took the stage along with a wanted-poster-hopping outlaw, a lard-licking belly scratching butter lover, and a lipsticked lady who was literally a horse. A horse? Of course!

    Unseen amidst the prairie mischief, scattered ‘neath the awning, lurked five scribes fashioning a serialized tale of larceny, land, lust… and MURRRDERRRwhinneywhinneywhinney…!

    A tale as compelling as it was perverse, filled with passion, betrayal, tragedy, and dairy!

    A batshit masterpiece!

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    ”
OL’ LARD LOVER LEONARD: Your drunk uncle - yes YOUR drunk uncle. M, 50s-60s.
SHERIFF HARDY JUSTICE: Rough and tumble, unclean. Classic cowboy. Any gender, 30s.
CECELIA HOOFERBERG: A recent orphan. A literal horse. F, 30s.
BLACK HAT BOB: The villain. Any gender, any age.

Production History

  • Fringe, Valdez Theatre Conference , 2023