Playwright’s Notes
Actual events of the oil boom provide
more drama than any fictional account
of the era. The town in Boom!
represents Kilgore as it was in 1932, just
after the oil boom, from history and the
stories of those who lived through it.
Fictional characters – Jim, Betty Sue,
Bill, Melvin, Oscar, and Rudy interact
with actual people in romantic and
historic situations. Numerous real
characters also appear: Tom Foster,
editor of the Kilgore Daily News, Mattie
Castleberry of the famous Mattie’s
Ballroom, Olga Lapin, a female attorney
in Kilgore, and Manuel T. “Lone Wolf”
Gonzaullas, the legendary Texas
Ranger.
Actual events of the oil boom provide
more drama than any fictional account
of the era. The town in Boom!
represents Kilgore as it was in 1932, just
after the oil boom, from history and the
stories of those who lived through it.
Fictional characters – Jim, Betty Sue,
Bill, Melvin, Oscar, and Rudy interact
with actual people in romantic and
historic situations. Numerous real
characters also appear: Tom Foster,
editor of the Kilgore Daily News, Mattie
Castleberry of the famous Mattie’s
Ballroom, Olga Lapin, a female attorney
in Kilgore, and Manuel T. “Lone Wolf”
Gonzaullas, the legendary Texas
Ranger.
This musical depicting life in the East Texas Oil Fields during the boom era was written by Dr.
Lottie Guttry and produced by Elizabeth Hodges. Members of the cast were made up from
Kilgore and the surrounding communities, right here in East Texas. Characters depicted were
Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, Mattie of Mattie's Ballroom, boomers like Jim McKeever and too many
other parts to mention each.
Photos taken from Kilgore News Herald, Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Lottie Guttry and produced by Elizabeth Hodges. Members of the cast were made up from
Kilgore and the surrounding communities, right here in East Texas. Characters depicted were
Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, Mattie of Mattie's Ballroom, boomers like Jim McKeever and too many
other parts to mention each.
Photos taken from Kilgore News Herald, Sunday, March 9, 2008.
The cast at the end of the show.
Debbie Dane as Mattie.
Steven Lane, Lana Phillips and Chuck
Maxwell as Jim, Betty Sue and Bill.
Maxwell as Jim, Betty Sue and Bill.
Tim Jones as Lone Wolf.
Phil Carroll and Tom Brown
The hot oil scene with Tom Brown, Robert
Shupe, John Whitehead and in the back as
Tom Foster, newspaper man, Jeff Howell.
Shupe, John Whitehead and in the back as
Tom Foster, newspaper man, Jeff Howell.
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