THE OLD WEST
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Randoy
Book by James Glossman
The year is 1915. An old cowboy stumbles out of the desert after watching his horse die. He is hungry and thirsty and alone. He is unexpectedly picked up by a young woman in a motorcar who recognizes him as Albert Olds the famous gunslinger from penny novels.
Print the Legend
Building a Story
Two old cowboys reminisce.
Albert Olds relates a story from his past..
The folks at Amalgamated Pictures decide to make Albert’s story a bit more commercial.
Amalgamated Pictures describe their next big picture
ACT II
Amalgamated Pictures has a new boss
and he has decided to take the company in a different direction
Times change
Two different perspectives on marriage. LIAM describes to Francis how he feels about her while BUCK, the arrogant cowboy star of Amalgamated Pictures proposes to ADDIE with his own version of marriage.
ADDIE is in trouble
LIAM talks truth to ALBERT
How do we build a story? That’s the story.
