Colter's Hell
(1m / 4-7u)
Comic drama - 85 min
Characters
COLTER m. 30. Legendary mountain man
THE TROUPE Mixed ages & genders. The TROUPE play the following characters:
RAVEN goth bird
TROUT frustrated fish
BEAVER intelligent mammal
COYOTE trickster with powerful magic
CHIPMUNK scatterbrained rodent
ELK more brawn than brains
JOHN LOCKE dead philosopher
CANADIAN hallucination
GEYSER dancing water spirit
MUDPOT cauldron of steaming mud
RAINBOW POOL seductive pool
WISHPOOSH 8-ft supernatural albino beaver
Synopsis
The animals of the Rocky Mountains discover a new kind of pale human is living among them. Unlike the humans they've been used to for centuries, this mountain man called John Colter traps for money rather than food. They conspire to capture him, but when he survives not only the water spirits of the Yellowstone region, but a hunting party of Piikani (Blackfoot) natives, the supernatural intervenes. Wishpoosh, an 8-foot albino beaver, confronts both Colter and the animals with visions of the future ecology of the land.
Performance History
Last Chance New Play Fest, Helena, Montana, April 15-24, 2016
