'Oregon Trail, The Play' To Open At Sixth Street Theatre

RACINE, WI — If you grew up in the 1980s, chances are your early exposure to computers was the Apple II models that populated many schools of that era.

And straight from that dot-matrix-and-green-screen era, Over Our Head Players is staging a play that hearkened back to one of the most popular games played on those Apple II computers: Oregon Trail.

“Oregon Trail: The Play!” by was written by A. J. Allegra. Diane Carlson of Over Our Head Players said it's a comedy skewering not only the beloved video game from the 1980s and 90s, but also American history: "In the year eighteen somethin’ somethin’, the Bootsmeyer family sets off on a troubled journey westward, stocking up on provisions for their oxen and doing their best to survive river crossings, illnesses, hunting, highway robbery, and a host of other dilemmas," she wrote.

All performances will be at the Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Downtown Racine.

Performances run weekends, May 18 – June 2, closing on a Saturday night. Fridays are at 8:00, Saturdays are at 5:30 and 8:00, and Sundays are at 2:30.

Reservations are available through the box office, (262)632-6802, or online at www.overourheadplayers.org. Tickets are $15.50 - $18.00.

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