Portal, AZ - Rodeo, NM
Serving The Communities Of Portal and Rodeo (www.portal-rodeo.com)
Serving The Communities Of Portal and Rodeo (www.portal-rodeo.com)
A Live Play Performed By Local Actors - August 13, 2022 - Geronimo Center
Based on the book written by Las Cruces–based David Thomas, it centers on New Mexico’s unofficial state outlaw, Billy the Kid. Billy’s trial is the least written about and the least known event of Billy’s adult life. The best-known periods of the Kid’s life are the fighting years in the Lincoln County War (in support of the John Tunstall/Alexander McSween faction), when (in 1878) he shot Sheriff William Brady, his trial in 1881, and his shooting death by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner. Yet Thomas contends that Billy’s murder trial in Mesilla, was the pivotal event in the Kid’s life, as it doomed him to an early death at age 21.
Directed By David G Thomas & Dan Crow
The Cast
Prosecuting Attorney Simon Newcomb - Bill Cavaliere
Defense Attorney Albert Fountain - Howard Topoff
Billy The Kid - Craig McEwan
Judge Warren Bristol - Dan Crow
Bailiff (Left Of Judge) - Rick Eldridge
Prosecution Witness Saturnino Baca - Al Bamman
Defense Witness William Rynerson - Reed Peters
Defense Witness Florencio Gonzales - Ray Mendez
Defense Witness John Wilson - Doug Hocking
Sheriff John Southwick - Bob Ashley
Prosecution Witness Bonifacio Baca - Jesse Bradfield
Defense Table
Prosecutor With His Assistant
Defense Witness Susan McSween - Karla Steen
We don’t know what Susan has against the Bailiff
Newspaper Reporter
Cross Examination
The Prosecutor
Slide Show - Advance Slides By Clicking On Left & Right Arrows
The Audience
Jill Cavaliere & Cindy LaRussa
Collecting Admissions
The Cast
Bailiff -- Rick Eldridge
Warren Bristol, Judge -- Dan Crow
Simon B. Newcomb, Prosecuting Attorney -- Bill Cavaliere
Albert J. Fountain, Defense Counsel -- Howard Topoff
John Webster Southwick, Sheriff -- Bob Ashley
Henry Antrim (Billy the Kid), Defendant -- Craig McEwan
Saturnino Baca, Prosecution Witness -- Al Bammann
Bonifacio Baca, Prosecution Witness -- Jesse Bradfield
Jacob B. Mathews, Prosecution Witness -- Kim Kvamme
Albert Howe, Defense Witness -- Wayne Fralie
Florencio Gonzales, Defense Witness -- Ray Mendez
Susan Ellen McSween, Defense Witness -- Karla Steen
John B. Wilson, Defense Witness -- Doug Hocking
William L. Rynerson, Defense Witness -- Reed Peters
Newspaper Reporter -- Bud Johnson
