Service Description

An historic portrayal by Dianne Moran of the real Calamity Jane enhanced with song and musical accompaniment of Pat Frank & Terri Brandt. Also with ASL interpretation. You thought you knew her as a Princeton, MO girl ... a tough, cigar-smokin', gun-totin' scout and love paramour of Wild Bill Hickok. Give a listen as Martha Canary, AKA "Calamity Jane" is here to set her record straight! She may not be the well-publicized heroine of the Western Dime Novels, but it's for sure she was there, a witness to the taming of the West... No one else captures the excitement and danger of the times; for Calamity Jane IS the Wild West... then, now and forever! Dianne Moran is an award-winning Storyteller, Living History Performer and Chautauqua Scholar. Heritage Festivals feature her poignant portrayals including: Zerelda James (Frank and Jesse’s Mama), Miep Gies (Anne Frank Family protector), and condemned conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt. Other recognizable personages include, Calamity Jane, Mother Jones, Lizzie Borden, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Titanic and 1904 World’s Fair characters. Schools augment their curriculums with her programs of Colonial America, Revolutionary War, Lewis & Clark, Civil War, Wagon Train, Ellis Island and The Holocaust. Programs feature a performance in historic dress, a Q and A with the audience and end with the viewing of a relic display. With ASL (American SIgn Language) interpretation. Program features musical accompaniment by Pat Frank & Terri Brandt. Reserve your seat now!