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2 Thumbs Up For ‘Pump Boys & Dinettes’

Members of Coeur d'Alene Summer Theaters version of Pump Boys and Dinettes from left  Jessica Skerritt as Rhetta Cupp, Steven Dahlke, as L.M., J.Michael Zygo as Jackson, Dane Stokinger as Jim and Jillian Zygo as Prudie Cupp. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman Review)
Members of Coeur d'Alene Summer Theaters version of Pump Boys and Dinettes from left Jessica Skerritt as Rhetta Cupp, Steven Dahlke, as L.M., J.Michael Zygo as Jackson, Dane Stokinger as Jim and Jillian Zygo as Prudie Cupp. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman Review)

Members of Coeur d'Alene Summer Theaters version of Pump Boys and Dinettes from left  Jessica Skerritt as Rhetta Cupp, Steven Dahlke, as L.M., J.Michael Zygo as Jackson, Dane Stokinger as Jim and Jillian Zygo as Prudie Cupp. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

DFO: I interrupt this vacation to recommend that you see "Pump Boys & Dinettes," the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production now playing through Sunday. Mrs. O & I consider it the surprise find of the current CST season, if you like your diner pie a la mode served up with a good helping of country twang and humor. I didn't know what to expect of this little-known production. I laughed throughout the play. It may be my favorite so far this summer. Then, I was primed for a good show as several of tonight's actors were part of the cabaret production performed at Bakery by the Lake Thursday. FlorineD was at "Pump Boys," too. Mebbe she'll check in with her impression. Now, I'm back to serious vacationing.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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