Presented on Friday June 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Saturday June 21, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Sunday June 22, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Friday June 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Saturday June 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, and Sunday June 29, 2008 at 6:00 PM.  Tickets are $14 and go on sale starting Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at the Guild Theatre.  The Guild box office is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

The Guild is proud to announce that the Summer Theatre series is sponsored this year by Mrs. Alex Schoenbaum.

Pump Boys and Dinettes' is a high-energy country/rock interactive show that feeds off the energy and pleasure of its audiences.  The four guys do the occasional auto repairs while the Cupp sisters celebrate their home cooking.  All six of these cheerful folks pay tribute to life and love, music and mischief in a small Southern town along fictitious Highway 57 somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, North Carolina.  The action takes place at Jim and L. M.'s gas station and the Double Cupp Diner.

The musical was conceived and written by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann who also directed and starred in the 1982 Broadway Production.  The original cast members also were their own backup band playing piano, guitar, bass, accordion and percussion.  Though the plot is slight, the fun is endless.  The engaging music, inventive lyrics, amusing characters and dialogue make this enjoyable for all.

Musical numbers include Highway 57, Serve Yourself, Fisherman’s Prayer, Catfish, Mamaw, Drinkin’ Shoes, T.N. D. P. W. A. M. Pips, Farmer Tan and Vacation.

The show was last produced by the Guild in 1990.

Original Production: Conceived and written by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann..

For the Guild: Direction and Choreography by Nina Denton Pasinetti; Musical Direction by Ron Neal.