Oakland Community Theater Presents

Our 2026 Production:

“Choo-Choo Chicanery” 

A Play by John Burkhart & Bette Keehley

FridayS & SaturdayS
JUNE 19, 20, 26, & 27
7:00 PM

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SUNDAYS

June 21 & 28
2:00PM

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In Oakland City Park, located at SE 2nd St and SE Maple St
(behind Stearns Hardware)

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Bring a chair &/or blanket! 

Please, no dogs. We don’t like the competition.

Cold refreshments and hot buttered popcorn at every performance for purchase!

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Boo…Hiss…Cheer…Ahhhh…
Share the gamut of emotions with our characters and the audience.

Location:
Dining Car aboard the Umpqua Valley Railroad on a trip from Eugene City to Oakland in 1885.

Plot:
Barton Balderdash is attempting to gain control of the Umpqua Valley Railroad by sabotaging their passenger trains which results in drastically increasing their insurance rates. 

His dirty work consists of cutting the brake line on one of the passenger dining cars, which in turn causes the entire train to lose brake pressure. 

While riding the train to Oakland, Oregon, he meets Ted Trustworthy, a railroad detective assigned to investigate the sabotage and bring the perpetrator to justice.

 When Ted starts his search for the criminal, he encounters Modesty Faithful, enterprising owner of a food catering service. Modesty is eager to obtain a contract to provide meals for passengers on the Umpqua Valley Railroad. Both Ted and Balderdash are smitten by her beauty and compete for her hand. 

Also, Tizzy Ditherspoon is on board the train fulfilling her duties as Balderdash’s long-suffering secretary. 

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Can Tom stop Balderdash from succeeding in his evil scheme? Will Modesty find true love on her journey? And is Tizzy really who she says she is? 

Watch Choo-Choo Chicanery and find out!