Vienna Theatre Company Presents: Under a Cowboy Moon

Next date: Friday, October 17, 2025 | 08:00 PM to 10:30 PM

There ain’t much in Spitwhistle, TX, except some cowboys, some longnecks, and the Saddle Horn Bar. Needless to say, this West Texas town isn’t much of a tourist destination. Desperate to lure visitors to their dying town, the residents have organized an annual cowboy poetry contest, where cowboys can compete for the chance at winning $500 and “to be high-thought-of…for a change.” But when a TV crew from PBS arrives to film the contest as part of a documentary on cowboy poetry, the prospect of appearing on national TV and winning a $5,000 purse ups the stakes. The romance of the mythic West swirls around the barroom as young guns, old-timers, and even an English professor masquerading as a cowboy face off in a poetry showdown to determine who’s the best pen in the West.

Recommended for ages 12+.

Produced by special arrangement with Big Dog/Norman Maine Publishing LLC, Rapid City, SD.

Tickets:

All tickets are $16. Tickets for this play go on sale on Aug. 11 and can be purchased in advance via WebTrac, at the Vienna Community Center, and at the door before showtime, if still available.

Ticket sales are non-refundable. No ticket transfers.