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Pendragon shows popular ice fishing musical online

Brendan Gotham, left, and Lucky Cerruti perform in “Guys on Ice” at Pendragon Theatre in 2017. (Provided photo — Burdette Parks)

SARANAC LAKE — As part of Pendragon Theatre’s “germ-free season,” it will stream an archival recording of its 2017 sell-out production of “Guys on Ice” online.

A link to watch the ice fishing musical, written by Fred Alley and James Kaplan, will be available as of 7 p.m. Thursday on the theater’s website and Facebook page, and will be available to stream for 10 days through May 24.

“Guys on Ice,” loaded with North Country humor, played to packed houses at Pendragon during Winter Carnival 2017 and 2019.

Marvin, Lloyd and the aptly named beer and bait “borrower” Ernie the Moocher sit in Marvin’s shanty out on a frozen lake, fishing through a hole in the ice and waiting for the perch to bite and for a local TV show host to come and interview them. They drink beer, discuss women and sports, swap bad jokes and drink more beer. To them, the ice offers the sanctuary of a church and escape from the neighborhood bar — a place where life’s complicated problems find resolution in the simplest of ways.

Lucky Cerruti, Brendan Gotham and Christopher Leifheit play the three fishing buddies who sing and dance, delivering songs like “Ode to a Snowmobile Suit” (“From the top of your hat to the tip of your boot, when it’s 30 below, there’s no substitute for the comfort and warmth of your snowmobile suit”), “On Thin Ice” and “There’s 12 Beers in a 12 Pack.” Kimberley Bouchard, Pendragon’s artistic director, directed the show.

The link to view “Guys on Ice,” as well as other Pendragon streaming content such as puppet workshops with Matt Sorensen and the winning plays of the 2020 Young Playwrights Contest, can be found at www.pendragontheatre.org.

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