From the 2001Actors Theatre of Louisville production of FLAMING GUNS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. Mark Mineart as Black Dog.

Review of Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, March10, 2001

Article by Judith Egerton

Martin's comedy hits mark with funny dialogue and cast

"Jane Martin's new comedy opened last night and spurred the Humana Festival of New American Plays into full gallop. "Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage," the third play in this year's festival, borrows a heap of corniness from B-movie Westerns and mixes in a few pieces (and we really do mean bits and pieces) of horror in this hilarious, rip-snortin' and effusively bloody two-act.... Martin's funny dialogue rolls off the stage like bouncing tumbleweeds as the cast hits all the comic beats under the direction of Jon Jory, former producing director of Actors Theatre and the person believed to be the pseudonymous playwright Martin...Mark Mineart, whose part is mostly physical, is wonderful as the growling Black Dog."

Review of Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage

From the Louisville Eccentric Observer, March 14, 2001

Article by Rick Mattingly

"...When the Ukrainian biker Black Dog (Mark Mineart), who is pursuing Shedevil, bursts into Big 8's kitchen, bullets and blood start flying. From this point, the play becomes a whole-hog riot of slapstick, satire and black humor. .... This is all for laughs, and there are plenty of them."