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Act 1

A small country combo of musicians opens the show, with the band leader telling a bit of the history of the beloved “Chicken Ranch� brothel and how it gots its name during the Depression, when local men were a bit short on the $3.00 fee and ultimately were allowed by the madam, Miss Wulla Jean, to barter for services with poultry (“Twenty Fans�). The scene evolves from the 1930s to the present day of the show--1973--where Miss Mona has since inherited the business. Two newcomers arrive at the Ranch looking for work, one is a city streetwalker and the other a naive farm girl. Mona and her working girls acquaint the new arrivals to the rules of the house (“A Lil� Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place�), and once the newly named Angel and Shy agree to the rules, they are hired on a trial basis. While Angel is prepared to get started right away, Shy needs a bit of a makeover so Mona and the others encourage her to embrace that she has taken charge of her own life and help uncover her