"The Dork Meets Paul" was produced directly on the heels of "7 Brides for 7 Brothers."  In fact, much of the 7-Brides set was used for the play and transported to the Gunport Theater inside the walls of the Old Prison Museum which would become the Cutler Brother's home for the next 5 seasons.  "The Dork Meets Paul" was Kelly's 4th original play and brought together two characters from "The Dork" (the Dork) and "3-Dollar Bill" (Paul Burlesque) to have a hay day with straight man Marc Mahoney.  

Kelly, Patrick, and Mahoney approached the Old Prison Museum with the idea of producing the show on the stage.  The three promptly rebuilt the old stage, cleaned up an inch of dust as the place hadn't been used in 4+ years, and acquired some lights from a Warner Bros. ex-lighting exec named Bob Allen who lived in Deer Lodge at the time.  The lighting board looked like an atom bomb and was attached to the prison fencing for a lighting manager to control.  ...problably not the safest thing at the time.  

"The Dork Meets Paul" was in fact the FIRST OFFICIAL Cutler Bros. Production in history that wasn't a "Comedy Night."  The attendance has been lost on this show but legend has it the show saw 450+ people starting the whirlwind of Cutler Bros.' home being at the prison through 2008.  Side note - Kelly, Patrick, and Mahoney pitched the idea of "Comedy Night" to the Prison board in 2003 for $3 a ticket but the board shut it down because the skits were too "raunchy."  So instead we produced the first 3 "Comedy Nights" at the Rialto Theater with hosts Wolfie Winter, Theresa Hunt, and Jules Waber.  Mike Japenga hosted the 4th "Comedy Night" right after the 2004 summer production of "The Dork Meets Paul," making it the 1st "Comedy Night" to be produced at the Gunport Theater.