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Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1961, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1961 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Bus Stop
• The Curious Savage

Inherit The Wind, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1960-1961 Season

Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes' conviction for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to a high school science class, contrary to a Tennessee state law.

Program For The Stage Production Mr. Barry's Etchings, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This eleven-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Mr. Barry's Etchings, held May 12 and 13, 1961 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

J.B.

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1961 performance of J.B. by Archibald MacLeish.

J.B. is a retelling of the Biblical story of Job by two old circus performers by the name of Zuss and Nickles (Zeus and Satan), who make a wager and play out Job’s story in modern America where Job is a millionaire named J.B..

This was part of the 1961 Fine Arts Festival and performed in Maytag Auditorium.

Ua68/17/2 Dark Of The Moon, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Dark of the Moon.

The Bald Soprano, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1960-1961 Season

The Smiths are a traditional couple from London who have invited another couple, the Martins, over for a visit. They are joined later by the Smiths' maid, Mary, and the local fire chief, who is also Mary's lover. The two families engage in meaningless banter, telling stories and relating nonsensical poems. At one point, Mrs. Martin converses with her husband as if he were a stranger she just met. As the fire chief turns to leave, he mentions "the bald soprano" in passing, which has a very unsettling effect on the others. Mrs. Smith replies that "she always styles her …

The Glass Menagerie, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1960-1961 Season

The Glass Menagerie opened in New York City at the Playhouse Theatre on March 31, 1945, and closed after 563 performances.

Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams was born in 1914 in Columbus, Mississippi, the son of a traveling shoe salesman and an Episcopal clergyman's daughter. At the age of 13 his family moved to St. Louis and it was here that his sister Rose began a collection of glass animals. After failing out of the University of Missouri, he attended the State University of Iowa, studying play writing under E.C.Mabie. During the early 1940's he wrote many one act plays. The …

The Glass Menagerie

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1961 performance of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play narrated and led by a young man named Tom, who recounts life with his mother Amanda and sister Laura. The play has strong autobiographical elements of the playwright Tennessee and his experience growing up with his mother and sister.

Ua68/17/2 The Male Animal, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Male Animal.

1961-1962 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1960-1961, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1960-1961 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities as well as clippings for the Debate Team and Bowling Green Community Players.

• Oklahoma, 1960
• Our Town, 1960
• The Male Animal, 1961
• Dark of the Moon, 1961
• Homecoming, 1961
• Voice in the Dark, 1961

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1960-1961, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1960-1961 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Oklahoma, 1960
• Our Town, 1960
• The Male Animal, 1961
• Dark of the Moon, 1961
• Voice in the Dark, 1961

Ua68/17/2 Winterset, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program from the WKU Western Players' production of Winterset.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1960-1961, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of summer theatrical productions from 1960-1961 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding outdoor theater productions in Kentucky, events on campus and group activities.

• The Larger World, 1960
• Way Out, 1960
• Giants Lie Sleeping, 1961
• Night Must Fall, 1961
• The Importance of Being Earnest, 1961
• Our Town, 1961
• Bus Stop, 1961
• The Curious Savage, 1961

The Epic Theater Of Bertolt Brecht, Robert Julien Lacampagne

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A completely new idea in any field of artistic endeavor is a rare phenomenon and is, in most instances, worthy of study. Bertolt Brecht, in his theories, writings, and productions, has given the world a theater that is the antithesis of present-day theatrical aims and ideals. It is to the study of this new form of theater that this thesis is devoted.

Program For The Stage Production Dark Victory, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Dark Victory, held December 9 and 10, 1960 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and a local advertisement.

The Gazebo, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1960-1961 Season

The Gazebo is an upbeat play by Alec Coppel. Elliott Nash, a television playwright is married to Nell, a successful Broadway thespian. Nell had an ignominious moment in her past when she posed for some photos best left in obscurity and now Elliott is being blackmailed by the owner of the photos. Elliot's solution is to carry out a carefully executed murder and then bury the body underneath a gazebo being constructed in the backyard. Although the dastardly deed goes off without a hitch, the body of the blackmailer turns up elsewhere, leaving Elliott to track down who it was …

An Evening With Benet

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1960 performance of An Evening with Benet, arranged by Gladys Greathouse.

An Evening with Benet is a reader’s theater featuring the writings of Stephen Vincent Benet, including, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller, A Child is Born, and The Devil and Daniel Webster.

The Matchmaker

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1960 performance of The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder.

Before the world fell in love with Hello, Dolly!, Thornton Wilder’s uproarious play The Matchmaker introduced Ms. Dolly Gallagher Levi: a cunning, crafty, and thoroughly modern woman who knows a good catch when she sees one. When the wealthy Horace Vandergelder hires matchmaker Ms. Levi to find him a wife, Dolly doesn't need to look far to find his perfect mate. While Dolly is “arranging things” for Mr. Vandergelder, the young, hopeless romantics of Yonkers reap the rewards of Dolly’s generosity.

Ua68/17/2 Oklahoma!, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of Oklahoma!

Teahouse Of The August Moon, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1960-1961 Season

In the aftermath of World War II, the island of Okinawa was occupied by the American military. Captain Fisby, a young army officer, is transferred to a tiny Okinawa island town called Tobiki by his commanding officer, Colonel Purdy. Fisby is tasked with the job of implementing "Plan B". The plan calls for teaching the natives all things American and the first step for Capt. Fisby is to establish a democratically elected mayor, chief of agriculture, chief of police, and president of the Ladies League for Democratic Action. Plan "B" also calls for the building of a schoolhouse (Pentagon shaped), …

Redhead, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

Carousel, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

West Side Story, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

Li'l Abner, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

Pal Joey, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

South Pacific, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

4th Season, Little Theatre On The Square

1960 Programs

No abstract provided.

Ten Nights In A Barroom, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1959-1960 Season

In the course of which play such alternate scenes of joy and misery, hope and despair, will be portrayed as cannot fail to rivet the attention of the spectator and excite the warmest sympathies of the suffering so patiently endured. The author has put his inventions to rack and every power of his imagination to full flight to embody such characters never yet essayed in any drama.

The fine and appropriate sceneries of beautiful hues and rich tints in one general and grand effect and bringing into request the complete machineries of this elaborately constructed stage and executed by eminent …