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The Importance Of Being Earnest (1975), Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1975 Summer Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. It's the story of two bachelors, John 'Jack' Worthing and Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. www.importanceofbeingearnest.co.uk/synopsis/

You Can't Take It With You Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Friar's Cell

You Can't Take it With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

May 6-11, 1975, 8PM

Director, Eric Bond, O.P.

Stage Manager, Debra Colozzi

Asst. Stage Manager, Oke Lundin

House Manager, Cathy Gatens

Voice Coach, L.R. Slavin

Cast: Penelope Sycamore - Christine Mahoney, Essie - Tracy Quirk, Rheba - Deirdre Kelly, Paul Sycamore - William Hardman, Mr. DePinna - Domenico Diglio, Ed - Robert Perry, Donald - James Greeley, Martin Vanderhof - Peter Thomson, Alice - Susan Drinan, Henderson - Kevin Fortin, Tony …

Alice In Wonderland

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1975 performance of Alice in Wonderland adapted by Chamber Theatre from Lewis Carroll’s work of the same name.

Alice in Wonderland follows the fantastical and sometimes absurd adventures of a girl named Alice, who follows a White Rabbit and tumbles into a magical world called Wonderland.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1974-1975 Season

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1975 performance of The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail focuses on the life of Henry David Thoreau as he recounts his life during a night spent in prison for refusing to pay a Poll Tax.

The Scandal In St. Florence Valley, Kansas State College Of Pittsburg

Communication and Theater Programs

No abstract provided.

The Fantasticks Playbill, Dea Antonelli, Deirdre Kelly, John O'Hurley, Arthur Dicaprio

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Friar's Cell

The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt

Tuesday, February 18 - Sunday, February 23, 1975

Director, R.L. Pelkington, O.P.

Musical Director, R.R. Haller, O.P.

Stage Manager, Nina Cowell

House Manager, Mary Alexis Howard

Choreographer, L.R. Slavin

Cast: The Mute - Patricia McDonald, The Narrator - Peter Thomson, The Girl - Christine Mahoney, The Boy - John O'Hurley, The Girl's Father - Joseph Coughlin, The Boy's Father - Nicholas Walker, The Old Actor - Kevin Fortin, The Man Who Dies - Thomas Federico

The Fantasticks Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Fantasticks

February 18-23, 1975, 8PM, Sat. & Sun. 2:30PM

Campus Lights 1975, Murray State University

Campus Lights

No abstract provided.

Scapin, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1974-1975 Season

Scapin constantly lies and tricks people to get ahead. He is an arrogant, pompous man who acts as if nothing were impossible for him. However, he is also a diplomatic genius. He manages to play the other characters off of each other very easily, and yet manages to keep his overall goal — to help the young couples — in sight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapin_the_Schemer

The Fantasticks Casting And Production Sheet, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

No abstract provided.

The Fantasticks Auditions Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Friar's Cell

The Fantasticks Auditions Poster

Wednesday & Thursday, January 15 & 16, 1975, 7:30PM

The Fantasticks Rehearsal Schedule, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

No abstract provided.

Ua68/1/2/2 Fine Arts Festival, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Fine Arts Festival brochure listing events for the 1975-76 school year. Includes information about Eugene Fodor, the New Shakespeare Company, the Multigravitational Experiment Group, Emlyn Williams, the Prague Madrigal Antigua, the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the City Center Acting Company and Garrick Ohlsson. It also gives a list of exhibitions, films and theatrical productions to be presented through the year.

The American Dream

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Theatre 25 Fall 1974 performance of The American Dream by Edward Albee.

The Emperor’S Daughters

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Theatre 25 Fall 1974 performance of The Emperor’s Daughters by Cena Christopher Draper.

Antigone Poster, Fr. Cunningham, O.P., Deirdre Kelly, Allan Ryan, Mary Lou Tiederman, Mary Harrington

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Friar's Cell

Antigone by Jean Anouilh

December 3-8, 1974

8:00PM

Antigone Playbill, Fr. Cunningham, O.P., Deirdre Kelly, Allan Ryan, Mary Lou Tiederman, Mary Harrington

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Friar's Cell

Antigone by Jean Anouilh

December 3-8, 1974

Director, Theatre Arts Program, R.L. Pelkington, O.P.

Director, Lynn Rae Slavin

Assistant to the Director/Stage Manager, Debbi Colozzi

Assistant Stage Manager, Alez Tavares

Cast: Chorus - Christopher Donohue, Creon - Peter Thomson, Antigone - Candace Cummings, Ismene - Christine Mahoney, Nurse - Nina Cowell, Waemon - John O'Hurley, First Guard - Bob Murphy Phillips, Second Guard - James Belkin, Third Guard - Robert Perry, Ressenger - Michael Lyons, Page - Denise Levesque, Eurydice - Patricia McDonald

The Wizard Of Oz, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1974-1975 Season

No abstract provided.

The Trojan Women

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1974 performance of The Trojan Women by Euripides.

The Trojan Women tells the story of the fates of four women after the fall of the city of Troy.

Count Dracula, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1974-1975 Season

This is a witty version of the story of a suave vampire whose passion is sinking teeth into the throats of young women. There are many surprising but uncomplicated stage effects including mysterious disappearances, secret panels, howling wolves and bats that fly over the audience. Magically, Dracula vanishes in full view of the spectators.

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2218/count-dracula

Five Medieval Plays Open Audition Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Friar's Cell

Five Medieval Plays Open Audition poster

Wednesday & Thursday, September 11 + 12, 1974

7:15PM

Summer Theatre '74, Kansas State College Of Pittsburg

Communication and Theater Programs

No abstract provided.

Present Laughter, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1974 Summer Theatre

Present Laughter follows a few days in the life of the successful and self-obsessed light comedy actor Garry Essendine as he prepares to travel for a touring commitment in Africa. Amid a series of events bordering on farce, Garry has to deal with women who want to seduce him, placate both his long-suffering secretary and his estranged wife, cope with a crazed young playwright, and overcome his impending mid-life crisis, since he has recently turned forty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_Laughter

Kiss Me Kate, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1973-1974 Season

Kiss Me, Kate is a musical that involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate

American Primitive

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1974 performance of American Primitive by William Gibson.

American Primitive is constructed from the correspondence of John and Abigail Adams and tells their story during the period of the American Revolution.

The Glass Menagerie

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1974 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.

Three Men On A Horse, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1973-1974 Season

Three Men on a Horse is a play about a man who discovers he has a talent for choosing the winning horse in a race as long as he never places a bet himself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_on_a_Horse

Campus Lights 1974, Murray State University

Campus Lights

No abstract provided.

Six Characters In Search Of An Author, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1973-1974 Season

Tonight's production is Pirandello's play about six characters who were created by an author, but left incomplete. They now intrude upon a theatre rehearsal demanding that they be given life. At first, the troupe of players share their Director's view that they are mad. But as the pathetic dilemma of this wayward, disturbing family is unfolded, their reality imposes itself and commands consideration. Are they "real"? What is "real"? Is a person's role his identity? Eventually the Director and his company, you and I, are made to question some of our previously assumed certainties...