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The Unknown Citizen Program, University Of Maine Gorham-Portland

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written and Directed by JS/07/M/378 with assistance from

William Stieg
Terrance McNally
Jules Feiffer
Walter Stump
Antonio Del Pollaiuolo

Performed by the Treehouse Players

Dark Of The Moon Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Howard Richard and William Berney

An Evening Of One Act Plays: Sane, The Apes Shall Inherit The Earth, Wax Museum, And Interview Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

SAND

Written by Murray Mednick
Directed by Thomas A. Power

THE APES SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

Written by Warner Aperstrom
Directed by Thomas A. Power

WAX MUSEUM

Written by John Hawkes
Directed by Thomas A. Power

INTERVIEW

Written by Jean Claude van Itallie
Directed by William P. Steele

Ethan Frome Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Owen Davis and Donal Davis

Suggested by a dramatization by Lowell Barrington

Directed by William Steele

The Beggar's Opera Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by John Gay

Directed by Walter Stump

Presented by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

On January 29, 1728, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera opened in London at Lincoln Inn Fields marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. The ballad opera construction utilized by Gay, was the culmination of a new theatre genre which had begun with the Italian Opera Buffa and later was refined. into the French Opera Comique. In addition to the Italian tradition of satirizing serious opera, Gay combined the French comedies-en-vaudville concept of using popular folk tunes in the musical score. …

Carnival Program [1971], University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Michael Stewart

Directed by Minor Rootes

Performed by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

Welcome to CARNIVAL, the final main stage production of our 1970-1971 season. This delightful little musical by Michael Stewart and Bob Merrill was originally based on the movie "Lili," which starred Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrar. CARNIVAL is a study of youth, of feeling, of wanting, of sensuousness. It blends the nostalgia of childhood past with the immediacy of young people in love.

Tonight's production of CARNIVAL marks the starting point of a tour which will carry the Treehouse Players 9,000 miles to four …

The Victors Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Jean-Paul Sartre

Directed by Thomas A. Power

The action takes place in 1940 -- in an abandoned building used as a prison and police headquarters in occupied France.

Mandragola Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli

Translated by J. R. Hale

Directed by William P. Steele

A Study In Style: Short Plays By Pinter And Carlino Program [1968], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

The Dirty Old Man

Written by Lewis John Carlino
Directed by Thomas A. Power
The wisdom of age is often overpowered by the haste of youth. Occasionally age touches youth, but never as often or as well as we wish. Carlino shows us the awkwardness, the tenderness, and the pain that result from an old man and a young. girl attempting to bridge the gap. THE DIRTY OLD MAN was originally produced off Broadway in tandem with SARAH AND THE SAX under the omnibus title DOUBLETALK.

Review Sketches

Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by William P. Steele
These short plays …

Benito Cereno Program [1968], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Robert Lowell

Directed by David Wheeler

Performed by the Theatre Company of Boston

From the program:

AN HISTORICAL INCIDENT, first reported in Delano's Voyages and Travels, published in Boston in 1817, caught the imagination of Herman Melville some 40 years later. Melville, whose now famous novel, Moby Dick, had been a critical failure when it was first published in 1851, had turned to the writing of short stories. He used Delano's account as the basis of a short story which was published by Putnam's Magazine under the title of Benito Cereno.

MELVILLE'S STORY stirred brief interest, but then …

An Evening With Edward Albee Program [1967], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Undated, estimated to be c. 1967

From the program:

The Art Theatre of the University of Maine in Portland, proudly presents three contemporary one-act plays by Edward Albee.

FAM AND YAM
Directed by Thomas A. Power
Fam and Yam is an imaginary interview. It is a short but eloquent example of the biting wit and incisive satire of this brilliant young American playwright.

THE AMERICAN DREAM
Directed by William P. Steele
Time: The Present
Place: A typical upper middle class American home

THE SANDBOX
Directed by Thomas A. Power
In this play Mr. Albee crosses the boundaries between life and …

A Slight Ache And Play Program [1967], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Two One-Act Plays Directed by David Wheeler

A Slight Ache written by Harold Pinter
A comedy of menace at a country house during a summer morning, noon, and afternoon.

Play written by Samuel Beckett
Buried up to their necks in three burial urns, a husband, his wife, and his mistress speak about their lives from the world of the dead.

Performed by the Theatre Company of Boston

Waiting For Godot Program [1966], Theatre Company Of Boston

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Samuel Beckett

Directed by David Wheeler

From the program:

WAITING FOR GODOT is the most famous of all the plays Beckett has written. It was first staged in Paris where it ran over three hundred performances. Translated into English by Beckett, it has subsequently been translated into innumerable languages, including Japanese, Swedish and Yugoslavian. No other play has had so great an impact on the modern theatre.

The Waltz Of The Toreadors: A Comedy In Three Acts Program [1965], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Jean Anouilh

Directed by Donald C. Spencer

The Visit: A Tragedy Program [1965], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Friedrich Duerrenmatt

Directed by Donald C. Spencer

Undated, estimated to be c. 1965

The Glass Menagerie Program [1962], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Tennessee Williams

Directed by Dr. Donald C. Spencer

From the program:

This play, Tennessee Williams' first commercial success, made its appearance in New York in 1945 with Laurette Taylor as Amanda, Julie Haydon as Laura, and producer Eddie Dowling as Tom. It was a notable success and won the Drama Critics Circle Award. Since then THE GLASS MENAGERIE has been a staple in the college and community theatre repertoire. In the catalogue of Williams' dramas this play stands as a refreshing and useful contrast with the more recent output which tends to capitalize on the often rather bizarre …

The Littlest Angel And Amahl And The Night Visitors Program [1958], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell with Miss Elizabeth Sawyer as Narrator

Ahmal and the Night Visitors by Gian-Carlo Menotti

Presented by the Student Chapter of Music Educators National Conference.

The Medium And Sunday Excursion Program [1958], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

The Medium, Words and Music by Gian-Carlo Menetti

Sunday Excursion, Music by Alec Wilder

Staged and Directed by Ralph Chambers

Musical Direction by Gerard Chamberland

Presented by Archons in association with the Student Chapter of Music Educators National Conference.

57 Varieties Program [1957], Portland Junior College, Westbrook Junior College, Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Combined Colleges Variety Show

Directors

Mary Jane Proach ... Westbrook Junior College

Leslie LaFond ... Gorham State Teachers College

James Transuc ... Portland Junior College

Harold's Club Program [1953], The Longhair Club

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Directions Courtesy of the Longhair Club

President : Robert Olesen

Vice-President : Joseph Bisson

Secretary : Walter Brown

Treasurer : Robert Gelinas

Rebecca: A Three Act Play Program [1950], Portland Junior College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Daphne DuMaurier

Directed by Mr. Carl French

Home For Christmas: A One Act Play Program [1950], Portland Junior College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written and Directed by Carl G. French

Produced by Paul Leighton

Undated, estimated to be c. 1950

Love Rides The Rails Or Will The Mail Train Run To-Nite? : A Melodrama In Three Acts Program [1950], Portland Junior College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Morland Carey

Directed by Arnold Kuvent

Undated, estimated to be c. 1950

Briar Rose: An Opera Fantasy And Prologue In Three Acts Program [1940], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Directed by Miriam Eunice Andrews

The Servant In The House Program [1939], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Charles Rann Kennedy

From the program:

A modern comedy in which the central figure is called by critics a reincarnation of the Christ- a man of mystery, clad in oriental robes, who reads the thoughts of those about him, whose vision extends beyond the walls of the home in which he elects "to serve as a butler.

After Wimpole Street Program [1937], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Wilbur Braun

Directed by Chester H. Sloat

The entire action of the play takes place in the library of the Brownings' villa, Casa Guidi, in Florence, Italy, in the year 1847.

The Howling Dog: A Three-Act Mystery Play Program [1937], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Claudia Harris

Directed by Chester E. Sloat

A!l action occurs deep in the Adirondacks in the lodge of a large estate left by the will of her great uncle to Dorothy Goodwin on the condition she live in it for six months.

Ingomar The Barbarian Program [1936], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Adapted by Maria Lovell from Frederick Hahn's "Der Sohn der Wildniss"

The Gifts Pageant : Bicentennial Celebration, Gorham, Maine Program [1936], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Directed by Dorothy Flint, Miram Andrews, Mary Carswell, and Ethyl H. Boothby

The Lamp And The Bell: Drama In Five Acts Program [1935], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Directed by Chester H. Sloat

The Story of "The Lamp and the Bell" is the love of Bianca and Beatrice, more familiarly known as Snow-White and Rose Red. Bianca feels such love for her sister that she says,"You are a burning lamp to me, a flame That cannot blow out, and I shall hold you High in my hand against whatever darkness."To this Beatrice replies, "You are to me a silver bell in a tower; And when it rings I know I am near home."

Their love is so great …