mERCEDESmccnmBRID6E IN The Desk Set mERCEDESmccRmBRID6E marvmoodv northen Theatre With her first film performance in "All the King's Men," Mercedes McCambridge march12-24, 1974 launched her motion picture career by winning an Academy Award . Previously, Orson Welles had dubbed her "the world's greatest radio actress ." In theater, she had suffered her share ST.EDWARD'S UnlUERSITY of flops but was rewarded by a most successful season in the demanding role of Martha in '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" on Broadway. She recently recreated that role for Houston audiences. DepartmentofFine and Performing Arts For her widely-acclaimed role in "The Exorcist" as the voice of the D emon, Miss McCam PRESENTS bridge disciplined herself to think evil, imagining Lucifer and the agony of a lost soul to produce the devilish sounds which magnify the movie's horror. She was bound with a sheet at one point in the production to convey effectively the wails of the devil. For the soundtrack of one scene, she swallowed 18 raw eggs with a pulpy appl e. mERCEDESmccnmBRID6E Miss McCambridge delighted Au stin audiences in the title role of the St. Edward's Uni IN versity produ ction, "The Madwoman of Chaillot," during the summer of 1973 before joining the compa ny which produced "The Exorcist. " She travels some 70,000 miles a year and has appeared in theaters and auditoriums in nearly every state . She performs in recital on the univer sity circuit and maintains that this activity is her "favorite thing ." The Desk Set A long-time close associate of Orson Well es'. she recently was in the Southwe st to film his latest feature , "Other Side of the Wind ." In television , she has made guest appearances BY on all of the top-ranking shows and has completed several feature length films for TV , in cludi ng "Like a Crow on a Junebug, " shot in the swamplands of Georgia . Williammarchant In addition to her stage career , she is a member of the advisory board of the Nati onal Staged by Institute on Alcoholi sm and D rug Abuse in the D epartment of Health , Education and Welfar e. She formerly served as honorary chairman of the Nati onal Council on Alcoholi sm and was EDWARD MANGUM presented the 1972 Gold Key Award . She has been cited by Presid ent and Mrs . Nixon , by Setting Designed Lighting Designed by governors and mayors through out the country , and by a Senate committee . by JAMES KEANE JOHN WHITE Miss McCambridge, wh o was born on St. Patrick's D ay, is fiercely proud of her Illin ois heritage . She attended Mundel ein College in Chicago as a scholarship student and graduated CAST wit h honors . An hono rary D octor of Fine Art s degree was bestowed on the actress by St. Edward 's University at an academic convocation held in Mary Moody North en Th eatre Thur s ( in order of appearance) day morning , March 7. She holds another honora ry doctora te from a Minn esota university. Peg Costello ...... Jann Jackson Sadel Meyer ...... Janelle Glickman She published the book , "The Two of Us, " in London and holds two Foreign Corre s Ruthie Saylor ...... Teri Gaus pondent Awards , an Associated P ress Award , the Look Award and the Photoplay Award, as Richard Sumner ...... George Phelps well as an Academy Award nomin ation for "Giant." Last spring she was an artist-i n-residence Bunny Watson ...... MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE at Catholic University in Washingt on, D .C. She is a member of the board of direct ors of the Abe Cutler ...... Charlie Collins Screen Actor s Guild and has been honord three times for her work for the City of H ope, Mr. Bennet ...... William Creamer and by the National Hemophiliac Foundation . Kenny ...... Mark Jantzen Imogene Imboden ...... Corrine Davis Her son, John Lawrence Markle , holds a Ph .D . degree in Fin ance from the University of Elsa ...... Debbie Hime California at Los Angeles. Miss Warriner ...... Ruth Straw Miss Ferris ...... Carol Blodgett Cleaning Woman ...... Diane Carter Party Guests ...... Barbara Kent, Johnny Lopez , Cyndie Lovato, Candace Pope , Lynn duFresne , With the production of "T he Desk Set," Mar y Moody Northen Th eatre is cele John White, Joe Jeff Goldblatt, James Keane brating it s second anniversary. Since the theatre opened March 12, 1972, with William Stand-in for Miss Mccambridge ...... Anne Bleich Shatner in the Don Petersen play, "Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie?," eight other prom inent actors have been featured in Edward Mangum's theatre program. They were THE SETTING Pern ell Roberts, Carl Bet z, Jul ie Adams, Jona than H arris, Frank Sutton, Peter Breck, The Re ference Department on the twelfth floor of the International Pat O'Brien, and Mercedes McCambridge, who is appearing for the secon d time at Broadcasting Corporation office building in midtown Manhattan . the theatre. All have performed with a supporting cast of St. Edward's students and ACTI Austin actors . Ther e have also been severa l all-student productions. A morning in early December ------+ ACT 11 Scene 1. The day before Christmas , midday Scene 2. Three hours later Miss McCambridge is appearing at "The Desk Set" is produced by special Mary Moody Northen Theatre through arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., ACT Ill the courtesy of Actors' Equity Asso New York City. A day in mid-January, shortly before noon ciation . Th e re will be two 12 -minute intermissions . DEPARTMENT STAFF Managing Director ...... Edward Mangu m Associate D ir ector ...... Dr . Joseph Kaough T ech nic a l D ir ector ...... J ames Kean e Th eat re Busin es s M an a ge r ...... T e ri Ga u s Production Ma n ag e r ...... Joe Jeff Goldblatt
PRODUCT ION STAF F Stage Manage r ...... James Ke an e A ssi stant Stage Man ag er ...... D ian e C arter Ass ista nt to t he D ire ctor ..... Joe Jeff Go ldb latt
PRODUCTION CREWS
CONSTRUCTION PROPERTIES William Creame r, Maste r Carpenter Joe Jeff Goldb latt Rianna Erker Rianna Erker Casey O' Hara Casey O'Hara Wild Bill Mock Sylv ia Vasque z SOUND Candace Pope Johnny Lopez , Techn ician Johnny Lopez Mike York LIGHTING John White HOUSE and BOX OFFICE Summer Wats on Teri Gaus , Box Office Manager Diane Wainwr ight Joe Jeff Goldblatt , House Manager Colleen Kennedy Diane Carter Marsha Bigham Diane Wainwr ight Mark Jantzen Summer Watson Derley Ramirez
COSTUMES Sylv ia Vasquez Jann Jackson
Office Furnishings Provided By Abel Stationers Set Pieces and Stage Properties Loaned By Jett ' s Radio and Television Cliff Fort Flowers Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Bonwit -Teller of New York Agudas Ach im Synagogue Music .Repair Service Leonard Woosley Capitol Camera Inc. K-Mart Department Store Hill Sign Company The Swiss Colony
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