My Fair Lady (1973 Program)

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at Scholar Works at Harding. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theatre Programs and Posters by an authorized administrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Mike Adams Mark Fitzgerald Barbara Myslivecek Donnette Alexander Jerry Galloway* Joquita Nix Cindy A Isabrook Lawrenct: Gilmore Cecilia Osbirn Caleb Austin* Eugene Goudeau Susan Prescott* Belinda Bailey Terri Hallford Billy Pullen Karen Bates Mary Hare Margaret R ubarts* Sharon Brazell* Marilyn Harris* David Rumn Kerry Brown Lou Ell en Head Nancy Sch reiber Daniel Jay Caldwell Lowry Hershey Kris Siem Kathy Caldwell** Jo Johnson Jo Stafford Lois Carral Jerry Lt:wis Jan Stewart Robb Carter Noah Lewis· Bonnie Tucker** Jim Caudle Mike Lintz Donna UII11 Mary Chinworth Regina Little* Ann Ulrey Chris Clausen Vivian Loftin Helen West*" Yvonne Depass Eric Manlove* Mike Westerfield* Julie Dickerson Sherry McKissick Bob White Charlene Diett~ch** Robin Miller Stephanie White Tern Elliott Linda Mitchen Bob Williams Heather Ellis Beth Montgomery Patti Williams Camille Emison Becky Moore Paula Woods Pat Fielding Crystal Moore Jan Young Don Morris

President and Mrs. Clifton Ganus Mrs. Elizabeth Mason Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Pryor Dr. and Mrs. Richard Walker Ace Hardware Davis Furniture Parker Florists Art Department Music Department Science Department

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Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabrial Pascal's motion picture " PYGMALION"

Original Production Book and Lyrics by Directed by Music by ALAN JAY LERNER MOSS HART FREDERICK LOEWE

Director Musical Director Technical Director ROBERT E. WEST** JEFF HOPPER MORRIS R. ELLIS**

Set Design Assistant Technical Director Robert E. West** Richard A. Clark**

Lighting Design Assistant Director Morris R. Ellis** Sharon Brazel1*

Costume Design Stage Manager Leigh Ellis * * Teresa Wolf*

Choreography Assistance Business Manager Peggy Bunting and Mafia Alvarez Richard A. Clark**

The Harding Production of MY FAIR LADY is by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark, Music Library, Inc., 757 Third Ave. New York, N. Y.

*Campus Players **Alpha Psi Omega ROBERT E. WEST JEFF HOPPER MORRIS ELLIS Director Musical Director Set and Costume Designer For the fourth successive year. Robert E. A senior majoring in music education and Morris Ellis has served as technical West is director and general supervisor for piano, Jeffrey Hopper is serving as musical director for Hard ing theatre productions the Homecoming theatre presentation. director for "My Fair Lady" in his debut since joining the faculty in 1971. He also He has directed several major productions in a Homecoming musical presentation. worked in the summer of 1969 as student at Harding, including "Fiddler on the He is president of the A Cappella chorus technical assistant in the summer theatre Roof' and last year's Homecoming and was accompanist for the Belles and workshop. musical, "Man of La Mancha." Beaux last year. He serves as an announcer He completed a two-year graduate Other productions at Harding include for the KHCA campus radio staff and is program in speech and theatre at Stephen "Apple Tree," "The Enchanted," and the active in the Student Music Educators F. Austin UQiversity in Nacogdoches, "My Fair Lady," fourth in the succession of Harding's show out of it, called "My Fair Lady." Yet it is all historical "Becket." He staged the National Conference. Tex., receiving a graduate assistantship in dramatic opera "The Medium," and the A resident of Page, Arizona, he at technical theatre the second year. He was Homecoming Musicals, is in many respects a striking remarkably faithful to Shaw. Shaw's play has been kept comic opera "Gianni Schicchi." tended the University of Cincinnati before voted by his fellow students as "Out contrast to its predecessors. "The Apple Tree's" cast has nearly intact. and Lerner's witty lyrics sound The director worked in theatre during transferring to Harding three years ago. standing Dramatist." He designed sets for been multiplied seventeen times to populate "My Fair astonishingly like what the master himself might have his years as a student at Harding. He was He is married to the former Judy a children's production of "Robin Hood." Lady." Compare the poor Jewish rags worn in "Fiddler done if he had ever turned his mind to June, moon, spoon graduated summa cum laude with a Griffith of Thayer, Missouri, a graduate of He has designed sets and costumes for Bachelor of Science in mathematics and Harding who is currently teaching at the the productions of "Fiddler on the Roof' on the Roof' with the 150 costumes that will transform and tune. later earned an additional major in McRae Elementary School in Searcy. and "Man of La Mancha" and directed "My Fair Lady's" cast into everything from Cockney speech. He received the Master of Arts in "A Doll's House" in addition. street urchins to British nobility. Instead of the Spanish New York Times Magazine theatre from Abilene Christian College in He and his wife, Leigh. who is currently dungeons of "Man of La Mancha," prepare to see 18 In "My Fair Lady," Messrs. Lerner and Loewe have brought their 1970 and is currently working toward the attending Harding to complete a degree in different views of life in London - in a set that has doctorate at Florida State University. English, have a two-year old daughter. subtle blandishments not to an ivoried perfection, but to a playas Mrs. West is the former Helen Howard, Heather Rae. proven the greatest challenge yet to be mastered by quick, as pungent and 1 1 u.~hcd with blood as any this century has also a Harding graduate. Harding's technical crews. To all of this, add dialogue produced. and one. moreover. which en hrines the great dramatic image of II. purely personal relationship. For Shaw's "Pygmalion" is taken from George Bernard Shaw and music by Lerner surely nothing less; no single human relationship in modern drama . . and Loewe to arrive at perhaps the most exquisitely .lives in the mind with such zest and grittiness and ardent tenacity as dazzling three hours in the history of musical comedy. that ofthe willful Professor Higgins and the mucky guttersnipe fished Journey now through the streets of 1912 London with out of the trampled violents of Covent Garden. the shrewd, stubborn, boisterous Cockney waif who Richard Hayes determines to become a Lady - and finds herself "My Fair Lady" is, to be curt about it. a delight. Retaining all of crashing the loftiest pinnacles of British society. "Pygmalion'''s surface merits, all of Shaw's hardy perennial bloom, a Enjoy, enjoy! variety of craftsmen have added - with only trifling lapses and a slight disregard for length - a brightness, an ebullience, a festive mockery of their own. To adapt a critical remark of Shaw's own, those concerned In ancient times on Cyprus a king named Pygmalion fell have set Shaw to music and not merely set music to Shaw. in love with a statue. In modem times on Broadway two Time musical comedy writers named Alan Jay Lerner and During a brief attack of modesty which fooled no one, George Bernard Frederick Loewe fell in love with "Pygmalion." That is, Shaw referred to his first hit play, "Pygmalion," as "that potboiler I of course, with Bernard Shaw's 1912 version of the wrote for Mrs. Pat Campbell." Shaw should see that potboiler now. ancient legend. Shaw turned the king into an English Retitled "My Fair Lady," his Pygmalion-Galatea fable about a London professor, and the statue became a low Cockney flower professor of phonetics and an aitch-dropping girl from the Covent Garden flower market is the magical musical Broadway has been girl, whom the professor transfonned into an elegant waiting for all season. It is, in fact, one of the great musicals ofthe past lady. Loving "Pygmalion," Lerner and Loewe worked decade. Shaw's pervasively witty malice guides (everyone) toward their own transformation: they made a song-and-dance something that is very close to great theater. In Order of Appearance

The place is London, the time 1912. Buskers ...... '...... Phillip Jameson· Overture and Opening Scene ...... Orchestra Noah Lewis·, Minter M. Molello "Why Can't the English?" ...... Higgins Mrs. J;:ynsford-Hill ...... Regina Little· ACT I Scene One. Outsid6 the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Eliza Doolittle ...... Peggy Bunting "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" ...... '" ...... Eliza and Costermongers A cold March night. Freddy Eynsford-Hill ...... Eric Manlove· Scene Two. Tenement section, Tottenham Court Road. "With A Little Bit of Luck" ...... Doolittle, Harry, and Jamie Immediately following. Colonel Pickering ...... Billy Pullen "I'm An Ordinary Man" ...... Higgins Scene Three. Higgins' study. Bystanders ...... Lou Ellen Head The following morning. Jo Stafford "With A Little Bit of Luck" (Reprise) ...... Doolittle and Friends Scene Four. Tenement section, Tottenham Court Road. Henry Higgins ...... Glenn Greenville·. Three days later. "Just You Wait" ...... Eliza Scene Five. Higgins' study. Selsey Man ...... Chuck Starks Later that day. Hoxton Man ...... Jim Caudle "The Servants' Chorus" ...... Servants Scene Six. Near the race meeting, Ascot. A July afternoon. Costermongers ...... Terry Beck, Jim Caudle "The Rain in Spain" ...... Higgins, Eliza, and Pickering Mike Fowler, Jeff McLain Scene Seven. Inside a club tent, Ascot. "I Could Have Danced All Night" ...... Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and Maids Immediately following. Bartender ...... Mike Adams Scene Eight. Outside Higgins' house, Wimpole Street. Harry ...... ; ...... Tom Clifford "Ascot Gavotte" ...... Spectators atthe Race Later that afternoon Scene Nine. Higgins' study. Jamie ...... Tom Gates "On the Street Where You Live" ...... Freddy Six weeks later. Alfred P. Doolittle ...... David Campbell· Scene Ten. The promenade of the Embassy. "The Embasy Waltz" ...... Orchestra Mrs. Pearce ...... Mary Jo Hinerman· Later that night. Entr' Acte ...... Orchestra Scene Eleven. The ballroom of the Embassy. Mrs. Hopkins ...... Kathy Caldwell·· Immediately following. Butler ...... Randall J. Taye "You Did It" ...... Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce, and Servants' Maids ...... Debby Dillard, Stacey Ellmore "Just You Wait" (Reprise) ...... '" ...... Eliza Nancy Schreiber, Ann Ulrey· ACT II Scene One. Higgins' study. Mrs. Higgins ...... Ruth Woods "On the Street Where You Live" ...... Freddy 3:00 the following morning. Scene Two. Outside Higgins' house, Wimpole Street. Chauffu~r ...... Robin Miller "Show Me" ...... Eliza and Freddy Immediately following. Lord Boxington ...... Earle West The Flower Market ...... Costermongers Scene Three. Flower market of Covent Garden. Lady Boxington ...... Kathy Steffins 5:00 that morning. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Reprise) ...... Eliza and Costermongers Scene Four. Higgins' study. Flunkey ...... Mike Adams "Get Me to the Church on Time" .. Doolittle, Harry, Jamie, and Costermongers 11:00 that morning. Constable ...... Minter M. Molello Scene Five. The garden of Mrs. Higgins' house. "A Hymn to Him" ...... Higgins and Pickering Later that day. Footman ...... Richard McClelen Scene Six. Outside Higgins' house, Wimpole Street. Zoltan Kaparthy ...... Mike Fowler "Without You" ...... Eliza and Higgins Dusk, that afternoon. Queen of Transylvania ...... Kris Siem Scene Seven. Higgins' study. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" ...... Higgins Immediately following. Ambassador ...... Chuck Starks Second Bartender ...... Brant Bryan Mrs. Higgins' Maid ...... Lou Ellen Head Other Cockneys and Ladies and Gentlemen ...... Cindy Alsabrook Caleb Austin·, Sherri Balcom Daniel Jay Caldwell, Linda Campbell Rhonda Campbell, Yvonne Depass, Terri Hallford Miriam Pitts, Carol Terry, Paula Woods j -----

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ROBERT E. WEST JEFF HOPPER MORRIS ELLIS Director Musical Director Set and Costume Designer For the fourth successive year, Robert E. A senior majoring in music education and Morris Ellis has served as technical West is director and general supervisor for piano, Jeffrey Hopper is serving as musical director for Harding theatre productions the Homecoming theatre presentation. director for "My Fair Lady" in his debut since joining the faculty in 1971. He also He has directed several major productions in a Homecoming musical presentation. worked in the summer of 1969 as student at Harding, including "Fiddler on the He is president of the A Cappella chorus technical assistant in the summer theatre Roof' and last year's Homecoming and was accompanist for the Belles and workshop. musical, "Man of La Mancha." Beaux last year. He serves as an announcer He completed a two-year graduate Other productions at Harding include for the KHCA campus radio staff and is program in speech and theatre at Stephen "Apple Tree," "The Enchanted," and the active in the Student Music Educators F. Austin Ul]iversity in Nacogdoches, historical "Becket." He staged the National Conference. Tex., receiving a graduate assistantship in dramatic opera "The Medium," and the A resident of Page, Arizona, he at technical theatre the second year. He was comic opera "Gianni Schicchi." tended the University of Cincinnati before voted by his fellow students as "Out The director worked in theatre during transferring to Harding three years ago. standing Dramatist." He designed sets for his years as a student at Harding. He was He is married to the former Judy a children's production of "Robin Hood." graduated summa cum laude with a Griffith of Thayer, Missouri, a graduate of He has designed sets and costumes for Bachelor of Science in mathematics and Harding who is currently teaching at the the productions of "Fiddler on the Roof' later earned an additional major in McRae Elementary School in Searcy. and "Man of La Mancha" and directed speech. He received the Master of Arts in "A Doll's House" in addition. theatre from Abilene Christian College in He and his wife, Leigh. who is currently 1970 and is currently working toward the attending Harding to complete a degree in doctorate at Florida State University. English, have a two-year old daughter, Mrs. West is the former Helen Howard. Heather Rae. also a Harding graduate. The Harding College Departments of Speech and Music Present

VIOLIN BASSOON Susan Morris Mike Prather Rick Timmerman David Hamilton FRENCH HORN Kathy Byers VIOLA Walter Lewis Marcella Brooks TRUMPET Mickey Cox CELLO Rick Morgan Kim Ruble Charlotte Wolfe Gwen Bartholomew TROMBONE BASS and TUBA Jim Cox Doug Killgore Nick Stevens FLUTE and PICCOLO PERCUSSION Judy Hopper Jan Aly Steve Holder OBOE and ENGLISH HORN Wayne Reed HARP Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Dianne Reed Gabrial Pascal's motion picture "PYGMALION" CLARINET Warren Casey REHEARSAL ACCOMPANIST Suzanne Burcham Bonnie Ulrey Original Production Book and Lyrics by Directed by Music by ALAN JA Y LERNER MOSS HART FREDERICK LOEWE

Director Musical Director Technical Director ROBERT E. WEST** JEFF HOPPER MORRIS R. ELLIS** tee

Set Design Assistant Technical Director SET PROPERTIES Robert E. West** Richard A. Clark** Teresa Wolf'!' Stan Sanderson * PAINT HOUSE Lighting Design Assistant Director Leonore Fatula Nancie Garner* Morris R. Ellis** Sharon Brazell * MAKEUP SOUND Linda Hookstra Keith Montgomery Costume Design Stage Manager PUBLICITY POSTER DESIGN Leigh Ellis * * Teresa Wolf* Phillip J ameson* Ph iIIip Jameson * LIGHTS PROGRAM DESIGN Keith Montgomery, assistant BJ. Bailey and Choreography Assistance Business Manager Phillip Jameson'" Peggy Bunting and Mafia Alvarez Richard A. Clark* * COSTUMES Kathy Sanderson Eric Manlove, assistant

The Harding Production of MY FAIR LADY is by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark, Music Library, Inc., 757 Third Ave. New York, N.Y.

*Campus Players **Alpha Psi Omega Mike Adams Mark Fitzgerald Barbara Myslivecek Donnette Alexander Jerry Galloway* Joquita Nix Cindy Alsabrook Lawrence Gilmore Cecilia Osbirn Caleb Austin* Eugene Goudeau Susan Prescott* Belinda Bailey Terri Hallford Billy Pullen Karen Bates Mary Hare Margaret Rubarts* Sharon Brazell * Marilyn Harris* David Ruffin Kerry Brown Lou Ellen Head Nancy Schreiber Daniel Jay Caldwell Lowry Hershey Kris Siem Kathy Caldwell** Jo Johnson Jo Stafford Lois Carrol Jerry Lewis Jan Stewart Robb Carter Noah Lewis* Bonnie Tucker** Jim Caudle Mike Lintz Donna Ulm Mary Chinworth Regina Little* Ann Ulrey Chris Clausen Vivian Loftin Helen West** Yvonne Depass Eric Manlove* Mike Westerfield* Julie Dickerson Sherry McKissick Bob White Charlene Dietriech** Robin Miller Stephanie White Tern Elliott Linda Mitchen Bob Williams Heather Ellis Beth Montgomery Patti Williams Camille Emison Becky Moore Paula Woods Pat Fielding Crystal Moore Jan Young Don Morris

Mike !ames, photographer, Public Relations Office

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