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BOB GWALTNEY in "DAMN YANKEES"

August 20 through August 24 Who's Who in the Cast . . . BOB GWALTNEY (Applegate) Has captivated Sullivan audiences for two consecutive seasons with a wide variety of character portrayals in all Grand Theatre productions. Outstanding among these have been Mr. Appopolus in Won- L. W. McMullin derful Town, Finian's in Fixriala's Rainbow, the Gangster in Kiss Me, Kate. Big Julie in . Prez in Pajama Ganre and Andy in Show Boat. Making his initial stage bow in 1949 in Gerhart Hauptman's Accension of Han- Funeral Home nele, Mr. Gwaltney has appeared in over 65 productions in the past 9 years. At the Sea- cliff Summer theatre in N. Y. he was seen with Burgess Meridith in The Silver Whistle and with Burl Ives in The Man Who Came To Dinner. ANDREA BLAYNE (Lola) whose striking good looks are matched only by her skill as a performer steps into the role that brought B'way stardom. Miss Blayne, who has a list of theatrical credits that could more than fill this page was for two years under contract as a starlet at 20th Century Fox Studios. On Broadway she was seen as Bianca in Kiss Me, Dial 4100 Kate and in The Seven Year Itch. In addition to many summer stock engagements and road tours, Miss Blayne will be familiar to video Sullivan, Ill. viewers from frequent appearances on the Rob- ert Montgomery Show, Studio One and others. Sullivan audiences will remember her outstand- ing work in Call Me Madam. Guys and Dolls, , Pajama Game and Can-Ca8n. BOB FAHEY (Commissioner) who hails from Galveston, Texas joined the Grand Theatre this year as a dancer-actor and has been seen in every production this season. He will be re- membered particularly for his excellent inter- Compliments of pretation of Issac Miller in Plain and Fancy and for his wonderful dancing in the role of Philippe in The Boy Friend. SULLIVAN JIM BELL (Henry) whose brilliant dancing has enhanced all productions this season has performed betore audiences in such cities as SALE BARN Baltimore, Washington, West Palm Beach and Miami. Last year with Musicarnival in West Palm Beach, Mr. Bell danced in Can-Can, Okla- homa! and Kim Me. Kate. At the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach he was seen in The Boy Friend. At the Grand, he has AUCTION EVERY FRIDAY done such roles as Alphonse in The Boy Fnnend, Uncle Thomas in The Kiag and I, Tommy Kel- ler in Get Your Gun and choreagraphed several of the dances for Can-Cam. Orris G. Lane JOEL MUNCH (Joe Hardy) has been a favorite at the Grand two full seasons and has appeared and in 17 Grand Theatre productions to date. Last L. J. Hollonbeck summer he appeared in a variety of parts ranging from Harry Beaton in Brigadoon to Chick Clark in . In Plain ami Fancy he was seen as the New Yorker Dan King and earlier this season he made out- standing appearances as Lord ?Boy Friend and as Pawnee Your Gua ( rzi ;-* . :? GUY LITTLE, J Rl presents "DAMN YANKEES"

Music and Lyrics by and Book by and DOUGLAS WALLOP Based on the navel, *'The Year the Yankeee Lo& the Pennant" by Douglas Wallop

Directed by Musical Direction by Choreography by Arthur Ostrin J. Richard Marshall Rhoda Levine

Settings and Lighting by Costumes by Thaddeus J. Gesek Gail Nefl

CAST JOE BOYD ------Guy Little MEG BOYD -,------Jean Marshall APPELGATE ------Bob Gwaltney SISTER ...... Rosan Passalacqua JOE HARDY ------Joel Munch HENRY ------Jim Bell SCHOVIK ------Karl Benson SMOKEY ------Dick Stephens LlNVlLLE ------Jerry Taflinger BENNY VAN BUREN ------Art Austin ROCKY ------Bill Mitchell GLORIA ------Jean H0tat-d WELCH ------Norman Belkin DORIS ...... Neff LOLA ------Andrea Blayne COMMISSIONER ------Bob Fahey FANS ------Gene Cole, Leon Bolin and Pamela Landers

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE.

Six Months Out Of Every Year ------Me and Chorus Goodbye, Old Girl ------Joe Boyd Heart ------Van Buren, Schovik, Rocky, Smokey and Henry Shoeless Joe Fram Hannibal, Mo. ------Gloria and Boys A Man Doesn't Know ------Joe Hardy and Meg A Little Brains, A Little Talent Goodbye, Old Girl (Reprise) ------Joe ------Loia Heart (Reprise) ------Sisters and Favlclub Who's Got The Pain? ------Lola with Jerry Taflinger and Jim Bell

ACT TWO. The Game ------Rocky, Smokey and Ballplayers Near To You ------Joe Hardy and Meg Those Were The Good Old Days ...... Applegate Two Lost Souls Hardy and Lola A Man DoesnY Know (Fintale) ------Me and Joe Boyd

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