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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1961 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1961 Shows Programs by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Central Illinois' Only Professional Equity Music Theatre" Fifth Season .h July 7th Through August 27th, 1961 Air-conditioned Grand Theatre * On the Square * Sullivan

? Guy S. Llttle, Jt. Ptassnts ! '4 RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S 1 "FLOWER DRUM SONG' I August 22nd through August 27th, 1961 Who's Who in the Cast . . . SYLVIA COPELAND (Linda Low) re- RUSTY DORE (Sammy Fong) has been a creates the vital fun-loving Linda for the third popular performer on Broadway, TV, records, time, havinf peiformed this role previous1 at sup er clobs and summer stock. Rusty appeared the South hore Music Theatre and the dan- on sroadway with Mae West in her production nis Melody Tent in Massachusetts. Miss Cope- of DIAMOND LIL and toured the country aa land is. a versatile performer displaying talent the bookie in BELLS ARE RINGING.. We was . as a slnger. actress and pianist. Her many recently seen off-Broadway as Jake in THE cabaret and hotel singing- en agements have THREEPENNY OPERA at the Theatre DeLys taken her from Boston to ~razi?,with stops at and as the student in the Yiddish Art Theatre's Miami Beach. Puerto Rico and Haiti. Earlier production of FAMILY CARNOVSKY. Rusty this year. she sang at Julius Monk's "Upstairs has appeared in leading summer theatres at the Downstairs" in New York. Misa Cope- throu hout the U S as Prez in THE PAJAMA land appeared with and Ricardo GAM&. ~tchyin WISH YOU WERE HERE Montalban in the Broadway production of and Charlie in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. AMAICA, along with Michael Wright (a Rusty is a graduate of C.C.N.Y. with a major in & UMMER OF MUSICALS favorite earlier s eech. His hit recording of "Little Girl' and this season.) At the Cleveland Plavhouse. she '%hy Was I Born?" is on the Luck Record performed leading roles in VOLPONE. LET'S label. MAKE AN OPERA and 's a; WONDERFUL TOWN. ANN FOLKE (Madame Liang) made her ' Grand Theat e debut as Bloody Mary in last8 . JEFF WARREN (Wang Ta) directed all the season's opening production of SOUTH 'IJ productions at the Grand last summer and is PACIFIC and remained in Sullivan to a pear + working in the same capacity this season. as Melba the girl reporter, in PAL JOE#. At- Mr. Warren got his first theatre job as tenor ~1eveland.s Musicarn~val, she was assoeiated , soloist with the tourin company of Kurt Weill's with such musicals as THE MOST HAPPY? LADY IN THE DAR% which starred Gertrude FQLLA. THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE,,,;,\'-. Lawrence. A month afier the opening of Kurt PORGY AND BESS and PETER PAN w3'h - Weill's next Broadway success, ONE TOUCH Martyn Greene. She is serving as preduction 1.5 OF VENJIS, he had the opportun~ty.that all stage manaeer for a11 the musical? at the &and:, ?:,: understud~esdream of-he went on during Kenny this season In addition to pe-formin earlier thl . p, Raker's extended illness to play opposite season as Sarah in PAINT ?O~RwA@0b:' the delightful Miss Marv Martin. It was while and the present role. Ann la a natrwe of 'r+ hc was engaged with GENTLEMEN PREFER Connecticut and holds a B.S. in Speech from.)< BLONDES that Mr.. Warren was offered the op- Northwestern University. portunitv of a earrn o posite ' i in CALL ME #ADA% gr th-ee months while Russell Nype went to Hollywood. He was then JOANNE KOHEN (Helen Chao) decided rtkT' en-aged to create the same role in the London a very early a e that what she wentea to do most prcduc+ion of and remained was sing for Rr supper. tty casme in Enrrland to play leading roles in WEDDING as a result of her studies% toht?iiiacdit9 of '; IN PARIS. This past winter, Jeff was as- Texas wherc she majored in music and voice sociated with the revue, SHOW and studied with Josephine Aqtbina pi tge ' GIRL. This season. Grand Theatre patrons have Metropolitan Opera. Her first B e sob oe- seen him as Nat Miller in TAKE ME ALONG curred while she was in Houston %ex= when Charlie Dalrymple in and ~anild she portrayed Katie in PLAIN ~lbFA~$Y at in THE MERRY WIDOW. Theatre, Inc. After appearances with.the"Metro-- ' poptan Opera Workshop, Adis Kaphn mohd to M~lwaukeewhere she played a variety of roles BETTY CHAMBERS (Mei Li) appeared includin the title role in LAURA, Bi-a id in every product~onpreseyted at the Grand dur- KISS bf~KATE Fiona in BRIGADOON atr ing the seasons of 1957, 58, '59 and '60. This the Fred ~iller~6eatre for an extended engage- summer Betty has appeared in all of the shows ment and Laurey in the Plavhouse Under The1 with the exception of TAKE ME ALONG. Out- Stars production of OKLAHOMAI Miss Koehn standing portrayals this season have included has also appeared at Pazio's in Milwaukee with Meg in BRIGADOON. Elizabeth in PAINT the Florentine Opera Company and in the doston YOUR WAGON and Lo-Lo in THE MERRY Comic Opera production of THE MIKADO, and WIDOW. Dorinr the wrnter mon'hs she 1s last summer she played Hu ette in THE a busy professional dancer appearing at lead- VAGABOND KING with. ~onagRogers which ing supper clubs and hotel; in Boston, Atlantic was produced by the Milwaukee County Park City. New York and throughout the Eastern Commission for their "Music Under the Stan." part of the country. Off-Broadway saw Betfy Last December. Joanne journeyed to Miami to in IF THE SHOW FITS, and now movle anpear at the fabulous Coconut Grove Plavhouse audiences across the land will see her in as Magnolia in SHOW BOAT. and earlier this CURTAIN UP, which is an Ed Sullivan produc- summer, Joanne repeated her role of Magnolia +;on about sum-P- thratr-s. At the conlusion for three weeks at Melody Top in Ch~cago. of this season Betty will have ameared in 27d performances on the Grand stage.-- / (Please turn to page 10)

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Presents , "FLOWER DRUM SONG" MUSIC BY LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd BOOK BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd and JOSEPH FIELDS Based on the novel by C. Y. LEE with Sylvia Copeland, Jeff Warren, Betty Chambers, Rusty Dore, Ann Folke, Joanne Koehn, and Robert Gwaltney DIRECTED by JEFF WARREN CHOREOGRAPHY by BETTY CHAMBERS MUSICAL DIRECTION by ELWOOD SMITH DESIGNED and LIGHTED by JACK W. KIRKBY COSTUMES by JESSIE and ROD FERNANDEZ ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE CAST (In order of appearance) Madam Liang ...... ANN FOLKE Liu Mau ...... NINA TABOR Wang San ...... CHARLES HARRIS Wang Ta ...... JEFF WARREN Wang Chi Yang ...... ROBERT GWALTNEY Sammy Fong ...... RUSTY DORE Dr. Li ...... JAMES PANOWSKI Mei Li ...... BETTY CHAMBERS Linda Low ...... SYLVIA COPELAND Mr. Lung (The Tailor) ...... WILLIAM HENKIN Mr. Huan (The Banker)...... ROBERT LEOPOLD Helen Chao ...... JOANNE KOEHN Professor Cheng ...... TERRY SWARTS Frankie Wing ...... DICK STEPHENS Head Waiter ...... DON RICHETTA Night Club Singer...... GWEN ANDERSON Dr. Lu Fong ...... ROBERT BYARS Madam Fong ...... JANET SILVER George Chon ...... DAVID KELSON Commodore Low...... SIDNEY SHAW Dancing Ensemble LAWRENCE BENNETT, JENNY COCHENNOUR, RICHARD WLPH, JUDY ERICKSON, CAROLEE GEARHART, CARROLL INGERSOLL, TERRY SOLDWEDEL, RUTH KAUFMAN, DIANE KOONS. Children...... LESLIE ELDER, CARLA ELLIOTT, RAYMOND DEWS, DEBBIE LEACH, LANA MELVIN and CANDY TAYLOR. 0RCHESTRA:Two pianos-Elwood Smith and Eddie McCarty; Percussion-Hal Fair- weather; Bass-Frank Post; Clarinet--Jack Anderson; Trumpet-Harold Moats. By Arrangement with RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN in Association with JOSEPH FIELDS. I . FUNERAL HOME ' It r

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT ONE Scene 1. Living room in the house of Wang. Scene 2. A hill on San Francisco bay-that night. Scene 3. Living room in the house of Wang-next morning. Scene 4. Living room in the house of Wang-evening of the same day. Scene 5. The back garden of the house of Wang--later that night. Scene 6. Linda's dressing roam in the Celestial Bar. L Scene 7. The Celestial Bar-a few minutes later. . .I ACT TWO Scene 1. Helen Chao's room-the following morning. Scene 2. Wang's living room-later that same morning. Scene 3. Sammy Fong's apartment. Scene 4. The Three Family Association. Scene 5. Sammy Fong's apartment. Scene 6. Grant Avenue in Chinatown-the following evening. Scene 7. The Three Family Association. MUSICAL SYNOPSIS ACT ONE "You Are Beautiful" ...... Wang Ta and Madam Liang "A Hundred Million Miracles"...... Mei Li, Dr. Li, Wang Chi Yang, Madam Liang and Liu Ma "I Enjoy Being a Girl" ...... Linda Low "I Am Going To Like It Here"...... Mei Li "Like a God" ...... Wang Ta "Chop Sueyl' ...... Madam Liang, Wang San and Ensemble "Don't Marry Me"...... Sammy Fong and Mei Li "Grant Avenue" ...... Linda and Ensemble "Love, Look Away"...... Helen Chao (Please Turn to Page 11) I

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WHO'S WHO ... RICHARD DOLPH (Dancer) hails from (Continued from Page 10) Rye New YorL- "where Gary Moore lives" as DON RICHETTA (Head Waiter) is a ~icbardlikes to'put it. A student of opera and Terre Haute, Indiana lad who is a student of drama workshops, he appeared in community Purdue Un~vers~ty.After one year of perform- cductions of FINIAN'S RAINBOW. BRIGA- ing. Don won the University's "Oscar" for his g~~~and SOUTH PACIFIC, and. at the performance of Scapln in THE MISCHIEF Grand this season he has performed In every MAKER by Mohere. Purdue has also seen production. him as George Seacoal in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

(Continued from Page 5) 10. "Fan Tan Fannie" ...... Night Club Singer and Girls 11. "Gliding Through My Memoree"...... Frankie and Girls 12. Finale: "Grant Avenue"...... Entire Company ACT TWO 1. Ballet ...... Wang Ta, Mei Li, Linda Low and Dancers 2. "Love, Look Away" Reprise...... Helen Chao 3. "The Other GenerationN...... Madam Liang and Wang Chi Yang 4. "Sunday" ...... Linda and Sammy Fong 5. ''The Other Generation" Reprise...... Wang San and Children 6. Wedding Parade...... Mei Li and Dancers 7. Finale ...... Entire Company PRODUCTION STAFF FOR MR. LITTLE Production Stage Manager ...... Ann Folke In Charge of Apprentices ...... Terry Swarts Technical Director...... Herbert O'D-11 Rehearsal Pianist ...... Eddie McCarty Asst. to the Technical Director.. .Ruth Kaufman Librarian ...... Lawrence Bennett Prorrram Editor and Publicity. . .Charles Harris Head Ushers ... .Sharon Spencer and Pat Bennett Property Master...... Terry Soldwedel Production Assistants. .. .; ...... Gwen Anderson. Prooertv- Assistants.. ..Tudv Erickson. William Robert B~ars. lennv Cochennour. Richard - Hinkih and Sharon Seltzer Dolph, Cirolee -Geaihart, Carroll 'lngersol< Box Office.. .. .Judy Sickafus and Jean Bennett David Kelson Robert Leopold James Theatre Artist ...... Dick Stephens Panowski. Don '~ichetta Sidney ShAw, Janet Lights...... Joe Fitzpatrick Silver. Charlotte Sperry: Special Credit for the assistance of: Toguri Mercantile Co., Chicaqo. Otto Schlesinger, Patricia Arden, Party Mart. M. B. Productions. Masonic Home.

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111 North Hamilton Sullivan, Illinois At the' dose of this, our fifth season at the Grand in Sullivan, 1 should like to express, in part, my deep and sincere appreciation and that of the entire company for the wonderful cospelv ation, encouragement; and loyal support you as theatre goen have given us. For a number of years, my greatest ambition was to operate my own leaitimate . The past five summer seasons at the Grand have been most exciting and stimulating for the cast, the production staff and myself most of all. The opportunity of sharing what is to me the most wonderful business in the whole world with the people of my home town and all of central Illi- nois, has been most gratifying. It has been a rare ~rivileaeto work with an exceptionally talented and cooperative staff this summer. Jeff Warren, Elwood Smith, Jack Kirk- by, Betty Chambers, Ann Folke, Jessie Rasar, Herbert O'Dell and lnis and Guv Little. Sr.. have completely dedicated their energies and talents to and for the thertnr. To them Mcd th. mti- company and staff, I give my everlasting gratitude. During the five summers we hare p- sented a total of forty-five musical productions on the stage at the Grand thmtre, adWith fh. final curtain of the 1961 wawn, a total of 291 performances will have been viewed b cent-l Illinois audiences. We sincerely hope to return to this area for another season in 19&. Your continued support, help and cooperation will be so greatly appreciated. Cordially, GUY S. LITTLE, Jr. .b I 1957 1958 BRIGADOON THE PAJAMA GAME BELLS ARE RINGING WONDERFUL TOWN ANNIE GET YOUR GUN KIMSET ROBERTA SHOW BOAT GUYS AND DOLLS KISS ME, KATE THE KING AND I THE STUDENT PRINCE SONG OF NORWAY THE BOY FRIEND SAY, DARLING CALL ME MADAM PLAIN AND FANCY HIGH BUTTON SHOES WISH YOU WERE HERE CAN-CAN NAUGHTY MARIETTA FINIAN'S RAINBOW THE DESERT SONG SONG OF NORWAY GUYS AND DOLLS DAMN YANKEES GENTLEMEN PREFER OKLAHOMA! BLONDES FANNY

1960 SOUTH PACIFIC PAL JOEY A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN L'IL ABNER CAROUSEL WEST SIDE STORY REDHEAD

1961 TAKE ME ALONG BRIGADOON PAINT YOUR WAGON BLOOMER GIRL THE MERRY WIDOW ANYTHING GOES FLOWER DRUM SONG