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The Philadelphia Story Program DESTINYDecember 9-11 MAGAZINE $6/$8/$10 “The Philadelphia Story” By Philip Barry Directed by Ronni Marshak Fashionable Philadelphia: Heiress Tracy Lord to Wed Former Coal Miner By Macaulay Connor Pictures by Elizabeth Imbrie Architectural Wonders: Kresge Little Theater at MIT Feature: Broadway This Month’s Delicious Exposé: & Finance— The Tawdry Side of the The Lowdown Rich and Famous Destiny –– MAGAZINE –– PRODUCER Alice Waugh (S) DIRECTOR Ronni Marshak SET DESIGNER Bob Mussett (S) COSTUMER Kristin Hughes DeVivo (affil) LIGHTING DESIGNER Stuart Levine ’97 MASTER ELECTRICIAN Melina Fan ’97 STAGE MANAGER Michelle Dunnewind PROPS COORDINATORS Karen Mueller-Harder (S), Sonia Chawla (A) SOUND DESIGNER Ronni Marshak SOUND OPERATOR Vanessa Thomas (A) PUBLICITY Alice Waugh (S), Ian Dowell (A) DROP POSTER Alice Waugh (S) TICKET DESIGN Erik Mueller-Harder (affil) PROGRAM Kevin Cunningham (A/S) HOUSE MANAGERS Melanie Pincus (U), Kortney Adams (G), Brian Bermack (A), Jim Carroll SET CREW Bob Mussett (S), Billy Wong, Alice Waugh (S), Ben Dubrovsky (Affil), Eric Lindblad (G), Don Hovey, Lance Nathan, Peter Floyd (A/S), John van der Meer (A), Ronni Marshak, Michelle Dunnewind LIGHTING CREW Jeri Levine (A), Edmund Golaski (G), Benji Chen (G), Vanessa Thomas (A) Published semi-annually by The MIT Community Players Subscription Information: (617) 253-2530 [email protected], http://web.mit.edu/mitcp/ S=MIT staff member, G=graduate student, A=alumnus, U=undergraduate student, affil=affiliated with MIT community member The MITCP is a group of MIT staff, students, alumni/ae, and other interested people who produce a fall and spring show at MIT each year, as well as summer events. We’re always looking for people interested in participating on stage and in other positions. We’re happy to have experienced people looking for a good opportunity to use their creative and technical skills, and we also welcome people with little or no experience, both those interested in being an apprentice or assistant to a certain position, or just helping out for a few hours. If you’d like to get involved with MITCP, receive e-mail mailings, or send us a comment or question, send e-mail to [email protected] or call 253-2530 and leave a message. And, of course, check out our web page. The Philadelphia Story now playing at MIT This show is perhaps the exactly who epitome of the 1940s romantic the right man screwball comedy. While the is, class-based basic plot is simple — girl prejudices, and the trickle- plans to marry wrong boy, and down effect of a mid-life right boy stops it at the last adultrous affair on the part of possible moment — there are the family patriarch. dozens of complications The play was made into the thrown in to add to the merri- movies The Philadelphia Story ment. In this case, the compli- (1940) and High Society (a cations include a question of 1956 musical). Cast List Tracy Lord ........................ Anne Sechrest (affil) Dexter Haven ................... Ian Dowell (A) Liz Imbrie.......................... Kristin Hughes DeVivo (affil) Mike Connor ..................... Bob Mussett (S) George Kittredge.............. Lance Nathan (G) Uncle Willie ...................... Don Hovey Sandy Lord....................... Eric Lindblad (G) Margaret Lord................... Alice Waugh (S) Seth Lord.......................... Ben Dubrovsky (affil) Dinah Lord........................ Jeri Levine (A) Thomas ............................ Thomas Andrews Mac .................................. Peter Floyd (A/S) Produced by special arrangement with Baker's Plays Coming Soon: Chess February 3-6 at MIT The show centers around the blooded world chess championship in American (Freddy Bangkok and Budapest. The Trumper). Set near champion (Anatoly Sergiev- the end of the Cold War, it is a sky, a Russian) is defending story of love and war – as told his title against the hot- through the game of chess. Chess, presented by the MIT Musical Theatre Guild February 3-6, 2000, La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT Book by Richard Nelson, Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Info/Reservations (617) 253-6294, [email protected], http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/ Thomas Andrews (Thomas) is Nightmare, will be relieved to learn back. that in this production he has all of two lines. Ian Dowell (Dexter) has appeared in numerous productions at MIT, Don Hovey (Uncle Willie) is making Wellesley and Old South Church his first appearance with the MIT over the years, most notably A Community Players. Don has Midsummer Night’s Dream performed with a number of area (Demetrius), Extremities (Raul), community theaters, most recently as Phédre (Hippolyte), Crossing Amiens in Shakespeare’s As You Delancey (Sam), The Importance of Like It with Theatre at Old South. Being Earnest (Jack), Blithe Spirit Although he appears most frequently (Charles) and most recently The in musical comedies and has Inheritance (Mac). He wishes to specialized in Gilbert & Sullivan, Don thank Teresa Lyons for her under- likes to take a break from singing standing and support. now and then by doing a straight play. That’s why he’s here tonight. Ben Dubrovsky (Seth Lord) can now add Philadelphia to the list of Kristin Hughes DeVivo (Liz places he has represented in MITCP Imbrie) appeared most recently with productions: Switzerland, Hollywood, the community players in the one Crackskull Common, Australia, a acts in the summer of ’98. Other monkey cage, Shropshire, roles performed at MIT include Mrs. Skjoldviken, Elsinore, and others. Johnstone in Blood Brothers and Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods, Michelle L. Dunnewind (stage both with the MIT Musical Theater manager) discovered the joy of Guild. She reads far too many novels backstage work at Knox College in and watches far too much television Galesburg, Ill. In Tennessee, she – ask her about the metaphysical was a three-year cast member of the implications of Buffy the Vampire Tennessee Renaissance Festival Slayer (then again, don’t). Many and a member of a fledgling thanks to her husband and family for improvisation troupe, Thespians everything; to the cast, for dealing Anonymous. Since moving to Boston with a costumer who doesn’t sew; in August, Michelle still hasn’t and to the director, for all sorts of unpacked. She has spent time with things. her loverly boyfriend and all her very supportive friends, which is better Jeri Levine (Dinah) is pleased to than unpacking any day. be involved in her first MITCP performance and her third role with Peter Floyd (Mac) has been in actual lines. Other roles have more MITCP productions than he included the Little Old Lady in On the can count. Longtime audience Town (“Vandals! Vandals!”) and members, who have sat through his Rapunzel in Into the Woods (“Ah...”), long-winded speeches in such roles both with MTG. In real life she plays as Henry Carr in Travesties and a young entry-level engineering George Spelvin in The Actor’s consultant. Better Off Cosmic Channel Dead Perfume the new eyeliner from Strong enough for you? Francisco Franco Gimbel’s Deodorant Get the Vibe Eric Lindblad (Sandy) finally gets Real Thing. This is his first to wear his wedding ring in a show. show with the Community He has previously appeared at MIT Players. In his free time, as a homosexual bookseller in The Lance is a first-year Inheritance, and with MITCP as a graduate student in soon-to-be-wed prince in Fresh linguistics here at Tales, a tuberculosis-stricken artist MIT. in The Lady from the Sea, and a Anne Sechrest deranged subway dweller in The (Tracy) has Blue Hour. He would like to thank previously the Sechrest family for their performed kindness over the years. with the MIT Ronni Marshak (director) is glad Community to be again directing in Kresge Little Players as Die Theater after the summer produc- Alte in A Bright Room Called Day, tion of The Inheritance in Rehearsal and as Gertrude in Fortinbras. She Room B and last summer’s has also appeared as Ruth in Blithe Definitely Eric Geddis, in a class- Spirit at Theater at Old South, and room! This show marks the 13th as Emma in The Inheritance at MIT. show that Ronni has directed at She has alternated between being MIT! She has enjoyed them all, but thrilled and being overwhelmed by this one is the best (of course, she playing the lead in this show. But says that about every show, but she what with being wooed by three really means it this different suitors, and time ... really). getting to use nifty expressions like “Suds,” Karen Mueller- she has to admit that Harder (props) has this was truly a part to worked on every dye for. show MITCP has done since 1994, Vanessa Thomas and loves it (sound board operator) thoroughly. When graduated from MIT in not reproducing February 1999 with a Gilbert Stuart paintings (the woman joint degree in planetary science in the portrait is Phebe Lord, clearly and science journalism. Currently, an ancestor!), she works across the she is editorial assistant for Careers street at Rotch Library. She thanks Magazines in Cambridge and is a her two-year-old son Timothy for his part-time teaching assistant for the help with gluing. Museum of Science Camp-In program. Vanessa was active in This is Bob Mussett’s (Mike theater as an undergraduate and Connor) third production with this is her third show with MITCP. MITCP, and they haven’t managed to break him yet. Characters in Alice Waugh (producer, Margaret previous productions have included Lord) has been in several Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer, MITCP shows since 1995, and both a Troll and Prince in the when she played the first summer production of Fresh Tales. in a string of middle- His experience can be summed up aged ladies of with an age-old quote in his native refinement (now tongue: “It’s been a lot of fun.” that’s acting!), with a lusty Polish Lance Nathan (George Kittredge) maiden thrown in.
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