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PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT by Tennessee Williams

directed by Laura Drake

Mary Moody Northen Theatre

June 8-20, 1982 THEATRE FOUNDER (Continued from previous page)

In 1979, Mangum received the SEU Teaching Excellence Award. He retired at the end of the 1982 school year after 17 years of service to St. Edward's . In receiving the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award, Mangum is the second St. Edward's faculty member so honored. The first was Brother Simon Srffibner, C.S.C., Professor of English, in 1968.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Laura Drake, with this production, makes her debut as a director on the Mary Moody Northen stage. She currently serves on the St. Edward's theatre arts fac­ ulty as an instructor in voice and diction and has held teaching positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Loyola University in New Orleans. She has served as director for the Shoestring Theatre at UT-Austin, as guest director for the Southern Speech Convention, and as Director/Choreo­ grapher with the resident acting company at the Univ~rsity of New Orleans and the Jewish Communi- ty Center in New Orleans. She was guest artist at the University of New Orleans and principal ac­ tress for the New Shakespeare Company in San Francisco, for the Oak­ land Actor's Reportory in Oakland, California; and Principal Artist and Writer for the Menagerie in San Francisco. Ms. Drake holds an MFA from the University of Texas and a BA from California State University in San Francisco. She has also studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and at the Jean Shelton Acting School in Berkeley, California.

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by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

directed by LAURA DRAKE Set, Lighting, and Sound by JIM CARROCCIO Costumes designed by SUSAN LOUGHRAN

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3510 South Congress 10924 Research Blvd. • Austin, Texas 78704 Austin, Texas 78759 The Cast (in order of appearance) Ralph Bates ...... ROBERT MUIR Isabel Haverstick ...... ROZIE WARD George Haverstick ...... BRIAN BLUMENTHAL Susie ...... DEBBIE HART Mrs. McGillicuddy ...... JUDY CUMMINGS Mr. McGillicuddy ...... MICHAEL GOEHRING Police Officer ...... CRAIG KANNE Dorothea Bates ...... LISA MARANTO 7 J SCENES Action of the play takes place in Ralph Bates' home in a suburb of a mid-southern city.

The time is Christmas Eve.

The play is in three acts with two IO-minute intermissions. *** Smoking and refreshments in the Lobby only.

The use of photographic or recording devices is not permitted.

Production Staff Assistant to the Director and Stage Manager ...... HILLARY GARRETT Technical Director ...... JIM CARROCCIO

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WHO'S WHO IN PRODUCTION JAMES E. CARRACCIO (Scenic/Technical Designer) served as assistant director during the 1980-81 season of ABC Television shows, includ­ ing "Soap," "Benson," "I'm A Big Girl Now," and "It's A Living:' He has been involved in scene design for the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. SUSAN LOUGHRAN (Costume Designer) is a native New Yorker now beginning her fourth year as a member of the St. Edward's theatre arts faculty. Ms. Loughran has worked in Regional, Off-Broadway and Dinner Theatres throughout the country. She recently designed the col­ orful costumes for "The Taming of the Shrew" and for the last spring production, ":' HILLARY GARREETT (Assistant to the Director/Stage Manager) is a junior from Dresden , Tennessee . He appeared in "Chapter Two" with Marion Ross , in "Bells Are Ringing " with Grant Goodeve, and understu­ died Alan Fein stein in "St icks an d Bones :' Other shows have included "Our Town," and "The Pri me of Miss Jean Brodie:' He also served as as­ sistant stage manager for "Taming of the Shrew:' BRYAN BLUMENTHAL (George Haverstick) is a first year st udent at St. Ed_ward's from Lockport, Illinois . This is his debut on th e Mary Moody Northen stage. JUDY CUMMINGS (Mrs. McGillicuddy) is a senior acting major from Ashuelot, New Hampshire. She has appeared in "Bells Are Ringing" with Grant Goodeve, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," "1968," "Music Man" and "Frogs:' MICHAEL GOEHRING (Mr. McGillicuddy) is a senior acting major from Nebraska. He has appeared in the St. Edward's productions, "J.B:'with Carol Bruce and Adam Wade, in "Music Man," "Our Town," "Bells Are Ringing" with Grant Goodeve and in the theatre workshop production "Willie the Shake ," and "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying:' DEBBIE HART (Susie) is a junior theatre major at Lamar University in Beaumont. Previous productions include "The Little Foxes," "Twists and Turns," "Wizard of Oz," and "Bedroom Farce:' She worked backstage for Lamar University productions of "The ShadowBox," "J.B.," and "Countenance:' CRAIG KANNE (Police Officer) is a sophomore theatre arts major. At St. Edward's he has worked backstage on "Equus" and "Butterflies Are Free:' He has appeared in "Our Town," "The Lady's Not For Burning," "Frogs," "Sticks and Bones," and "Arms and the Man:' LISA MARANTO (Dorothea J3ates) is a junior acting major from Law­ ton, Oklahoma . She has appeared in "Bells Are Ringing" with Grant Goodeve and "Taming of the Shrew" with Tim Matheson. ROB MUIR .(Ralph Bates) is a junior theatre arts major from Detroit, Michigan. He has appeared in the musical workshop, "H ow To Succeed in Business Without Really Try ing" an d was last seen in "Taming of the Shrew " with Tim Matheson. WHO'S WHO (Continued from previous page) ROZANNE WARD (Isabel) comes to St. Edward's from Las Vegas, Nevada. A junior acting major, she has appeared in "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd" with Noel Harrison and in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying:' In Las Vegas she was in the "Star Spangled Girl," "Sorry, Wrong Number,"" Auntie Mame," "The Mad Woman of Chaillot," and "Up the Down Staircase:' UNIVERSITY THEATRESTAFF Director of Theatre ...... DONALD W. SEAY Publicity/Public Relations ...... ANGELA SMITH Ticket Office Manager ...... ZELMA RICHARDSON Publicity/Ticket Office Assistants ...... MARGARET JOHNSON THOMASINE WALREAD Costume Designer ...... SUSAN LOUGHRAN Designer/Technical Director ...... JIM CARROCCIO Costume Assistant ...... DORIS LINDBLOM Theatre Secretary ...... JUDY ROBINSON TEACHING FACULTY Associate Professor ...... DONALD W. SEAY Instructor ...... SUSAN LOUGHRAN Lecturers ...... JIM CARROCCIO LAURA DRAKE

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PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT ...... Student Production by Tennessee Williams June 8-20 FINISHING TOUCHES ...... Guest Artist to be announced by Jean Kerr June 29-July 11 THE MOUSETRAP ...... Guest Artist to be announced by Agatha Christie July 20-August 1 CAMELOT ...... Student musical October 5-17 DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS ... Guest Artist to be announced by William Inge Nov. 9-21 or Nov. 16-28 WOMEN'S PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT ...... Guest playwright PROGRAM January 25-February 6 TARTUFFE ...... Guest Artist to be announced by Moliere March 8-March 20 ...... Guest Artist to be announced by Arthur Miller April 26-May 8

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Productions and dates subject to change.

For more information call 444-8398 or write St. Edward's University Theatre, 3001 S. Congress, Austin, Texas 78704 COMING June 29-July 11 FINISHING TOUCHES by JEAN KERR

BARBARA BOSSON TOM HALLICK of of "Hill Street Blues " "The Young and the Restless"

Directed by DONALD W. SEAY

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