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. IDIII!{~@tjfE@ ~tr a M0~G;I&~ ~fl~~~~0@~ac~illM~~~0@~ .a~®U?®Q.IIM U11 OQ W®~~G1J~m m. ~9 fj) ~ ~@ ~ 11~ ~ 1England, he is now associate professor in the Law School. Fred Reilly (Thomas More) was in three AACT plays last season: "Enter Laughing," "The Devil's Disciple", and "Come Back Little Sheba". A member of a theatrical family (his great uncle was the playwright Lincoln Carter and his great aunt was the actress Louisa Lord), he formerly acted with the Goodman Memorial Theatre in Chicago, in summer stock, and with the American Theatre Wing. He is in Medical Administration at the VA hospital. Michael Raines (Richard Rich), a senior at the University of Michigan, appears for the first time with AACT. He has acted with the University Players and with the APA here in Ann Arbor. Joseph Medrano (Norfolk) won AACT's best supporting actor award two years ago when he appeared in two plays. "All the Way Home" and "A View from the Bridge." Last year he was Harry the Horse in "Guys and 'Dolls." He has been a mem­ ber of AACT's Board of Directors for two years and he is currently second vice­ president. During the day, away from the stage, he is a math teacher. Patricia Reilly (Alice) is making her debut with AACT, but definitely not with the stage. If her voice is familiar, it is probably because you heard her on radio, where for eight years, performing under the professional name of Patsy Campbell, she was the "Second Mrs. Burton" on CBS Daytime Radio. A veteran of more than 20 years of acting, most of it in network radio, bu t including three years in the Good­ man Theatre in Chicago, she is the wife of Fred Reilly. They have one son, Mark. Dariel J. Ligget (Margaret) is one of those rare individuals -- a "native" Ann Ar­ borite. She has previously al,'peared for AACT as a show girl in "Gypsy" and she was in the back-stage crew 10 "Come Back Little Sheba." She is secretary in the personnel section at the U of M Medical Center. Robert Seeman (Cardinal Wolsey) previously has appeared in "Mister Roberts", "The Best Man," "A View from the Bridge," and "Night of the Iguana" for AACT. But this tells only a part of the story: he is the immediate past president of AACT, was production chairman for four years, and has been an active board member for several terms. He is liaison representative for The Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities. Michael C. Gerlach (Cromwell), a teaching fellow in the U-M Department of Speech, has appeared in several University Players production, including "Galileo," "Win­ ter's Tale", and "King Henry IV." He directed "Cowboy In Absentia" for the U-M last year as well as several one-acts plays for the laboratory theatre, winning an award for the best directing of a student laboratory theatre play. David Harbison (Signor Chapuys) has appeared in many AACT plays, including "Mary, Mary," "The Devil's Disciple," and "Mr. Roberts." Before joining AACT he was formerly active in the Grosse Pointe Community Theatre. He is a sales repre­ sentative for the Central Steel and Wire Co. John Armbruster (Attendant) is an eighth grader in Tappan Junior High School. John, who also was in the AACT play "All the Way Home" is the son of two active members. Fran and Ed Armbruster. John Lake (Will Roper) is one of three Britishers involved with this show (the only two being Norman Wilkinson and Beverley Pooley), but John calls himself an "Ex Canadian Englishman." He was formerly active in several drama groups in England, and he appeared in the AACT production of "Come Back Little Sheba" last year. He is an engineer with the Chrysler Corporation. Kingsbury Marzolf (King Henry VIII ) will be remembered for his AACT perfor­ mances as the Archbishop in "Romanoff and Juliett," Russell in "The Best Man" and architecture at the U-M. Carol Duffy (Catherine Anger) has previously appeared with AACT in "Enter Laughing," "Night of the Iquana," and "Becket." She also wrote two melodramas presented at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair and has been active backstage. She is an elementary school teacher in Ann Arbor Public Schools. Gene Gilliam (Thomas Cranmer) has previously appeared in "Night of the Iguana" ''Kiss Me Kate," "View from the Bridge," and "All the Way Home. he is an elec­ tronic specialist. A Man For All Seasons By Robert Bolt Director-- Norman Wilkinson

Assistant Director--Joyce Schrock

Set Designer-- Alice Crawford

CAST OF CHARACTERS ( In order of appearance)

The Common Man ...... ____ ...... Beverley Pooley

Sir Thomas More ...... Fred Reilly

Master Richard Rich . . . . Michael J. Raines

Duke of Norfolks, Earl Marshall of England .... Joseph Medrano

Lady Alice More, St. Thomas's wife ...... Patricia Reilly

Lady Margaret More, St. Thomas's daughter _ .. . Dariel Ligget

Cardinal Wolsey ...... Bob Seeman

Thomas Cromwell ...... Michael C. Gerlach

Signor Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador ...... David Harbison

Chapuy's Attendant ...... John Armbruster

William Roper ...... John Lake

King Henry VIII ...... Kingsbury Marzolf

Woman (Catherine Anger) ...... Carol Duffy

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury . . . . Gene Gilliam

Act I,. Scene 1 --Sir Thomas More's House at Chelsea (1526) Scene 2 --Wolsey's apartment at Richmond Scene 3 -The riverside at Richmond Scene 4 - Sir Thomas More's house Scene 5 --Hampton Court Palace (1530) Scene 6 -The garden of Sir Thomas More's house Scene 7 -An inn

Act II, Scene 1 --Sir Thomas More's house (1532) Scene 2 --Cromwell's apartment at Hampton Court (1533) Scene 3-- Sir Thomas More's house (1534) Scene 4- Cromwell's apartment Scene 5 --The riverside at Hampton Court Scene 6- The Tower of London (1535) Scene 7 -- The same Scene 8 --The Wall of Westminster Scene 9 --Tower Hill

As a courtesy to the performers, late-comers will be detained at the rear of the house and seated when there is an opportune moment during the performance.

Absolutely no photographs to be taken during the performance. PRODUCTION STAFF Set Designer ...... Alice Crawford Set Construction and Scenery Crew ...... Don Stewart, chairman Ed Armbruster, Howard Armbruster, Don Lindeman, Alice Crawford, Bill Bond, Ted Farah, Will Farah, Fran Stewart, Fran Armbruster, Sonny B. LaFave, Mark Reilly, Clan Crawford, Peter Crawford, Ed Farah. Stage Manager ...... Bill Marx

Assistants to the Stage Manager ...... Ramona Moore, Robert Wilcox

Lights ...... Priscilla Travis, designer David Mohler, Thomas Doyle, John Bott Costumes ...... Sandy Swinehart, Trudy Magloti, co-chairmen, Gloria Jadwin, Linda Plein, Vivian LaRue, Runelda Medrano Eileen Scofield, Sue Gibson, Sophie Farah, Kathie Muehlig

Make-Up ...... Sophie Farah chairman Fran Armbruster, Sonny LaFave, Michele Masters, Amy Vuolo, Ravella Woodson

Props ...... Sylvia Avsharian, chair­ man man, Laura Fidler, Ruth Hooper, Edith Yoder, Amy Vuolo, Dorothy Brown

Sound ...... Ed Armbruster BUSINESS STAFF Box Office ...... Dorothy Maples, chairman

Ushers ...... Geraldine Briegel, chairman

Programs , ...... Nancy Davis, chairman Pat Ramsey Jerry Patterson, Bob Reinhart, Ken Johnson, Helga Hover

Promotion and Publicity ...... Bob Wilcox, chairman Judy Riecker, Carol Deniston, Louis Farah, James Swinehart.

Ticket Agent ...... Jerry Scofield

Cover Design ...... John F . Longres

Historical Notes to Help you Enjoy the Play More ...... The action of "A Man for All Seasons" covers the years 1526-1535, during the reign of King Henry VIII, who was king of England from 1509 to 1547. Thomas More (born 1478) entered King Henry's service in 1518 and was knighted in 1521. By 1527 King Henry was determined to divorce Katherine in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Two years later, in 1529, More was made Lord Chancellor at the fall of Thomas Wolsey, who later was arrested on false charges of treason in November, 1530, and who died at Leicester on his way to London. More resigned his office in 1532, was imprisoned in 1534 (the year after King Henry did marry Ann), and finally was be­ headed on a charge of treason in 1535. Meantime Thomas Cromwell had become Henry's chief minister in 1532. He also was condemned and beheaded in 1540 when the king allowed charges of treason and heresy to be brought against Cromwell by his bitter enemy, the Duke of Norfolk. Anne, Henry's second queen, and Catherine Howard, his fifth queen, were both also executed, Ann in 1536 and Catherine in 1542. St. Thomas More was canonized in 1935 on the 400th anniversary of his death. The biography of More by his son-in-law William Roper was first published in 1626 under the title of The Mirrour of Vertue in Wordly Greatnes and has since been the principal source of!ater biographies. Norman Wilkinson PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Friends and Patrons of Ann Arbor Civic Theatre,

Welcome to the first production of the AACT 196 7-68 season. We are very proud of our choice of exciting plays this season from our most challenging opener, "Man For All Seasons"- to the fun of "Any Wednesday", to, we hope, the outstanding attempt at the avante-guard "Rhinocerous". Not to omi-t our choice of the most beautiful, rarely performed musical, "Finian's Rainbow" - to Agatha Christie's delightful mystery "The Mouse TraF"· Ann Arbor Civic Theatre does not belong to just it's members -but rather to all of the community. It is a civic organization to be proud of- completely self sustaining­ and made up of many hard working members of the community. We are always looking for new members - and offer many exciting outlets from today's many pres­ sures and worries. You don't have to be a budding actor or actress to join our ranks­ as it takes many more people to put on a production then it does to act in one. We offer many different types of theatre oriented workshops - and our only prerec­ quisites are a very small membership fee - and the desire to have fun. Come visit our workshop at 803 W. Washington, on Tuesday evenings. Again -Welcome -and here's hoping we will see you often.

Cordially Yours, Judy Riecker President

ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE OFFICIALS

Board of Directors

Judy Riecker, President Sophie Farah Robert Reinhart, 1st Vice-President Jerry Paterson Joseph Medrano, 2nd Vice-President Robert Seeman Joyce Schrock, Secretary Burnette Staebler Charles Chadwick Don Stewart Alice Crawford Jim Swinehart

Treasurer, Gerald Hover Membership Chairman, Runelda Medrano- 665-0715 Recording Secretary, Sonny LaFave Membership Coordinator, Fran Armbruster

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ann Arbor Junior Theatre Art Vuolo Miracol Inc. Printers Grand Rapids Civic Theatre St. Thomas of the Apostle Church

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Next Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Production:

Any Wednesday- "A Happy Comedy"- January 3-6 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

A First ...... Something New ...... A First Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Workshop Production Jack and The Future Is In Eggs Two one-act Ionesco playsdirected by Charles Yoder Nov. 31 -Open to Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Members only Dec. 1-2- Open to the Public

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