St.Edward's University Presents= PERNELLROBERTS i n ' s Best Seller ONEFLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST i n a dramatization by Dale Was e man

~ July 4 - July 16, 1972 NORTHEN THEATRE PLAYBILL July 4-16 Published by Manuel Esquivel

CONTENTS

4 PERNELL ROBERTS 6/7 TITLE PAGE 8 CAST 9 CREW 10 WHO 'S WHO 12 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 14 GREEN ROOM

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3 Playhouse 's Dear Friends. M r. Roberts has had an extensiv e background on the stage aft er training at Arena Stage in Washington , D.C . in the early 1950's. He then went to New York , performing with the American Lyric Theatre and the Shakesp earwr ights Company . He played the lead in three Broadway productions , Tonight in Samarkand , The Lovers, and A Clearing in the Woods. Before going to Hollywood in 1956, Mr . Roberts appeared with the Brat­ tle Theatre in Cambridge , the American Shakespeare Festival in PERNELL ROBERTS (Randle P. Stratford , Connecticut , and the RESTAURANT McMurphy) achieved national P.hoenix Theatre in New York . His recognition during his six years on first feature film , Desire Under the the television series. He Elms , led to a distinguished and has also guest-starred on Alias prolific motion picture and Smith and Jones , Marcus Welby , television career . Most recently , Mr. M.D ., Hawaii Five-0 , The Name of Roberts appeared with Ingrid the Game , , San Bergman at the new Kennedy Cen­ Francisco International , as well as ter for the Performing Arts in Cap­ on the specials Carousel and CBS tain Brassbound's Conversion . fa,i-~--~ ~ ':~~ ~~~ (/.,l_AbADDIN f!bOO~S ~AbADDIN ~bO ORS "SPECI.ALIZING IN" a "ft MEXICAN DISHES V · LARGE ASSORTMENT OF WINES )> ~ g CAPITALAVE FOOD TO GO 0 STUFFED PEPPERS 0 0 IMPORTED FROM C Al R CONDITION ED JIM COCHRAN'S f -2 CLOSE D MON DAYS OPEN z: 11 AM 'TIL 10 PM 0- rAbADDIN f'b0028 (FRI & SAT 'TIL 11 PM) - 0 ... R :! AND INTERIORS c1.u• ac( 3214 S. Congress, Austin, Texas 78704, AC 512/444 -6577 ~: !!4-6696 J •

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4 5 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST ST.EDWARD'S UnlUERSITY PLACE DepartmentofFine and Performing Arts A day room in a ward of a state mental hospital. presents SCENES

There will be three acts with two 10-minute intermissions. PERnELLROBERTS

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest One Flew Over the is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French , Inc . Cuckoo's Nest

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Dale Wasserman

based on a novel by Ken Kesey "TRY A TAITE OF THE Ci00D LIFE'' staged by EDWARD MANGUM

(Pernell Roberts appears through the c ourtesy o f Act o rs Equ ity Ass oc iati on.)

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CAST PRODUCTION STAFF (in order of appearance)

Chief Bromden . . -Pete Harrell Ill Managing Director . . Edward Mangum Aide Warren .. -Adrian McKnight Director ...... Karen Ryker Aide Williams . . · .. John White Resident Designer . . . . Mike Sullivan . . .. Demp Toney Stage Man ager . . . . . James Keane Nurse Flinn . . .. Mary McGurk Busi~ss Manager . Joseph Sain Dale Harding . Stayton P. Calhoun Costumes and Props . . Madeleine Pearsall Ellis . . . . · . . . Patrick Eaves Lighting and Sound ...... Denny Delk Billy Bibbit . Robert Lacey, Jr. Scanlon .. . . . Joseph Sain Chavez .. . . Manuel Esquivel Martini . . . . . Dick Gieseke CREDITS Ruckly . . . .Richard Halpin Randle P. McMurphy . Pernell Roberts John Bustin Dr. Spivey ...... · .John Slevin Marjorie Hoffman Aide Turk le . . . . . Elliott Williams Austin American-Statesman Candy Starr ...... Christine Schleicher AC City Pharmacy Nurse Frankenstein ·. . . Pat Samuelson Austin Rottier Barber Shop Sandra ...... Jo Ann Brinkman Seton Hospital

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Open s:oo am - 2:00am Us! 2501 SOUTH CONGRESS Mon . thru Sat. t}ru 24th and San Antonio fnY. Member FDIC 8 9 WHO 'S WHO THE WHO ' S W H O (cont.) Richard Halpin (Auckley ) from IN THE CAST Montclair , New Jersey has played in Deathwatch , Does a Tiger Wear PLACE Manuel Esquivel (Chavez ) from a Necktie? and American Dream . Dallas , Texas adds another per­ RESTAVRANT formance to his long list of credits . Featur ing st aks, s .afoo d, wi ne, un ­ He has acted in Star Sp angled Girl , Patrick Eaves (Ellis) is making Demp Toney (Nurse Ratched) has usual drink and a co mf o rtahl e atm o- Lovers , Deathwatch , and Does his acting debut after building the play ed in numerous roles for the p here . And now , we ' re serving a a 'busin essman luncheon buffet Monday Tiger Wear Necktie? First-year set for The Miser , assistant Austin Civic Theatre including Han­ a thru Friday from 11 :30 am -2 pm . Co m e Production Manager for the new St. managing Does a Tiger Wear a nah in Night of the Iguana and a yo u are, park fr.ee and enj oy a uniqu e Edward 's theatre , he also stage ­ Necktie? and directing his own Susan in Goodbye My Fancy. She dining exp erience managed The Miser , and built the play . has also played in 110° in the set for Does Tiger Wear Shade , Oliver , Up Your Curtain and a a Neck tie? won the Best Actress Award for Adrian McKnight (A ide Warren ) Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire EVENING BUFFE T at the Zachary Sc ott Theatre Cen­ made his acting debut as Valere in The Miser this May . tre. Her last St . Edward 's per ­ over 2 5 it e ms Joe Sain (Scanlon ) from fo rmance was in The Death and St ea m ship Round Alvarado , Texas recently played in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and Trial of Pope Formosus. Dai ly The Miser here at St . Edward 's. He John White (Aide Will iams) made 5- lO p.m . 4 72 - 53 9 2 also acted in and Marc An­ his debut in The Miser as Master ton y at Hill Jr . College , in Hillsboro , Stayton P. Calhoun (Dale Har­ Simon . ding) graduated from Southwestern Texas and is our Bus iness Manager On the Sec ond Leve l o f the Do bie Shopping Mall , 20th an d fo r the summer and this fall. in 1962 . His list of credits include ,Guadalupe . Master Simon , The Miser , Biff Elliot Williams (Aide Turkle ) fro m Loman , Death of a Salesman , Washingt on D.C. has acted in The Going out for dinner? Dick Giesecke (Martin) has act­ Chr istopher Wren , The Mousetrap , Respectful Prostitute , Does a Tiger ed in Auntie Mame , Dracula , Gen­ and Mr . Van Daan Diary of Anne May we suggest.. . Wear a Necktie? and The Death of Frank . At Zachary Scott , his Puck in tlemen Prefer Blonds and Who 's Bessie Smith . Midsummer Night 's Dream and Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A regular Fag in in Oliver were notao1e per ­ fac e around Theatre Unlimi ted , he formances . Most recently he played has played Noah , Don Juan In Hell , Jo Ann Brinkman (Sandra ) is Harpag on in St. Edward 's The Bits and Pieces , and How Cleopatra mak ing he r act ing debut on th e Made Her Mark . Miser . St . Edward 's stage .

Robert Lacy (B illy Bibb it), from Christine Schle icher (Candy Miami , Florida has appeared in The Mary McGurk (Nu rse Flinn) Starr ) fro m Austin is in her fourth Miser , The Promise , Skin of Our ha ils from , California . year here at St . Edward 's. Am ong Teeth , Clandestine on the Morning At Santa Monica College she has her many appearan ces are All My Line , Death and Trial of Pope For­ recently danced in Fiddler on the Sons , The Skin of Our Teeth , Star­ mosus , and Does A Tiger Wear a Roof , designed the set for Blithe Spangled Girl , Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? w ith William Shatner. Spirit , and sound for The Night Necktie? and The Miser . Thoreau Spent in Jail .

Pete Har rell Ill (Chief Bromden ) 'Family'Din ing John Slevin (Dr . Spivey ) has act­ Pat Samuelson (NurseF rankenstein) is rec ently played in The Death of Mon.- Thur . 6:30 a.m . - 12 p.m . ed in The Death and Trial of Pope best note d for her perfor mance in Bessie Smith here at St. Edward 's. Fri . 6:30 a.m. - 1 a.m . Formosus , Deathw atc h and Does a The Owl an d the Pussyca t and she Thi s w ill be hi s firs t majo r produc­ Sat. 6:30 a.m . - 2 a.m . Tiger Wear a Ne c k tie? al l for the St. has also acte d for the Za c har y tion . Ben W hite at Interreg io nal Edward 's stage . Scott Theatre Cente r.

10 11 DirectorEdward Mangum Majoring in Edward Mangum , chairman for the speech and drama under the direc­ Department of Fine and Per­ tion of New York Times drama forming Arts , has a wide critic Walter Kerr , Mr . Mangum background of credits to his became the head of the Drama name , having be~n a theatre Department at George director , producer , professor , Washington University in author , lecturer and consultant in Washington , D.C. in 1947, which Europe , Asia and the United position he resigned to found the States. Perhaps he is best known Arena Stage. for having founded the original Coming to St. Edward 's in 1965 Arena Stage in Washington , D.C ., as an assist ant professor in in 1950. He became the first speech and English drama , he American to direct in the German initiated the first theatre courses professional theatre after World within the curriculum . Four years War 11.Among his world travels to later , a major and a department 25 countries , he has directed in were formed . A short time after the professional theatres in Ger­ that , the foundations were being many and Turkey , as well as in laid for the newly developed Mary Honolulu , Hawaii ; Milwaukee , Moody Northen Theatre for the About the· Author Dale Wasserman is best known Wisconsin ; and Washington , D.C. Performing Arts . for having written the libretto of the One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's hugely successful Man of La Man­ Nest was Ken Kasey's first novel. cha. His prior eminence was based On its publication in 1962 it on the screen play he wrote for the received unusual critical attention Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton and has gone through over 17 Cleopatra . paperback printings since then . His Beginning professionally at the second novel , Sometimes a Great age of 19, he racked up several Pro-fessional Notion , was published in 1971 by successful theatre careers as A r ls I n C . 308 west 15th street . austin texas 78701 Viking Press , and it was made into lighting designer , director and a major motion picture in 1972 producer before turning to writing starr ing Paul Newman. It received in the 1950's. H.is first script a two Academy Award nominations , television drama entitled Elisha and for Best Song and Best Supporting the Long Knives , won an award as Actor . top TV play of 1954. Other award ­ A free-wheeling type , not unlike winning TV scripts that followed in­ his McMurphy hero in Cuckoo 's cluded The Fog , The Power and the ECONOMY IN QUALITY ADVERTISING Nest Kesey was a notable figure Glory which starred Sir Laurence FROM CONCEPT TO FINISHED ART among the literary and hippie cir­ Olivier , The Lincoln Murder Case , c les of the Bay Area The Eichmann Story , The Stranger , PHONE 478 - 3431 in the 1960's. He formed a group and /, Don Quixote , which Wasser­ called The Merry Pranksters who man enlarged into Man of La Man­ travel led up and down the _Pacific cha . Coast in trucks and buses , whose In addition to Cleopatra , Wasser­ advertising· public relations· promotion · design . art . printing . mailing expl oi ts were chronicled by Tom man provided screenplays for The Wo lfe in his book The Electric Koo/­ Vikings , Mr . Buddwing , and A Walk Aid Aci d Test. With Love and Death. 12 13 Greenroom proved Mangum right. We learned many things those weeks , but the lesson that stands out in my mind is CREWS that professional theatre is certainly not all bright lights and glitter . Intensive rehearsals began upon Shatner 's arrival - 18-hour days SET CONSTRUCTION SOUND TECHNICIANS I was sitting on the lobby floor were the standard . We had to learn Patrick Eaves - Master Carpenter Denny Delk tonight looking over the night lights to be flexible with his ideas oc­ Gregg Robbins of the city wondering if people casionally changing dialogue , ad John White really knew what is happening here libbing lines and reblocking a few Barbara Teter BOX OFFICE on the hilltop at St . Edward 's scenes. Mr . Shatner would make Jay Wagner University Theatre. Most people suggestions concerning the fine Grace Reardon Joseph Sain - Manager know that William Shatner was here points of our characterizations , Robert Lacey in March , that Pernell Roberts and sometimes taking us aside in­ Jane Calhoun Julie Adams are here in July and dividually , guiding us to a more PROPERTIES Lois Fanghor that Carl Betz will be here in human and realistic feeling for the Ann Wheelock Mary McGurk August - but do they realize that play . Madeleine Pearsall - Prop Mistress Debbie Sain we 're probably the only college In discussions that we had with Ann Wheelock Lolly Hatcher theatre in the country that can Mr. Shatner he said that , unlike boast four major stars within the University theatre , professional LIGHTING COSTUMES first six months of its opening? theatre is a cold and calculating The man most responsible for our business . He pointed out that Denny Delk - Designer Madeleine Pearsall - Costumer department stepping into the there 's no security and usually no limelight is Edward Mangum. Three real sense of community . He John White - Master Electrician Lois Fanghor years ago , St . Edward 's had no theorized that at a University Grace Reardon Theatre Arts major. In the fal I of theatre a sense of good wi 11 and Robert Creamer Mary McGurk 1970, through petitions circulated working together for a common Bill Nichols Mary Donley by students and the efforts of goal keeps spirits and enthusiasm Linda Canupe Mangum , the major was high . This can 't always be found in established . Six months later , plans a professional company. MAKEUP PUBLICITY were being drawn up for our These are lessons that can 't be Manuel Esquivel beautiful new arena theatre . learned from a textbook - lessons Madeleine Pearsall Ernestine Wheelock There was a year and a half of th at cou Id only be taught by Dina Moe - Special Effects research , decisions , planning and someone deeply involved in theatre hard work which led to our opening as an art form and a business. And in March. if what we have said about the I asked Mangum the reason for goals of theatre students is true , bringing in professional actors. then St. Edward 's University has Mangum seemed to feel that the one of the most progressive goal of most Theatre Arts majors in schools of theatre in the country . college is to work in professional So , when you hear about Pernell THEmARY MOODY nORTHEn THEATRE theatre and the best way to learn to Roberts or Julie Adams or Carl Betz be a professional is to work with a coming to St. Edward 's, realize that FORTHE PERFORmmG ARTS professional. you are seeing some of the best en­ The two weeks that William Shat­ tertainment and the best education St. Edward's University ner was on our campus this spring in town . Austin, Texas 78704

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