South Pacific Little Theatre on the Square

Eastern Illinois University The Keep 1967 Shows Programs 1967 Summer 8-29-1967 South Pacific Little Theatre on the Square Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1967_programs Part of the Theatre History Commons Recommended Citation Little Theatre on the Square, "South Pacific" (1967). 1967 Shows Programs. 5. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1967_programs/5 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1967 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1967 Shows Programs by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Guy S. Little, Jr. Prmnts F-::y [.-.l I ---- e and "- ------ 'd R -4---s in "SOUTH PACIFIC" August 29-September 10, 1967 , Guy S. Uale, Jr. PRESENTS BETTY ANN GROVE and RONALD ROGERS "OUTH PACIFIC' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Critics' Circle Award Music by RICHARD ROWERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTUN 2nd Book by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd and JOSHUA LWAN Adapted from JAMES A. MICHENER'S Pulitzer Prize Winning "TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC" with MARTHA LARRlMORE Robert Gwaltney, John Kebo, Carol Culw BILL ~~DDAD Directed by NED LEVY Rl. Choreography by GEORGE BUNT Musical Direction by DONALD W. CHAN Assistant Musical Direction by ROBERT MOREEN . Scenery Designed by KENNETH E. LEWSS Production Stage Manager Technical Director e&UrnCo @ KATHY McCLAlW BILL TSOKBS MAL PlNA C& ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LIT"TLI CAST Ngana ........................VANESSA LITTLE, KATHY BEST or CAROL WHITE Jerome .....................................................BRIAN HAYNES Henry ......................................................... COLIN OTEARY Nellie ....................................................BETTY ANN GRWP Emile DeBecque ........................................... RONALD ROGERS Bloody Mary ..........................................MARTHA LARRlMORE 1 Bloody Mary's Assistant ...................................... SHIRLEY BEAVON Abner ........................................................ LELAND BOEHME I Stewpot ....................................................... RUSS BRULEK Luther Billis ..................................................... BILL HADDAD I Professor. -~ ----- ............................................... ...... LARRY DENNIS Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC .....................................,' ........ GUY LI~LE Capt, Brackett, USN ...................................., . R6BERT GWALTNEY Comdr. Harbison. USN .............................................. JOHN KELSO Yeoman Quale ......................... ..................., ........ 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Little, Jr. With the opening on May 20th of Barefoot In The Park starring Tab Hunter, Producer Magnavox, Fisher Guy S. Little. Jr. is proud to begin his second decade of live theatre for central Illinois audiences. Long before Mr. Little opened the Grand Theatre back in 1957, he hoped and planned that someday he would have a theatre where musicals and plays could be presented. He got his first job in professional theatre as an apprentice at the Keene, New Hampshire Quality, Value, Service Summer Theatre in 1951 and worked the two following summers at the Gateway Musical Playhouse near Atlantic Cit~ After graduation from the ~niversiiyof Mi- for Over 59 Years ami Mr. Little took graduate courses at Colum- bia 'university and The American Theatre Wing before returning to central Illinois in the spring of 1957 ro look for a theatre location. Not having success locating a suitable theatre in any of the larger cities in downstate Illinois, Mr. Little decided to lease the movie house in his nalive Sullivan. Since the opening of Brigadoon on July 3, 1957, Mr. Little has presented 100 major productions-both plays and musicals-featuring many outstandin stars and supporting casts from Broadway, ~ollfywood TV and Opera. The first season ran nine weeks) and had an attendance of 8,000. The Little Theatre- On The Square was open for twenty-five weeks last year and had an attendance of 80 000 . a most gratifying increase! In additidn to his productions in Sullivan, Mr. Little managed the Piccolo Playhouse in Joliet and has had touring productions that have played theatres in Michigan, Ohio and the Chicago area. Mr. Little is often asked to open and manage other theatres in the midwest, but his devotion is to The Little Theatre-On The Square and Meet Paul, the friendly operator at its loyal audiences. Mr. Little works around booking outstanding stars such as f::: Allyson, John Carradine, Peter Palmer, Rose- mary Prinz, Dennis Weaver, Robert Reed, John ''THE OLD STORE" Payne, Margaret O'Brien. Julia Meade, Pat O'Brien, Linda Darnell, Marie Wilson, Eddie CADWELL, ILLINOIS Bracken, Joe E. Brown, Marjorie Lord. Margar- et Truman, Edward Everett Horton, Annamary 8 Miles N.E. of Sullivan Dickey, Jack Haskell, Margaret Hamilton and Cesar Romero. Mr. Little has directed many of the pro- Gourmet Foods and Antique Reproductions ductions, designed and built the scenery, and has appeared in many of the shows. Last season, in addition to supervising all the productions, *** he ap eared as Mr. Snow in Carousel, Joe Tay- lor, fr. in Allegro, Mr. Foley in Never Too Late and Michael O'Neill in The Moon Is ANTIQUES Blue. Guy met his wife, Jerili when they were both studying theatre at the' University of Mi- ami. 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