Artistic Director Executive Director M. Seth Reines Leonard A. Anderson July 24 - August 4,2002 ARTS partially supported byagrantfmmthe mmnwuumm NATIONAL ALLIANCE Illinois Arts Council for MUSICAL THEATRE An Illinois Arts Council Established Regional Arts Institution Member: Illinois Theatre Association M444 4 TOM SNOW ly..Mb DEAN BITCMFORlD Stage Adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIE Based on the Original Screenpiq by Dean PEtchford A,4wedM&& ERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR, KENh'Y LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN b&v% Paul Nelson MdU/U Ron- Hutchins" Bryan Underwood sut;& -w WRUy. Chris Peters Donna Lawrence Ryan Mueller P- P- M-p Charles Bell Tom Reynolds* THE CAR In Order of Appearance Ren McCormack.. ......................................... ..NdlLanieC Keufe-r Chuck Cranston.. ............................................ Tad Hiilgenbrinck Ethel McCormack .......................................... 3 Duvh * Lyle.. ........................................................................ J Massey Reverend Shaw Moore .................................... a Ham* Travis................................................................... Kyle Fitman M Moore............................................................... .Hoilv he* Willard Hewitt .....................................................Travis Mahrt Ariel Moore .......................................................... myFeher Principal Roger Clark. ......................................... bmDm2 Lulu Warnicker/Betty Blastkne. ................ Gretchen Burghurt Jeter.. .......................................................................B Wfyte Wes Warnicker/Cowboy Bob.......................... ..Nicholas Dalton Bickle/Cop....................................................... erCow Rusty.. ........................................................................ Berry Gmin................................................................... n Edwmcls Urleen.. ............................................................... KeCarrh Jenny ................................................................... enShrinm Wendy Jo ................................................................ a Fhh Rachael......................................................... Dm Jenkins Vemnia.................................................................... Celede Lero Ron Hutchins is a veteran musical theatre performer in the Chicago area and an active member of SSDC. Presently, Ron's choreography can be seen in 'The Little Shop of Horrors' at First Street Playhouse. Ron choreographed 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' for The Royal George Theatre as well as 'Cabaret' for The Arkansas Repertory Theatre. He has also collaborated with The Rep on some of their most popular shows. Regional& Ron choreographed for The Cleveland Playhouse, The Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre at Oakbrook Temce, Maniott Lincohhire Theatre, and Thnnp Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Mr. Hutchins is the recipient of The Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artists Fellowship for excellence in dance performance. He has taught at Werbilt University where he saved as artistic director for the 21st Avenue Dancers. Presently, Ron is on faculty at the Lou Conte dance studio, Columbia College and Roosevelt Universtiy. *Members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of Professional Acton and Stage Managers in the United States Footloose is presented through special arrangement with me Choreographer is a mberaf the Socirty of Stage D~recrorsand Churrogruphers, inc., T~H:Rodgers & Harnrr~crsleinTheatre Libmy. " sdcan ~ndependentnational tabor union. 1065 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2400, New YO& NY 10018. Stars WhoAppeared During Mr. Lirrle's Tenure: Alan Alda Sue Ane Langdon June AUyson Julius LaRosa Eve Arden John Phillip Law Jean-Pierre Aumont June Lockhart Shelley Berman Marjorie Lord Carl Betz Meredith MacRae Bill Bixby George Maharis Eddie Bracken Marion Marlowe Joe E. Brown Peter Marshall Edd Byrnes Since 19'7.. Donald May Michael Callan Virginia Mayo David Canary Guy S. LXtbJ Jv., wk6 Mercedes McCambridge Kitty Carlisle j5nmda%cr/nd/&i Gardner McKay Violet Carlson Gisele McKenzie John Carradine "S-ofMW atthe Butterfly McQueen Peggy Cass GvdTheatre~1957m- Julia Meade Joan Caulfield lutw the kt& Ray Milland George Chakiris ktw% ca4Q Ann Miller Imogene Coca Terry Moore Dennis Cole Patricia Morison Michael Cole Robert Morse Dorothy Collins ~thepa&forty-/heyecjwk. David Nelson Gary Collins C~~wtothecuy- Leonard Nimoy Robert Conrad v&kd/ofe&~J kt@ Kathleen Nolan Gary Conway Margaret O'Brien d t&&ed/ &d/ d Jeanne Crain Pat O'Brien Bob Crane Janis Paige Kathryn Crosby Peter Palmer Robert Cummings Pat Paulsen Linda Darnell John Payne Ann B. Davis Tom Poston Andy Devine Harve Presnell Annamary Dickey Rosemary Prinz Elinor Donahue Robert Reed King Donavan Cesar Romero James Drury Mickey Rooney Ron Ely Barbara Rush Fannie Flagg Isabel Sanford Jonathan Frid Dick Sargent Eileen Fulton John Saxon John Gavin Susan Seaforth Anthony George Ann Sothern Betty Grable Alan Sues Virginia Graham Frank Sutton Betty Ann Grove Win a complimentary stay at Russ Tamblyn Tony Tanner Margaret Hamilton IheLittleHouae Noel Harrison Margaret Truman Bill Hayes OmIhePvUaie Forrest Tucker Mimi Hines &dandl9hW@ad... Vivian Vance Katharine Houghton Lyle Waggoner Edward Everett Horton Helen Wagner Robert Horton Lesley Warren Tab Hunter Ruth Warrick Will Hutchins Dennis Weaver Van Johnson by being one of the fust five people Margaret Whiting Allan Jones to identify the 5 stars in these pictures. Marie Wilson Stubby Kaye JoAnne Worley Jane Kean Bruce Yarnell Durward Kirby Alan Young Harvey Korman GREETINGS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Decw Patvoytk: 2002 wbthe45th.b.c~~~~neymof 1Cuethutreat hL-wveOfi%SqruwehS&r&aMdlb15th. ~~I htwebwued/cw€WieDivectw &S&R&nwhcw bwued/wAEiwD&ectov. S&dI hcweIzeevl.hauweed/tocavvyfiwww&the~kt&~I>y Guys. L-, Jv. h1957 wbheccwn.ehovvwf;m~d btCWZ;ed/h&own~~vehh&hmwtow~~rlhCLtZeguq wwpicked.up WvoUpofIOCCC2/citli&~~~n/1981 ~hen/wfiwvuted.thenot-fiw- pvofitcovpwatimW~pwV\.ed/thethutvefiwthep~~~ ywk. It&mWofc2LplOvWthebWmaMdlkpivit thv*thepv&flmofquaLCty ~wwp~k,comd&d~Mve. Leonard A. Anderson - Executive Director Leonard became Executive Director of The Little Theatre On The Square on January 1,1988 after having served as Managing Director of The Black Hills Playhouse in Custer State Park, South Dakota from January 1976 through May of 1987. Prior to that, he was the Business Manager of Theatre Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Leonard earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees in theatre from the University of South Dakota and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is originally from St. Joseph, MO and served as a combat infantry platoon leader in Viet-Nam in 1967. Leonard has been treasurer of the Sullivan Area Chamber of Commerce, vice-president of the Central Illinois Tourism Council and treasurer of the statewide Illinois Regional Tourism Council. Certainly, our SUPREME ANGELS are Guy S. Little, Jr. for his vision, determination and fortitude in founding The Little Theatre On The Square and serving as Producer, Artistic Director and Executive Director from 1957 through 1978, and his parents Guy, Sr. and Inis and other members of his family who unselfishly participated in and nurtured the theatre for many years. ARCHANGEL status must go to Marion and the late Bob Best, Dr. Tom and Emilee Best, Margaret and the late Dr. Mack Hollowell, Pauline and the late Rev. Stewart Rowles, Mary L. "Stormy" Storm and Ron and Sharon White for their considerable contributions of time, labor, materials, use of physical space andlor direct financial support. e 2002 rALL SEASON Four male singers, killed in a car crash in 1964 on the way to their first big concert, are miraculously revived for a plaid-fabulous time for audiences everywhere. Singing in the closest of harmony and squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations, the Plaids are a guaranteed smash with a series of well-loved songs and right-on patter that keeps audi- ences laughing when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the '50s. , I , October 9 - 20,2002 Bad4/ by ~o~ularDemand Book by Stuart Ross This frenetic entertainment is long on shtick and historical hilarity. It is staged as a backers' audition for an 83.5-million-dollar twelve-hour stage history of the world from creation to the present. Eighteen side-splitting numbers, performed by two actors, portraying Adam and Eve, Attila the Hun. the building of the pyramids, Julius Caesar and Columbus, among others, give potential investors a taste of the impending extravaganza. In the process, the opulent Park Avenue apartment "borrowed for the occasion is trashed as the two snatch its furnish- ings to create makeshift costumes while singing and clowning their way through inventive recreations of the past, stopping occasionally for a little supplicating show biz patter. November 13 - 24,2002 Music by Jed Feuer Book and Lyrics by Boyd Gralzant Subjectro Arailabilitg In this sequel to the ever-popular Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders family returns to Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, on the Christmas Eve of 194 1. Reverend Oglethorpe has invited them to the Baptist Church to sing and witness, getting the congregation into the down-home holiday spirit before the boys, including one of the Sanders' own, are shipped off to World War 11. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and