2355 EAST 89th STREET • CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106 THE MUSIC MAN

Book, Music & Lyrics ·by MEREDITH WILLSON

Story by MEREDITH WILLSON & FRANKLIN LACEY

Sept_ember 23 through November 12 PROSCENIUM THEATRE. 43rdSeason 1966-1967 " THE MUSIC MAN"

Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson

Story by Meredith Wilson & Franklin Lacey

Directed by Benno D. Frank Musical Direction by J. Harold Brown 'Sets by Stewart Johnson Lighting by Stewart Johnson & John Middleton Choreography & Musical Numbers by Maurice Nystrom Costumes by Jo Ellen Tomsic

THE CAST

CHARLIE COWELL Henry Pickett, Max Shumow CONDUCTOR Jerome Harris, Ralph Johnson TKAVELING SALESMEN Sidney Hauer, Don Price a.nd Morris Hybloom HAROLD HILL Nathaniel C. Barnett, Tom Jones MAYOR SHINN Jack Crail, Harry Spencer EWART DUNLOP Leroy Strawder OLIVER HIX Daryl Hawkins, Sam Malone , JACEY SQUIRES Joe Graham, Illinois Wilson OLIN BRITT Morris Hybloom, Ben Shave MARCELLUS WASHBUKN Frank Shaff TOMMY DJILAS Dave Coleman, Daryl Hawkins MARIAN P A.1:\,00 Jill Dennison, Mary Eileen Fogarty, Rhonda Plessinger MRS. PAKOO Irma Lange, Rhonda Plessinge1' AMARYLLIS Carla Miller, Lynn Miller WINTHROP PA.KOO Billy Kurtz, Russell Parker EULALIE MACKECKNIE SHINN Jean Pickett, Jonnie Belle Wilburn ZANEETA SHINN Marilyn Price GRACIE SHINN Carla Miller ALMA HIX Barbara McClain MAUD DUNLOP Marge Ferguson ETHEL TUFFELMIER Lynette Braithwaite MRS. SQUIKES Doris Simµions CONSTABLE LOCKE Don Price, Sidney Hauer TOWNSPEOPLE Debbie McDaniel, Hannah Robinson, Jerome Harris, Ralph Johnson, Huntas Compton, Fran Miller, Arlington Shotwell, Don Price. Julius Kurtz CHILDREN Kene Moore, Gary Stanton, John Wilburn, Della Pugh, Donna Jenkins, Russell Parker , Laura Maistros DANCERS Bonnie Erdos, Bette Sweeney, Denise Sweeney, Lynn Stevens, Barbara McClain

AFTER-THEATKE COFFEE COUKTESY OF COOK COFFEE COMPANY MUSICAL SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT ONE SCENE 1: A Railway Coach. Morning, July 4, 1912. "Rock Island" Charlie Cowell and Traveling Salesmen SCENE 2: River City, Iowa. Center of Town. Immediately following. "Iowa Stubborn" Townspeople of River City "Trouble" Harold and Townspeople SCENE 3: The Paroos I House. That evening. "Piano Lesson" Marian, Mrs. Parco, Amaryllis "Goodnight My Someone" Marian SCENE 4: Madison Gymnasium. Thirty minutes later. "Seventy Six Trombones 11 Harold, Boys and Girls "Sincere II Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey SCENE 5 : Exterior of Madison Library. Immediately following. "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl" Harold and Marcellus "Pickalittle" Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma, Mrs. Squires and Ladies of River City "Goodnight Ladies" Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey SCENE 6: Interior of Madison Library. Immediately following. "Marian The Librarian" Harold, Boys and Girls SCENE 7: A Street. The following Saturday noon. SCENE 8: The Paroos' Porch. That evening. "My White Knight" Marian SCENE 9: Center of Town. Noon, the following Saturday. "Wells Fargo Wagon" Winthrop and Townspeople

ACT TWO SCENE 1: Madison Gymnasium. The following Tuesday evening. "It's You" Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey, Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma and Mrs . Squires "Shipoopi" Marcellus, Harold, Marian, Tommy, Zaneeta, and Kids "Pickalittle Reprise" Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma, Mrs. Squires, and Ladies SCENE 2: The Hotel Porch. The following Wednesday evening. "Lida Rose" Olin, Oliver , Ewart, Jacey "Will I Ever Tell You" Marian SCENE 3: The Paroos 1 P o rch. Immediately following. "Gary, Indiana" Winthrop SCENE 4: The Footbridge. Fifteen minutes later. "It's You Reprise" Townspeople, Boys and Girls "Till There Was You" Marian and Harold SCENE 5: A Street. Immediately following. "Seventy Six Trombones" and "Goodnight My Someone" Harold and Marian SCENE 6: Madison Park. A few minutes later. "Till There Was You Reprise" Harold SCENE 7: River City High School Assembly Room. Immediately following. "Finale" Entire Company

"The Music Man" is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, 119 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019. THEATRE STAFF Executive Director, Karamu House and Theatre J. Newton Hiil Director, Musical Productions Benno D. Frank Director, Drama Productions Reuben Silver Director, Children's Productions Diane Johnson Scenery Designer/Technical Director Stewart Johns on Assistant Technical Director John Middleton Musical Director Helmuth Wolfes Musical Director J. Harold Brown Assistant Musical Director Selena Nystrom Choreographer Maurice Nystrom Scholarship Technical Assistant Diane Kahn Costume Designer Jo Ellen Tomsic Director, Public Relations Wilhelmina Koberson

PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director Stewart Johns on Assistant Technical Director John Middleton Stage Manager Joe Graham Musical Coaches Selena Nystrom, Gwendolyn Yates Assistant to the Director Norma Powell Costume Crew Jeanette Reynolds Set and Lighting Crew Larry Davis, Denise Stephens, Bill Hawkins, Robert Thornton, Harold Johnson, Lauren Boxley, Jessie Harris, Diane Kahn, Diane Johnson, John Middleton, Jerry Green, Eugene Hubbard, Al Pearl

_ln Swahili, Karamu means "a place of joyful gathering for all. 11 Karamu House, founded in 1915byRussell and.Kowena Jelliffe, attracts people of all racial and social backgrounds to more than 60 separate activities. Besides adult theatre, there are teen-age and children's the;i.tre groups, modern dance classes, choral and instrmnental groups, art, crafts and sculpture studios. Club and class interests are asdiverse as fencing, world politics, science, camera guild, a blindCheerioCircleand a hamradio unit. Almost 590 Golden Agers have their lounge and frequent meetings. A day _ nursery cares for 45 children. You are invited to become an active member of Karamu House or a supporter as a Friend of Karamu. ,

ARENA THEATKE - September 30-0ctober 29 ·

BLOOD KNOT by Athol Fugard Directed by Reuben Silver

This unusual drama by South Africa's leading playwright has won acclaim on three continents. Two brothers, o~e colored, one white, live together in a city shanty. They dream of saving enough : money to escape to a farm, but a woman complicates their lives. I Rich in humor and imaginative treatment, this dramatic parablej builds up to a powerful climax.