The Glass Menagerie Little Theatre on the Square

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Summer 6-3-1962 The Glass Menagerie Little Theatre on the Square

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6uy S. Little, Jr. Presents

@ # Mark Rm-'~llw in "The Glass Menagene July 3rd through July 8th, 1962 Guy S. Little, Jr. PRESENTS MARK RYDELL in

0 I/ "The Glass V-----meJ By TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Co-starring DOLORES WILSON WITH Cynthia Tome and Jerry Hlis Directed by JEFF WARREN Scenery and Lighting Designed by ANDREW GREENHUT Production Stage Manager Assistant .Stage Manager THOMAS HElNO HERBERT O'DELL

ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE

CAST The Mother...... DOLORES WILSON Her Son ...... MARK RYDELL Her Daughter...... CYNTHIA TOWNE The Gentleman Caller ...... JERRY ELLIS Scene An alley in St. Louis Part 1 : Preparation for a Gentleman Caller. Part II: The Gentleman Calls. Time: Now and the Past. There will be a 10 minute intermission between Part I and Part II. Production Staff for Mr. Little Costumer...... Rod Fernandez Assistant to Mr. Little...... Sandra Lamont Wardrobe Master...... Robert Leopold Master Electrician...... Jeff Gillen Theatre Artist...... Harry Lines Pr~ductionAssistants: Suzanne Baker. Carolyn Property Master for "Tunnel Snyder. Jimmy Dove John Montgomery. of Love" ...... Jeff Gillen Christy Bauch, ~arlen; Kogan. Brad Smith. Property Mistress for Joan Payne, Melody Santangelo, James "Menagerie"...... Linda Mullins Harms, Ralph Bufano. Kay Sillery, Sandra- Head Usher...... Pam Landers Jeanne Breil, Wayne Wheeler. Constance Box Office ...... Judy Sickafus, Sharon Taylor, Leona Shapiro. Mitch Kessler, Spencer and Inis Little Sandra Suter, Reggie Jackson. Apprentice Co-ordinator...... Jim Panowski Credit: Plants and glassware for "Tunnel" by Elzy'a Flower Shop. Glasses from Jibby's. Compliments of HENDRIX BOTTLING CO.

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July 10-July 15 DOLORES WILSON Metropolitan Opera Star .ITHE KIN^ AND July 17-July 22 JACK CHAPLAIN Young TV Star from Charleston in "BYE BYE BIRDIE"

July 24-July 29 PETER PALMER B'way and Hollywood's "Li'l Abner" in "OKLAHOMA!"

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Who's Who in the Cast . . . ERRY ELLIS opens the 1QW aeaaon at the &rand as Die! Popper. in THE TUNNEL OF LOVE and wtll rematn with the COmDUIY to play a great variety of rolen includin -The Gentleman Caller in THE 0-88 &¶#NAG- ERIE, The Kralahome in THE KINQ AND I. Albert in BYE BYE BIRDIE JnQ in 0-KLA- HOMA! and Herbie in GYPS$. Mr. Ellta has SOUVENIR a peared on Broadway with Helen Ha es and dary Martin in THE SKIN OF OUR ~TH and at the N. Y. City Center as Steve in SHOW BOAT with loe E. Brown and an all-star cast. PROGRAMS Television vlewers have uen erry on such dramatic mhons as STUDIO OLE. ROBERT MONTGOMERY P R E S E N T S UNITED Photographs and bidgraphin of STATES STEEL HOUR, A R M'S T R 0 N G CIRCLE THEATRE and YOU ARE THERE. all tho stars. A graduate of Yale a World War I1 veteran and a member of tb; famous Lambs Club six- Scorns from previous produc- footer Ellis manage. to find (inm to entertain for the Theatre Wi Amaricso Red Cross here tions. and abroad. tha %nee. and manr other organizations. Ria rolea-b akk haye ikcltuled History of Summer of Musicals. Dan in PLAIN AND FAWCY Jeff tn BRIGA- DOON and Frank in ANNIE ~ETYOUR GUN. LYNN COLBY is another new face at the Grand this summer. Her roles in Sullivan will include Alice in THE TUNNEL OF LOVE. Lady On Sale In Theatre Lobby Thian in THE KING AND I Mrs. MacAfee m B#E BYE BIRDIE and Ado Annie in OKLAHOMA! Lynn appeared on Broadway an + Carrie in CAROUSEL and with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza in the ori ~nal roduction of SOUTH PACIFIC. TV audrdncea gave seen her in8id ~iesir%SHOW OF S~oWS~andrecent- ly she had the comedy lead In Chica o in the intimate musical revue. TOUGUE IN ~IC. Compliments of BARBARA COLE will make her Grand Theatre debut as Tuotim in THE KING AND 1 and re- main with SUMMER OF MUSICALS to appear as Kim in BYE BYE BIRDIE Laurey in OKLAHOMA! and June in GYPSY! Mias Cole Steffeds made her first stock a with the Arundel Opera Theatre in !!z:b"c:pon, Maine where she appeared in NAUGHTY MARIETTE, GUYS AND DOLLS. MOST HAPPY FELLA Federated Stwe and LA PERICHOLE. Barbara has apoeared opposite Bill Hayes in WHERE'S CHARLEY? and with Robert Rounaeville in THE MERRY Phone 3142 Sullivan, Ill. WIDOW and THE STUDENT PRINCE. Re- cently in New York she appeared at the Shubert Theatre in TALENT 61 and at the Wsldorf Aatoria with Harpo Marx and Frana Allers con- ducting the Symphony of the Air.

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0- 84 Monday, Tdy,Wednesday ortunity of ap earin o odte Ethel Merman as 8-9 Thursday and Friday kenneth in CALLM% &!ADAM. .Jeff was then engaged to create the same role In the London roduction of CALL ME MADAM and remained b7 Saturday fn England to lay the leading role in WED- DING IN PAR&. Recently he apoeared in the New York revival of LEND AN EAR and associated with Carol Channing's revue, SHOW GIRL. In addition to directing all the productions at the Grand during the past two su... mere, Jeff has appeared in a variety of role. cluding Captain Dick in NAUGHTY MARI- Compliments of ETTA, Nat in TAKE ME ALONG, Damlo THE MERRY WIDOW and Wanq Ta in FLOWER DRUM SONG This past wlnter eff BROWN SMCO, appeared with Margaret bhiting in CALL LE MADAM for eight weeks tn Boston and in New Jersey and just before returning to Sullivan, he Sullivan, 111. directed a production of DOWN IN THE VAL- LEY Off-Broadwad at the Actors' Playhouse. His roles at the and this summer wrll include The King in THE KING AND I and Har- old Hill in THE MUSIC MAN. HULBERT'S WADE'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS PHARMACY SHIRT FINISHING SULLIVAN - BETHANY COLD STORAGE AVAILABLE "Your Health Is WE ALSO CLEAN CARPETS Our Business" . Producer Guy S. Little, Jr. $a& Compli.ments of p?') Welcomes You To The pi.\1cI 1962 Summer of Musicals Myers Oil Company Your Local Shell DmIer We Give SIH Groon Stamps

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It was in July of 1957 that Guy S. Little. Jr.. first brou ht Broadway to Sullivan. In only ftve MOTOR COMPANY years SUBMEROF MUSICALS has become one of the outstanding musical theatres in the sum- CARS - TRUCKS mer stock world. It is the only professional SALES SERVICE Equity music theatre between Chicago and St. and Louis and one of the few theatres in the country that presents a stock season of the latest Broad- 14 N. Main Sullivan, Ill. way musicals and plays on a proscenium stage in an air-conditioned indoor theatre. The inti- Phone 6142 mate Grand Theatre has 500 seats with excellent right-lines and acoustics. In the paat five sea- sons, some forty-three top roductions have been presented at the Grand. $heatre patrons at the Grand come from over a hundred miles to the north, south, east and west of Sullivan to enjoy an evening or matinee of outstanding musical and dramatic entertainment. Now established with Midwest audiences and considerably en- COWNIN larged in scope, SUMMER OF MUSICALS launches its sixth and moat exciting season to date presenting seven outstanding musicals and lays featuring stars from Broadway, Hollywood, INDUSTRIES, LTD. %V and Opera.

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MARK RYDELL (Tom) well known as "Jeff she hsd had in Europe was repeated. The public Baker" by his millions of fans, has starred on responded with an ovation, especially after the CBS-TV's da time serial. AS THE WORLD notoriously difficult Mad Scene. while the *New TURNS for tie past four years. Mark Rydell York cr~ticswent all out in their praise. Do- is the third actor from AS THE WORLD lores Wilson Scores ss Lucia" was the headline TURNS to ap ear in a production at the Grand in the New York Times by Howard Taubman. Theatre in suTlivan. On the New York stage. This review went on to may: "The Metropolitsn tlle multi-talented Mr. Rydell has been seen in has come up with a good one . . . She sang a productions of SEAGULLS OVER SORRENTO, Lucia of uncommon merit . . There should ,$ CLERAMBARD. HANDFUL OF FIRE and be joy st the Met box-office,'for Miss Wilson sp- MOONBIRDS. Summer theatre-goers have seen ars to have what it takes to become a bag him in productions of BLUE DENIM and ravorite . . . Her voice ia fresh in quality, COMPULSION. Mr. Rydell's television career large in size and flexible in production . . . re- encompassed every major television program of finement of singing . ;, . delicate texture . the last decade. His memorable performance in . . sensitivity . . The most dramatic Reginald Rose's CRIME IN THE STREETS is moment in the life of'the youthful soprano came still remembered as a video highl~ght. Mark. when she assumed the role of Susanna in THE along with his co-star, John Cassevetes, repeated MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at the Metropolitan his role in the film versEon of the teen-age story. on three hours notice, without ever havin sung One of the most dynamic of the new wave of the role on any stage previously. Miss bilson stage directors is youthful Mark Rydell. Mark created the title role in Dou~lasMoor's THE made his directorial bow, in stylish fashion, last BALLAD OF BABY DOE at Central City, Colo- season with the rovocative presentation of Ar- rado in the summer of 1956 and has more recent- nold Wesker's RBOTS in New York. Actor-di- ly appeared at the St. Louis Muni Opera, and rector Rydell has extended himself into still an- has won acclaim on THE VOICE OF FIRE- other field. Now actor, now d~rector,now song- STONE and THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW on writer, he has composed a po ular tune called TV. Lant summer she made her musical comedy "Penny" which is used on AB THE WORLD debut as Sonia in THE MERRY WIDOW for TURNS. An accomplished musician, he ap- SUMMER OF MUSICALS. Before returning to proached his sonft-writing as no stran er to the Sullivan this summer to appear as Amanda in field. Active wit the d~rectorsand pfaywrights THE GLASS MENAGERIE and Mrs. Anna in units of the Actor's Studio. Mark has studied THE KING AND I. Dolores was starred 8s with many of the top tutors in theatre including Magnolia in SHOW BOAT with Do-othy Dand- Sanford Meimer, Martha Graham. Harold Clur- ridge at the Dayton. Ohio Summer Theatre. man. Robert Lewis, Lee Strasberg. Elia Kazan and N. Richard Nash. Born and raised in New CYNTHIA TOWNE (Lsurs) returned to the York City he is a graduate of the Bronx High Grand this seaaon to appear as Estelle Novick in School of' Science. attended the University oi THE TUNNEL OF LOVE. Miss Towne is re- Chicago. Juilliard School of Music, the New membered by local audiences for the variety of School of Social Research and the Neighborhood roles nhe created at SUMMER OF MUS- Playhouse. Though Mark Rydell continues as a ICALS in 1957 when she appeared as Jane Ash- ,?. leading actor on television, he now learns that ton in BRIGADOON Sophi in ROBERTA and being a director consumes the greatest amount of Helen in WONDERF~LT+N. Off-Broadway 3 time for his well-directed energy. The Grand has cla~medmuch of Cynthia s time during the Theatre in Sullivan is the only summer theatre last few years as well as rgdio. TV and motion that Mark has worked into his busy achedule this pictures. The past three +rimers she has been summer season and he is pleased to be able to appearing at the Keweensd PIayhouse in Calu- appear in one of the great dramas of the Amer- met. Michi an under the direction of her h.7-- " ican theatre, THE GLASS MENAGERIE. band Paul Barry who was also a member of the com&ny at the brand in 1957. Cynthia's roles DOLORES WILSON (Amanda) makes her stage in Calumet have included Stella in A STREET- debut in a non-ninging role in the Grand Thea- CAR NAMED DESIRE, Gittel in TWO FOR tre's production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE. THE SEESAW, Ophelia in HAMLET. Rita in When Miss Wilson made her Metropolltan Opera WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? and debut in the Sprin of 1954 in the title role of Cheri in BUS STOP. LUCIA DE LAM~ERMOOR. the success that

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July 10th through July 15th Dolores Wilson Metropolitan Opera Star in 'The Klag and I' Musicul by Rodgers and Hammerstein with Jeff Warren, fJarbara Cole, Lynn Colby and Guy Little

July 17th through July 22nd Jack Chaplain Young TV Star from Charteston in %y~~ByeBirdie" ,i.* New roadway Musical Hit With Jerry Ellis, Jerili Little, Gertrude Burman, Peter lrmiter

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