1972-1973 Season
King Oedipus
Synopsis: "King Oedipus" tells the story of the doomed King of Thebes, whose efforts to end a plague that threatens his city lead to horrible tragedy for Oedipus and his family. (Performed with Great Goodness of Life)
Playwright: Sophocles
Director: Tom Wheatley
Technical Director: Larry Dewey
Performed: November 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 1972
Cast: Jack Vaughn (Oedipus), Valerie Shidler (Jocasta), Douglas McEwan (Tiresias), Dennis Lowden (Greon), Ed Pate (Priest), Dennis Lowden (Corinthian Messenger), Natalie Sherman (Servant to Jocasta), Dan Weinell (Herdsman), Maria and Diana Zarro (Daughters of Oedipus)
Production Images: To see production images from our digital collection, click here
Great Goodness of Life
Synopsis: "Great Goodness of Life" focuses on the trial of Court Royal, a middle-aged black man. He has been accused of unspecified crimes. An offstage voice and a sequence of Ku Klux Klan figures are asserting the claim that he has been harboring a murderer. However, Court interprets this claim as literal and the voice aims to strip away his black identity. (Performed with King Oedipus)
Playwright: Imamu Amiri Baraka (Le Roi Jones)
Director: Robert Carmack
Technical Director:
Performed: November 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 1972
Cast: Anthony Green (Court Royal), Phil Smith (The Voice), Robert Mosley (Breck), Harawese Peaches Moore (The Young Victim), Vivien Purnell (The Woman), Roland Jefferson, Robert Mosley, Al McCloskey, and Robert Carmack (The Hoods)
Production Images: To see production images from our digital collection, click here
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Synopsis: The play follows a married couple, George and Martha, whose marriage has turned into a nasty battle. One evening, they use another couple as pawns and turn their guests into an audience to witness them humiliate each other.
Playwright: Edward Albee
Director: Jack Vaughn
Technical Director: Larry Dewey
Performed: January 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 1973
Cast: Noreen Farley (Martha), Dennis Lowden (George), Richard Rutledge (Nick), Carol Hertford (Honey)
Production Images: To see production images from our digital collection, click here
Kabuki
Synopsis (The Demon's Magic Mallet): Gohei becomes an employee of a wealthy daimyō. He is tasked to accompanying the princess. They are attacked by a demon and Gohei defeats him by pricking him within with his sword.
Synopsis (Narukami): Resentful of the imperial court, Narukami captures the rain dragon. The court orders Princess Taema to seduce Narukami and make it rain.
Playwright (The Demon's Magic Mallet): unknown and translated by Shio Sakanishi
Playwright (Narukami): Tsuuchi Hanjūrō, Yasuda Abun, and Nakata Mansuke and translated by Miss Miyoko Watanabe
Director: Leonard C. Pronko and Jack Vaughn
Technical Director:
Performed: February 23 & 24 and March 1, 2, 3, 1973
Cast (The Demon's Magic Mallet): Edward Pate (The Demon), Barbara Kundrot (Jimbei), Dennis Kortheuer (Gohei)
Cast (Narukami): Edward Kerr (Narukami), Kathleen Buttrey (Princess Kumo no Taema), Donald Morea (Hakuun), Dan Weinell (Kokuun), Jobie Gayer, Veronica Gerger, Dennis Kortheuer, Benita Massler, Edward Pate, Craig Ridley, Michele Robertson, and Mike Sabol (Acolytes), Joe Grace (Narrator)
Production Images: To see production images from our digital collection, click here
Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Synopsis: The play follows three people with morbid backgrounds who each use each other for cathartic exposition of their life stories.
Playwright: William Hanley
Director: Richard Wayne Abel, Hal Marienthal, and Tom Wheatley
Assistant Director: Donna Trelford
Guest Director: Leonard Pronko
Technical Director: Mitch Taylor
Performed: April 13, 14, 19, 20, 21,1973
Cast: Glas (Douglas Leonard), Randall (Robert Carmack), Rosie (Charlee Hutton)
Production Images: To see production images from our digital collection, click here
As You Like It
Synopsis: Rosalind and her cousin flee from persecution in her uncle's court into the forest for safety and to find her love, Orlando. She disguises herself as a boy shepard and convinces Orlando to woo "him" under the guise of "curing" him of his love for Rosalind.Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Jack Vaughn
Technical Director:
Performed: June 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 1973
Cast: Debbie Andres (Rosalind), Richard Rutledge (Orlando), Richard Abel (Touchstone), Carroll Hauser (Melancholy Jacques), Kathleen Buttrey (Cella), Daniel Weinell (Oliver), Francesca Miller (Phebe), Michael Sabol (Silvius)
Production Images: