California State University, Dominguez Hills Theatre Department: The First Decade

1974-1975 Season

Love's Labour's Lost

Synopsis: After making a vow to avoid women, the King and his three friends are to host a princess and her three ladies. The men fall in love and decide to court the women. 

Playwright: William Shakespeare 

Director: Jack Vaughn 

Technical Director: Larry Dewey

Performed: November 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 1974

Cast: Bruce Hertford (Berowne), Donald Morea (Dumaine), Donald Simmons (Longaville), Harry Boquist (King of Navarre), Bruce Carlisle (Anthony Dull), Jobie Gayer (Costard),  George Spelvin (Don Adriano de Armado), Ronald Fletcher (Moth), Francesca Miller (Jaquenetta), Robert Wimberly (Boyet), Meridith Kincannon (Princess of France), Patricia McHorney (Maria), Rebecca Ann Farmer (Katharine), Carol Hertford (Rosaline), David Albert (Princess' Page), Warren Harper (Forester), Joseph V. Grace (Holofernes), Gary Bassin (Nathaniel), Warren Harper (Marcade)

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The Emperor's New Clothes


Synopsis: Two grifters arrive at a capital city of a lavish emperor. They pose as weavers and offer to supply him with clothes that are invisible to those who are stupid or incompetent. 

Playwright: Hans Christian Andersen 

Director:

Technical Director:


Performed: January 10, 11, 1975

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The Diary of Anne Frank


Synopsis: The play follows the real-life event when Anne Frank, her family, and the Van Daans were living in a secret annex during World War II. 

Playwright: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett 

Director: Hal Marienthal 

Technical Director: Larry Dewey 

Performed: February 21, 22, 28 & March 1, 2, 1975

Cast: Ben Hurst (Mr. Frank), Judy Ramirez (Miep), Barbara Carver (Mrs. Van Daan), Bill Brown (Mr. Van Daan), Bruce Carlisle (Peter Van Daan), Francesca Miller (Mrs. Frank), Marjorie Sotero (Margot Frank), Elizabeth Pershing (Anne Frank), Donald Morea (Mr. Kraler), Robert Branham (Mr. Dussel), Sam ("Mouschi")

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Student Directed One-Act Plays 

Synopsis (Suppressed Desires): 

Playwright (Suppressed Desires):
Susan Glaspell

Director (Suppressed Desires): Judy Ramirez

Synopsis (Twenty-Seven Wagon Full of Cotton): 

Playwright (Twenty-Seven Wagon Full of Cotton): Tennessee Williams 

Director (Twenty-Seven Wagon Full of Cotton): Marjorie Sotero 

Synopsis (The Marriage Proposal): 

Playwright (The Marriage Proposal): Anton Chekhov and translated by Eric Bentley and Theodore Hoffman

Director (The Marriage Proposal): Meridith Kincannon

Technical Director: Peter Lach

Performed: April 4, 5, 1975

Cast (Suppressed Desires): Judy Ramirez (Henrietta), Bill Brown (Stephen), Susan Swayer (Mabel)

Cast (Twenty-Seven Wagon Full of Cotton): Francesca Miller (Flora), Robert Wimberly (Jake), Bill Brown (Vicarro)

Cast (The Marriage Proposal): Joseph V. Grace (Chubukov), Jobie Gayer (Lomov), Francesca Miller (Natalia) 
 

Little Mary Sunshine

Synopsis: Spoof of old-fashioned musicals and operettas, with Little Mary Sunshine trying keep the government from foreclosing on the inn she runs. With the help of forest rangers led by Captain Jim, members of a women's finishing school, and several well-timed coincidences, Mary keeps her inn and finds love with Captain Jim.

Playwright: Rick Besoyan

Director: Sheryl Huffine (also choreographer)

Musical Director: Sally Etcheto

Performed: May 23, 24, 30, 31 & June 1, 1975

Cast: Wilbert smith (Brown Bear), Harry Boquist (Capt. "Big Jim Warington) Gary Bassin (Corporal Billy Jester), Theodore Gardner (Pete), Larry Dusich (Slim), Jobie Gayer (Tex), Bob Mauck (Buster), Randall Boswell (Hank), Steven Whitfield (Hank), Meredith Kincannon (Mary Potts "Little Mary Sunshine), Francesca Miller (Mme. Ernestine von Liebdich), Kathy Rosenfield (Cora), Selma Lauderdale (Henrietta), Lynn Lofstrom (Gwendolyn), Jill Dolan (Maude), Annette Matsuda (Blanche), Charlee Hutton (Mabel), Rebecca Farmer (Nancy Twinkle), William T. Wigen (Fleet Foot), Leslie Wharton (Yellow Feather), Robert Wimberly (Gen. Oscar Fairfax, Ret.).

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Play It Again, Sam

Synopsis: A neurotic film critic attempts to get over his wife by trying to date again with the help of a married couple and the imaginary Humphrey Bogart. 

Playwright: Woody Allen 

Director: Hal Marienthal 

Performed: 

Cast: William Brown (Allan Felix), Carol Knapp (Nancy), Paul B. Grenier (Bogart), Michael Kelly (Dick Christie), Judy Ramirez (Linda Christie), Susan Rudnick (Dream Sharon), Susan Rudnick (Sharon Lake), Susanne Dallmeier Tiessen (Gina), Carol Knapp (Vanessa), Barbara Zagorski (Go Go Girl), Barbara Zagorski (Intellectual Girl), Olive Evans (Barbara)

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