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
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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
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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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