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1952/1953 School Year

Play Title: The Comedy of Errors

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates Performed: October 23-26, 1952
Director: John Tumpane
Assistant Director: Michael Casey
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Scenic Design: Dick Byrnes
Costumes: Sister Mary Verda
Technical Director: Michael Casey

Cast List

Dromio of Ephesus: Jerry Godwin
second Dromio: Dick Lewis
Antipholus: Doug Cole
Antipholus of Syracuse: Jim Nichols
Luciana: Mary Jo Bujarski
Adriana: Sylvia Schneider

Production Staff

Costumes: Lynn Fellbrath and St. Mary's Girls
Wardrobe Mistress: Ann Murray
Contributors: Mrs. George Barbaro, Mr. J. Robert Dietz

Notes: Only a partial
Cast List
has been found.

Source(s) 1953 Dome, p. 351; Scholastic, Vol. 94, October 10, 1952, p. 13; October 31, 1952, p. 15.

Play Title: The Cocktail Party

Author: T. S. Eliot
Dates Performed: November 27-30, 1952
Director: Michael Casey
Stage Manager: Charles Kindsvatter
Technical Director: John Tumpane
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Set Design: Dick Byrnes

Cast List

Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly: Charles Doherty
Lavinia Chamberlayne: Nancy Driscoll
Julia Shuttlethwaite: Jean Richards
Peter Quilpe: Jack McDermott
Celia Coplestone: Eleanor Kaskey:
Other Cast Members: John Demaray, Richard Gercken, Marilyn Beck, William Kennedy, Julia Kerras and Robert Braun

Production Staff

Set Construction: Dick Byrnes and crew
Props: Marion Leszczynski

Notes:

Source(s) 1953 Dome, p. 351; Scholastic, Vol. 94, November 7, 1952, p. 24.; November 14, 1952, p. 13; November 21, 1952, p. 14.

Play Title: Vile Bodies

Author: John Tumpane and Rev. John Walsh
Dates Performed: March 5-8, 1953.
Director: John Tumpane & Rev John Walsh
Scenic Designer: Michael Casey
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Cast List

Adam Fenwick-Symes: James Nichols
Nina Blount: Nancy Driscoll
Agatha Runcible: Jean Richards
Mrs. Melrose Ape: Hildegarde Vargyas
Ginger Littlejohn: William Bleakley
The Drunk Major: Frank Jackman
Gilmour: Jack Allesandrini
Father Rothschild: Jack Wilcox
Archie Schwert: Bill Santoro
Fannie Throbbing: Margaret Boyle
Kitty Blackwater: Eleanor Kaskey
Simon Balcairn: Richard Gerken
Miles Malpractice: Donald Rathgab
Other castmembers: Freida Beezley, Jeanine Berner, Ludwig Breiling, Donald Brophy, Frank Broucek, Mary Jo Bujarski, Charles Doherty, Jeanie Dosmann, Kay Dale, Jessie Flautt, Arlen Haffner, Donald Hanisch, Kay Howland, Joe Heubner, Gavin King, Jere Lloyd, Joseph Mead, Ann Murray, Tim O'Hara, Nancy O'Hearn, James Patterson, Mary Regnier, Douglas Robertson, Peter Schils, Ed Sexauer, Charlene Skinner, Pat Smanda, Fred Sprinkel, Janet Stahl, Peter Sturtevant, Jerry Sweeney, Harold Sweet, Cas Taylor, Phelan Thompson, Thomas Wageman, Earl Ware, Louise Warnicke, Lee Wermuth.

Notes:

Source(s) 1953 Dome, p. 351; Scholastic, Vol. 94, Feb. 13, 1953, p. 16; Scholastic, Vol. 94, March 6, 1953, p. 12.; Scholastic, Vol. 94, March 13, 1953, p. 14.

Play Title: Brute Farce

Author: Walter Swift
Director: Walter Swift
Dates Performed: May 1-5, 1953
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Music: Geary Becker and Bob Rossiter
Lyrics: Robert Rossiter
Scenery: David Hayes
Lighting: Paul Raymond
Music Arrangement: Pat Tobin
Choreography: Jim Kinnane

Cast List

Buzz Bundy: Marty Brennan
Pug Bundy: Frank Brennan
Doc Bundy: Joe Sassano
Coach Higgins: James Patterson
Charlie: John Hastings
Tom: Gerry Boehling
Mike: Phil Clemens
Garibaldi: Jerry Kelly
Indian: John Campagnone
Kate Twerp: Hildegarde Vargyas
Percy Lippencott: William Bleakley
Jane: Gayle Baumer
Johnny: James Kinnane
Homer Hatch: Gerald Godwin
Dionella Pern: Denni Egri
Alice: Wilma Burke
Larry: John Maher
Jim: Kevin Begley
Mrs. Rollingstone: Mary Jane Paden
Slim Bundy: Fredrick Ionata
Registrar: Donald A. Rathgeb
Ephram Snead: George Boehm
Tillie Bundy: Joan Crawford
Maid: Pat Smanda
Professor Popoff: Arlan Haffner
Vice President of College: Bill Bleakley
Football Players and Students: Loretta Considine, Joanne Flock, Noreen Gallagher, Gretchen Hartman, Joan Hausman, Frances Keane, Maureen Knaus, Molly Maloy, Sue Riley, Marianne Thode, Elise Torczynski, Jim Bouley, Pat Cannon, Brendan E. Cyran, Joe Desautels, Don Dietz, Kenneth Donadio, Tom Hassenger, John McMahon, James McMonagle, John J. O'Connor, Alex Petrillo, Neil Scarlett, Bob Simkins, Tom Stubler

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Donald Rathgeb
Business Manager: Lester Zaczek
Assistant Stage Manager: Charles Step
Assistant to Scenographer:
Set Construction & Painting: Donald Rathgeb, Marion Leszczynski, Paul Raymond, Ed Sexauer
Stage Crew: Elrie Chrite, John Friske, David Lauerman, William Santoro
Light Crew: Frank Jackman, Harold Sweet, Ambrose Seitz
Box Office Manager: John Dwyer, Mike Grozier
Programs: James Patterson, Walter Struhldreher, Jack Fink
Secretarial Assistant: Harold Sweet
Publicity: Patrick Riley, William Timmerman
Rehearsal Accompanist: Chuck Callewaert
Ushers: Blue Circle

Notes Source(s) 1953 Dome, p. 339; Copy of Original Program AB1.1 (ND Archives); Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 94, April 24, 1953, p. 13.