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1957/1958 School Year

Play Title: Time Limit

Author: Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey
Dates Performed: November 13-17, 1957
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, CSC
Lighting Design: Gilbert Rathbun
Performance Coach: Fred W. Syburg
Set Designer: Gilbert Rathbun

Cast

T/Sgt. Charles Baker: Dave Shanahan
WAC Corporal Jen Evans: Meg Nerad
2nd Lt. George Miller: Jerry Dodge
Lt. Col. William F. Edwards: Dan Ferrone
Sentry: Rudy Hornish
1st Lt. Mike Livingston: Bill Chesson
Capt. Gus Jablonski: Jim Cooney
1st Lt. Steve Wardell: Jerry Broderick
1st Lt. Peter "Zip" Walden: Jerry Sebold
2nd Lt. "Boxer" Mueller: Norman Ornellas
2nd Lt. Phil Garland: Bill De Seta
Col. Kim: Lee Lagessie
Major Harry Cargill: Reginald Bain
Maj. General Joseph Connors: Mike Kennedy
Mrs. Mary Cargill: Georgia Ann Weber
Joseph Connors, Jr.: Frank Draine
Prisoner of War: Al Bosch
Prisoner of War: Ed Fixari
Prisoner of War: Felix Isherwood
Prisoner of War: Frank Nacozy

Production Staff

Stage Manager: William Clark
Assistant Stage Manager: Pat Ferris
Assistant to Director: Edward Fixari
Assistant to Stage Manager: Felix Isherwood
Electrician: Dave Neal
Properties: Joh Irwin, Alfred Metzger
Publicity: Al Bosch, John Clark, Dick Jones, Joe McArdle
Wardrobe: Reginald Bain
Construction: Reginald Bain, John Clark, Tim Collins, William De Seta, Jerry Dodge, Charles Hickman, Rudy Hornish, William Hug, Mike Koch, Bernie Lyons, Dave McDonald, Dan O'Neill
Assistants: Charles Koch, Pete Ruhlin

Notes:

Source(s): 1958 Dome, p. 163; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg

Play Title: The Importance of Being Earnest

Author: Oscar Wilde
Dates Performed: February 12-16, 1958
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Fred W. Syburg
Lighting Designer: Gilbert Rathbun
Performance Coach: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, CSC
Set Designer: Gilbert Rathbun

Cast

Lane: Jerry Broderick
Algernon Moncrieff: Jim Cooney
John Worthing: Dan Ferrone
Lady Bracknell: Claire Ann Byrne
Gwendolyn Fairfax: Meg Nerad
Miss Prism: Pat Ferris
Cecily Cardew: Georgia Ann Weber
Rev. Canon Chasuble: Jerry Dodge
Merriman: Rudy Hornish

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Felix Isherwood
Assistant Stage Manager: Ed Fixari
Lighting: Henry Frawley, Charles Koch, Daniel O'Neill
Properties: Stephen Murray, John Toth
Publicity: Reginald Bain, Mike Koch, George O'Donnell
Costumes: Mrs. W. P. Walsh
Construction: Reginald Bain, Lawrence Belle, Thomas Elliott, John Irwin, Joseph Lukitsch, Alfred Metzger, Jr., Stephen Murray, Tommy Scott, Milton Streifel

Notes:

Source(s): 1958 Dome, p. 164; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg

Play Title: Oklahoma!

Based on the Play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs
Book: Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd
Music: Richard Rodgers
Dates Performed: May 7-11, 1958
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, CSC
Lighting Design: Gilbert Rathbun
Performance Coach: Fred W. Syburg
Set Designer: Gilbert Rathbun
Choral Direction: Rev. William J. McAuliffe, CSC
Choreographer: Allan J. Powers
Costume Design: Jackie Baumer
Costumes Executed by: Mrs. W. P. Walsh
Orchestra Director: Dr. Charles A. Biondo

Cast

Aunt Eller: Eleanor Murphy
Curly: Dan Ferrone
Laurey: Anne Rody
Ike Skidmore: Bruce Junius
Slim: Rudy Hornish
Fred: Warren Ginda
Will Parker: Dave Shanahan
Jud Fry: George O'Donnell
Ado Annie Carnes: Barbara Benford
Ali Hakim: Jim Cooney
Gertie Cummins: Pat Wilson
Andrew Carnes: Dave McDonald
Cord Elam: Bill De Seta
Curly (Ballet): Jerry Dodge
Laurey (Ballet): Mary Laska
Pigtails (Dancer): Terri Crosina
Fall Down (Dancer): Carol Lucas
Singing Chorus: Claudia Cronin, Madonna Leen, Mary Jane Marquis, Elizabeth Nash, Sally O'Brien, Joyce Robinson, Maureen Sheehan, Donna Sullivan, Lori Twombly, Frances Voorde, Pat Wilson, Bill Diedrich, Jim Feeney, Warren Ginda, Bruce Junius, Bill Kane, Jim Kolopus, Bill Oelerich, John Oliver, Charles Stoffel, Theodore Witt
Dancing Chorus: Terri Crosina, Mary Laska, Carol Lucas, Anne Raymo, Mary Jo Shipp, Donna Sullivan, Fran Tetaz, Jerry Dodge, Al Haesche, Rudy Hornish, Tom Karaty, Anthony Mileto, Gene Pisano

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Mike Koch
Assistant Stage Managers: John Carlin, Felix Isherwood
Stage Carpenter: Arthur Di Sabatino
Lighting: Pete Ruhlin, Tom Crozier, Hugh Murphy, Greg Rogers
Properties: Gep Durenberger, Pat Costello, Terry Dittrich, Jack Irwin, Alfred Metzger
Publicity: George O'Donnell, Bob Burns, Joe Maier, Madden Sheedy, Ted Slaughter
Construction: Jim Brunot, Thomas Elliott, Bill Monter, Bob Nowicki, Thomas Patchel, Don Puccini, Tommy Scott, Jack Shaughnessy, George West
Wardrobe: Peggy Barnish, Gaynell Bordes, Elizabeth King
Rehearsal Pianists: Wally Jones, John Oliver, Terri Steinhoffer, Ed Thomas

Notes:

Source(s): 1958 Dome, p. 164; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg