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1959/1960 School Year

Play Title: The Hasty Heart

Author: John Patrick
Dates Performed: November 5-7, 12-14, 1959
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

Orderly: Jack Curtin
Yank: John Smith
Digger: Jack Pehler
Kiwi: Rudy Hornish
Blossom: Fred Trump
Tommy: Bill Flaherty
Margaret: Mary Armbruster
Colonel: Don Zeifang
Lachlen: Joe Harrington

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Greg Rogers
Assistant Stage Manager: Joel Phillippi
Assistant to the Director: Kevin McCarthy
Asst to the Tech Director: Rudy Hornish
Lighting: John Brann, Jr., Dan Omilianowski, Louis Whittemore
Properties: Dan Luparello, John Sharpe
Publicity: Brian Cosacchi
Wardrobe: Pat Potenziani, Lois Zehule
Construction: Joel Phillippi, Jack Schober

Notes:

Source(s): 1960 Dome, p. 41; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg

Play Title: Two Plays Macbeth, and Comedy of Errors

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates Performed: Jan. 8, 1960
Director: not found
Company Manager: Larry Luckinbill
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The visiting "Players, Inc.," hosted by The University Theatre

Notes:

Source(s): 1960 Dome, pp. 52, 53

Play Title: Tiger at the Gates

Author: Jean Giraudoux
Translated by: Christopher Fry
Dates Performed: February 11-13, 18-20, 1960
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
Costume Design: Tim Carroll
Costumes Executed by: Pearl Mastak

Cast

Andromache: Mary Armbruster
Cassandra: Diane Crowley
Polyxene: Nancy Syburg
Laundress: Frances Voorde
Hector: John Smith
Paris: Michael Ehrenreich
Priam: William Barth
Demokos: Richard Kavanaugh
Hecuba: Carol Ann Finn
Mathematician: Robert Love
Abneos: Leo Gorman
Lady-in-Waiting: Frances Voorde
Helen: Elizabeth Young
Messenger: Hans Grauert
Troilus: Dennis Shaughnessy
Busiris: Henry Frawley
First Old Man: Michael Byrne
Second Old Man: Leslie Galo
Ajax: Charles McCarthy
Ulysses: David McDonald
A Topman: Norm Ornellas
Olpides: Frank Vitro
Iris: Frances Voorde

Production Staff

Stage Manager: William Flaherty
Assistant Stage Manager: Jim Calderone, John Ryan
Asst to the Tech Director: Rudy Hornish:
Lighting Crew: George Ressler, Hank Whittemore
Stage Crew: Bob Koches, Mike Whitney
Publicity: Richard J. Breen, Jim Calderone, Buck Clark, Leo Gorman, Pat Kelly, Steve McMahon, Herb Moeller, Gene Pisano, Bob Robuck
Wardrobe: Frances Voorde

Notes: The Notre Dame Club of Chicago presented this production at the Eighth Street Theatre in Chicago, IL, on Monday, February 22, 1960.

Source(s): 1960 Dome, pp. 58, 59; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg

Play Title: The Most Happy Fella

Based on Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted
Book: Frank Loesser
Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Music: Frank Loesser
Dates Performed: May 5-7, 12-14, 1960
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The University Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, CSC
Lighting Design: Gilbert Rathbun
Choral Direction: Rev. William J. McAuliffe, CSC
Set Design: Gilbert Rathbun
Choreography: Allan J. Powers
Costume Design: Tim Carroll
Costumes Executed by: Pearl Mastak
Orchestra Directed by: Dr. Charles A. Biondo

Cast

The Cashier: Dick James
Cleo: Karen Koehnemann
Rosabella: Myrna Walker
The Waitresses: Judy Jackson, Jane Sazama
The Busboy: Lawrence McGinniss
The Postman: Mike Sennott
Tony: Mike McKee
Max: Jack Pehler
Marie: Mary Kay Vrancken
Herman: Tom Karaty
Clem: John Kearney
Jake: George Kerin
Al: Bob Koches
Joe: Joe Harrington
Pasquale: Phil Jones
Giuseppe: Dick Nowery
Ciccio: Bill Flaherty
Country Girl: Terri Crosina
City Boy: Dick Kavanaugh
Doc: Fred Gade
The Priest: Bob Reaume
Tessie: Nancy Syburg
Gussie: Charles Leader
The Brakeman: Hans Grauert
Bus Driver: Jim Smith
Neighbors and Townspeople: Singers and Dancers
Singing Chorus: Mary Lou Brunette, Helene Cicciarelli, Judy Durlak, Chris Gladis, Betty Haenn, Barbara Piedmo, Kitty Quinn, Marilyn Wolter, Jack Bland, Jack Egan, Bill Flaherty, Fred Gade, Phil Jones, John Kearney, George Kerin, Bob Koches, Dick Nowery, Bob Reaume, Mike Sennott, Gregory Weismantel
Dancing Chorus: Terri Crosina, Judy Jackson, Sally O'Brien, Jane Sazama, Tom Karaty, Dick Kavanaugh, Lawrence McGinniss, Tony Mileto

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Gregory Rogers
Assistant Stage Managers: Tom Kohl, Joel Phillippi
Assistant to the Director: Dennis O'Shaughnessy
Asst to the Tech Director: Bill Flaherty
Lighting Crew: Joe Brann, Dan Omilianowski, George Ressler, Ed Rice
Stage Crew: John Costello, William Dinger, Charles Hogan, Tom Sleeper
Construction Crew: Henry Frawley, Gene Pisano, Ed Rice, Jon Smith
Properties: William Clark, Lois Zahnle, Tom Dargis, Tom Guerre, John Woods
Publicity: Leslie Galo, Mike Byrne, Jim Calderone, Mary Clemens, John Lombardi, Cathy McLaughlin, John Morford, Tom Scott, Mary Ellen Storer, Bob Stubin, Dick Waco
Wardrobe: Nancy Jane Amels, Mary Clemens, Mary Howard, Carolyn Kuker
Rehearsal Pianists: Wally Jones, Charles Prawdzik, Jack Angley, Thomas Prantil
Orchestra: Jack Carr, Dave Christian, Paul Clulo, Douglas DiBianco, John Guerre, Varnum Harris, Terry Howard, Wallace Jones, Paul Kochanowski, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Pilger, Rene Pomerleau, Charles Prawdzik, Beth Carlson, Charles Parnell, William Schuster, Walter Willihnganz

Notes:

Source(s): 1960 Dome, pp. 84, 85; Original program courtesy Frederic Syburg