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1967-1968 Academic Year

Faculty
Rev. Arthur S. Harvey: Director, Associate Professor
Mr. Fred Syburg: Associate Professor
Mr. Reginald Bain: Assistant Professor
Mr. Dennis Hayes: Assistant Professor
Mr. Charles Lehman: Assistant Professor
Miss Mary Kay Vrancken: Instructor
The 1968 Dome tells of the addition of more classes to the Notre Dame Department of Communication Arts and of the beginning of an experimental theatre headed by Fred Syburg. (1968 Dome)

Play Title: A Streetcar Named Desire

Author: Tennessee Williams
Dates Performed: October 20-22, 26-28, 1967
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, CSC
Setting and Lighting by: Charles P. Lehman

Cast

Woman: Margo Endres
Eunice Hubbell: Patricia Moran
Stanley Kowalski: Martin Doucette
Stella Kowalski: Karen O'Donnell
Blanche DuBois: Judy Muench
Steve Hubbell: Robert Allen
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell: David Graham
Pablo Gonzales: Lance Davis
Mexican Woman: Maureen Coyne
Sailor: John-Paul Mustone
A Young Collector: Richard L. Homan
Nurse: Helen Johnson
Doctor: William Ellis

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Pat Dray
Assistant Stage Manager: Amanda Crabtree
Technical Assistants: Martin Doucette, Bud Stuppy, Steve Way
Speech Consultant: Miss Evangeline Permenter
Costume & Makeup: Miss M. Kay Vrancken
Construction & Painting Crew: Bob Allen, Bob Bradtke, Lance Davis, Martin Doucette, Dan Luby, Bud Stuppy, Steve Way, Bill Zanner
Lighting Crew: Bud Stuppy, Rick Mertens, Steve Way
Sound Effects: Bob Offerle
Properties Chairman: Don Dilg
Properties Crew: Margo Endres, John-Paul Mustone

Notes:

Source(s): 1968 Dome, p. 264; Original Program courtesy of Frederic Syburg

Play Title: The School For Wives

Author: Molière
Dates Performed: December 1-3, 7-9, 1967
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium

Artistic Staff

Director: Dennis J. Hayes
Setting and Lighting by: Charles P. Lehman

Cast

Arnolphe: DeLancey J. Davis, Jr.
Chrysalde: R. Emmett Allen
Allen: J. Patrick Dray
Georgette: Maureen Laura Coyne
Agnes: Sandra Lopez
Horace: Daniel Diggles
Notary: Timothy Broadley
Oronte: Willem O'Reilly
Enrique: Joseph Bartush
Servants: V. Antonio Marsicano
Lincoln Soldati

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Judy Muench
Asst Stage Managers: Patricia Moran, Don Dilg
Technical Assistants: Bob Bradtke, Jake De Coster, Martin Doucette, Bud Stuppy, Steve Way
Lighting Crew: Don Dilg, Martin Doucette, Margo Endres, Ginny Ward
Construction & Painting Crew: Bob Allen, Cathy Belanger, Bob Bradtke, Kathy Broderick, Tim Broadley, Patty Clark, Mandy Crabtree, Lance Davis, Jake DeCoster, Don Dilg, Martin Doucette, Pat Dray, Margo Endres, Linda Harrington, Mrs. K. S. Ham, Steve John, Lynn Lagen, Chad Love, Pat Malloy, Pat Moran, Sue Rowe, Bud Stuppy, Jane Sullivan, Ed Tobia, Steve Way, Alison Whittaker, Patty Valentine, Joe Velez, Bill Zanner, John Zeller
Properties Crew: Cathy Belanger, Mary-Ruth Giroux, JoAnn Grima, Lynn Lagen, Barbara Lauterbach, Claire Ricciardelli, Nancy Tavery
Sound: Steve Way
Costume Coordinator: Miss M. Kay Vrancken
Costume & Wardrobe Crew: Cathy Belanger, Margaret Bruckner, Mandy Crabtree, Mary Lou Goyette, Karen Weller
Wigs Styled by: Dianne Svancarek
Poster Design: Zack Brown

Notes:

Source(s): 1968 Dome, pp 264-265; Original Program courtesy of Frederic Syburg

Play Title: Enrico IV

Author: Luigi Pirandello
Translation: Eric Bentley
Dates Performed: March 1-3, 7-9, 1968
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Fred W. Syburg
Setting and Lighting by: Charles P. Lehman
Costume Design: Zack L. Brown

Cast

First Valet: Joe Polito
Second Valet: Jim Boland
Landolfo: Don Dilg
Bertoldo: John-Paul Mustone
Harald: Willem O'Reilly
Giovanni: Tim Broadley
Marquis Carlo di Nolli: Michael Dooley
Baron Tito Belcredi: Richard-Raymond Alasko
Doctor Dionisio Genoni: James Bodary
Countess Matilda Spina: Judith Muench
Frida: Maureen Coyne
Henry the Fourth: Chuck Perrin
Ordulfo: Timothy J. Donovan

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Lance Davis
Assistant Stage Manager: Margo Endres
Technical Assistants: Bob Bradtke, Jake DeCoster, Eric Sandeen, Steve Way, Jim Westfall
Lighting: Eric Sandeen
Construction & Painting Crew: Tim Broadley, Pat Clark, Tim Crowley, Amanda Crabtree, Jan DiGann, Judy DeVliegher, Dan Diggles, Don Dilg, Joe Doyle, Art Eddy, Pat Gaffney, Mike Granger, Chris Hall, Rick Homan, Phil Kukielski, Barry Lopez, Patricia Moran, Mary Moulder, Tom Noe, Pat O'Hara, Claire Ricciardelli, Tom Sarmir, Bob Steinmetz, Mary Varzelle, Dennis Whalen, Mary Lou Wylie
Stage Crew: Bob Bradtke, Joe Polito, Steve Way
Properties: Jan DiGann
Costume Coordinator: Miss Mary Kay Vrancken
Costume & Wardrobe Crew: Cathy Belanger, Margaret Bruckner, Mandy Crabtree, Mary Lou Goyette, Karen Weller
Sound: Margo Endres
Portraits by: Zack Brown
Publicity: Mike Granger
Poster Design: Zack Brown

Notes:

Source(s): 1968 Dome, pp. 266-267; Original Program courtesy of Frederic Syburg

Play Title: Guys and Dolls

Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser
Book by: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Dates Performed: May 2-5, 9-11, 1968
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium

Artistic Staff

Staged by: Reginald F. Bain
Musical Direction: Dr. Charles A. Biondo
Choral Direction: Rev. Patrick Maloney, CSC
Choreography: Janetta McNamara
Setting and Lighting: Charles P. Lehman
Costumes by: Mary Kay Vrancken
Dance Costume Design: Zack L. Brown

Cast

Nicely-Nicely Johnson: David Kevin Dailey
Benny Southstreet: Dick Lavely
Rusty Charlie: John-Paul Mustone
Sarah Brown: Missy Smith
Arvide Abernathy: Chuck Perrin
Agatha: Anne Patterson
Calvin: Bob Steinmetz
Priscilla: Rosemarie Rinella
Ruth: Katherine Rice
Martha: Catherine Smith
Harry the Horse: Jim Boland
Lt. Brannigan: Willem T. O'Reilly
Nathan Detroit: Lance Davis
Angie the Ox: Daniel C. Diggles
Miss Adelaide: Patricia Moran
Sky Masterson: J. Wayne Phillips
Joey Biltmore: John Zeller
Mimi: Margo Endres
Hot Box MC: P. Kelly Knauer
Gen. Maltilda B. Cartwright: Judith Muench
Big Jule: Mark Skrabacz
Drunk: Timothy S. Broadley
Hot Bos Waiter: Michael D. Granger
A Man: Don Dilg
The Hot Box Girls: Amanda Crabtree, Judy DeVliegher, Margo Endres, Christine Hall, Michele Levene, Angela Mead, Rosie Sbuttoni, Mary Ann Torell
Policemen: Michael D. Granger, Richard Mertens
Singers: Cathy Belanger, Anne Patterson, Rosemarie Rinella, Katherine Rice, Catherine Smith, Christine Hall, David Aderente, Zack L. Brown, Charles Corso, Daniel C. Diggles, Bob Steinmetz, Joseph Velez, James Watters, Bro. David Weinberg, CSC, John Zeller
Dancers: Judy DeVliegher, Anne Kirby, Michele Levene, Angela Mead, Rosie Sbuttoni, David Aderente, Daniel C. Diggles, Tom Fredericks, Bob Steinmetz, James Watters, John Zeller

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Don Dilg
Assistant Stage Managers: Claire Ricciardelli, Timothy S. Broadley
Assistant to the Director: Thomas Stocky
Asst to Choral Director: Charles Corso
Technical Assistants: Bob Bradtke, Dan Diggles, Tom Kirchner, Eric Sandeen, Stephen Way
Lighting Crew: Bob Bradtke, Eric Sandeen
Follow Spots: Jan DiGann, Joann Grima, Kathleen Grima
Fly Linemen: Timothy S. Broadley, Bill O'Neil
Construction & Painting Crew: Bob Bradtke, Kathy Burns, Chris Casasanta, Bernadine Connolly, Gerald Connors, Barbara Curtin, Jan DiGann, Dan Diggles, Kathleen Gillick, Susan Gilmour, Suzanne Giroux, Suzanne Glerum, Ellen Griffin, Christine Hall, Carol Handley, Mary Herod, David Hirschboeck, Kandi Kelly, Karen Kelly, Tom Kirchner, Philip Kukielski, Deborah Lahey, Barry Lopez, Terry McManus, Fran Nolan, Anita Nowak, Pat O'Hara, Becky Pejza, Chuck Perrin, Therese Petruska, Jacqueline Pinson, Claire Ricciardelli, Christine Riley, Nancy Roberts, Eric Sandeen, Tom Sarmir, Jeanie Sauer, Cluney Shiel, Tom Spinrod, Stevie Stack, Bob Steinmetz, Joanne Tracy, Mary Varzelle, Stephen Way, Jim Watters, Bro. David Weinberg, CSC, Dennis Whalen, Mary Lou Wylie
Stage Crew: Jim Coltan, Jim Seymour, Dennis Whalen
Properties Chairmen: Barry and Sandra Lopez
Properties Crew: Fran Nolan
Costume & Wardrobe Crew: Cathy Belanger, Margaret Bruckner, Mandy Crabtree, Mary Lou Goyette, Karen Kelly, Karen Weller
Makeup: Kippy Gillick, Cindy Golan, Kathy Griffin, Lenore Wright
Stage Crew: John Coltran, Jim Seymour, Dennis Whalen
Sound: Bob Offerle
Poster Design: Zack L. Brown
Rehearsal Pianist: Thomas Stocky
Band: Pam Eckenberger, James Franzen, Thomas Krull, Gregory Mullen, Joyce Schetter, James Schindler, Dave Snediker, Steve Brion, Matthew Jodziewicz, Dan Kimball, Chris Mardorff, Thomas Lipps, Thomas Schetter, Nicholas Talarico, Patrick Gaffney, CSC, John Prendergast, Donald Koma, Dale Kratsch, Thomas Stocky

Notes:

Source(s): Original Program courtesy of Frederic Syburg

Play: Rhinoceros

Date: Summer 1968
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