{"id":260,"date":"2020-08-19T14:50:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/theatre-chronology\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:50:33","slug":"1947-1948","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/theatre-chronology\/1947-1948\/","title":{"rendered":"1947-1948"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Play Title: The Pirates of Penzance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gilbert &amp; Sullivan<br><strong>Dates Performed:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dec. 4-8, 1947<br><strong>Director:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cecil E. Birder<br><strong>Stage Manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;not found<br><strong>Sponsoring\/Producing Organization:<\/strong>&nbsp;ND\/SMC Savoyards<br><strong><br><em>Cast List<\/em><br>:<\/strong><br><strong>Frederic:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bob Ruetz<br><strong>King:<\/strong>&nbsp;Roy O&#8217;Neill<br><strong>Ruth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Elaine Bruck<br><strong>Major General:<\/strong>&nbsp;Thorson<br><strong>Mabel:<\/strong>&nbsp;Felicia Schroeder<br><strong>King&#8217;s aide:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Commerford<br><strong>Sergeant of Police:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bill Mills<br><strong>Other speaking roles:<\/strong>&nbsp;Frances Hansen, Petrina Mitchell, and Peg Gardner<br><strong>Girls&#8217; Chorus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Elaine Korth, Geraldine Posvic, Nancy Shanahan, Betty Nolan, Marie Nussbaum, Pat Moran, Marilyn Brennan, Rosemarie Nemeth, Gretchen McCaffrey, Rosemond Feltes, Sophie Karras, Marian Wheeland, Bernadette Lang, Mary Caryl Dale, Geneal Kramer, and Mary Fleming<br><strong>Pirates and Policemen:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lou Almasi, Larry Metcalf, Harry Reich, Dave Schoen, Victor Smith, Bob Hochman, Dudley Birder, Norv Geier, Howard, Hornung, Richard Finnegan, Don Curran, Bill Danzi, Bob Schlosser, John Laughlin, Bob Duffy, Bud Marshall, and George Jones.<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br><br>Source(s) 1948 Dome, p. 389<br>The Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 89, Dec. 5, 1947, pp. 9, 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Play Title: It Ain&#8217;t Hay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an all-student production<br><strong>Student Authors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Joseph Herrington and Verne Kelley<br><strong>Dates Performed:<\/strong>&nbsp;May 18, 1948<br><strong>Director:<\/strong>&nbsp;James Beymer<br><strong>Sponsoring\/Producing Organization:<\/strong>&nbsp;ND\/SMC Theatre<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong>&nbsp;Washington Hall<br><br><em>Artistic Staff<\/em><br><br><strong>Music and Lyrics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Edward Cashman<br><strong>Set Design:<\/strong>&nbsp;Donald Birren<br><strong>Choreography:<\/strong>&nbsp;Leonard Zaller<br><strong>Costume Design:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dudley Birder<br><strong>Lighting:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Harris<br><strong>Special Effects:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Harrington<br><strong>Orchestrations:<\/strong>&nbsp;Francis Malzone and Richard Eykholt<br><br><em>Cast List<\/em><br><br><strong>Pete:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Commerford<br><strong>Jed:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Barnett<br><strong>Parson Doddard:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gene Jones<br><strong>Jesse Simpson:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Ruetz<br><strong>Smokey Carver:<\/strong>&nbsp;Roy O&#8217;Neill<br><strong>Jake Hicks:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ralph Thorson<br><strong>J. B. Cartwright:<\/strong>&nbsp;William Mills<br><strong>Daphne Cartwright:<\/strong>&nbsp;Beverly Watson<br><strong>Carlyle Stoneham:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gerard Hekker<br><strong>Edie Morgan:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lois Lenon<br><strong>Ma Carver:<\/strong>&nbsp;Terese Lazzara<br><strong>Lily Mae:<\/strong>&nbsp;Joanne Lunsford<br><strong>Reporter:<\/strong>&nbsp;William Donze<br><strong>Photographer:<\/strong>&nbsp;Richard Gorman<br><strong>Parker:<\/strong>&nbsp;Patrick McAteer<br><strong>Sheriff:<\/strong>&nbsp;Norbert Geier<br><strong>Blackie:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Barnett<br><strong>Senator Hiram Q. Fishbait:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jerome Farron<br><strong>Eugene Dennison:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Laughlin<br><strong>Skovitsky:<\/strong>&nbsp;Guy Perenich<br><strong>Someone:<\/strong>&nbsp;Verne Kelley<br><strong>1st Model:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mary Barany<br><strong>2nd Model:<\/strong>&nbsp;Joanne Jankowski<br><strong>Slim:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dudley Birder<br><strong>Sam:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lawrence Metcalf<br><strong>Fleming:<\/strong>&nbsp;Philip Finnegan<br><strong>Wild Bill:<\/strong>&nbsp;Louis Almasi<br><strong>Income Tax Man:<\/strong>&nbsp;James Beymer<br><strong>Chorus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mary Sue Guthrie, Carol Guendling, Loretta Anderlohr, Rosemary Hardig, Marge Singler, Rose Panzica, Rosemarie Walsh, Dorothy Koches, Dona Wilson, Len Costantini, Paul Owens, Joseph Owens, Gerry Kerus, Charles Pendarvis, Harry Reich, Howard Hornung and Dan Huntoon<br><strong>Dance Ensemble:<\/strong>&nbsp;Loretta Anderlohr, Marge Singler, Mary Barany, Carol Guendling, Bill MacDevitt, Gerald Lubin, Gene McGuire, Leonard Zaller<br><strong>Orchestra:<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Folchi, Edward Ciprus, William Cullen, Richard Eykholt, Carl Apone, Robert Mitchell, Myron Mall, Anthony Ortiz, Garret Bolger, David O&#8217;Leary, James Doyle, Robert Lieberens, Philip Slavick, Joseph Nauman, Pat Del Grande, Ron Myrter, William Mahoney, John Garype, Charles Biondo, Carole Deitz, Otto Kopp, Robert Nuner, Ward McCabe, Joseph Harrison, Robert Monacelli, Henry Ketterer, Margery Farrington, Norma Jean Steinhilber, William McMillan, William Braun, William Gibbons<br><br><em>Production Staff<\/em><br><br><strong>General Manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gerard Hekker<br><strong>Stage Manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;Matthew Kehoe<br><strong>Assistant Stage Manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Harris<br><strong>Assistant Musical Directors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ralph Thorson, Francis Malzone<br><strong>Director of Orchestra:<\/strong>&nbsp;William Cullen<br><strong>Set Construction &amp; Painting:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gene Jones, Louis Reich, Dudley Birder, Robert Harris, John Whaley, Lawrence Metcalf, Francis Green and Philip Finnegan<br><strong>Properties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Louis Reich, Matthew Kehoe and John Harrington<br><strong>Makeup Coordination:<\/strong>&nbsp;James Beymer, Francis Crovo<br><strong>Publicity:<\/strong>&nbsp;William Halligan and Travis Marshall<br><strong>&#8220;Scholastic&#8221; Representative:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kenneth Thoren<br><strong>Head Ushers:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jim Hennessey, Randy McNally, John Wilkinson, Bryan Kennedy<br>Bob O&#8217;Connell<br><br>Notes<br><br>Source(s) Copy of program received from University of Notre Dame Archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Title: The Pirates of Penzance Author:&nbsp;Gilbert &amp; SullivanDates Performed:&nbsp;Dec. 4-8, 1947Director:&nbsp;Cecil E. 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