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Summer 8-4-1959
Naughty Marietta
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August 4 through August 9, 1959 
Who's Who in the Cast . - . 
JEFF WARREN ( C l p t  Dick Warrington) is a 
native of South Dakota, who has appeared o p  
posite every leading lady of the musical comedy 
stage on Broadway during the past decade. While 
at  the University of Minnesota, Mr. Warren 
majored in both music and drama and gained 
experience in a long l i l t  of college productions 
of plays, operas. musical comediea and oratorios. 
Against the advice of his professon and friends, 
he decided to go to New York to try his luck 
on Broadway. Arriving on a Saturday, he got 
his first job the following Monday as tenor solo- 
ist with the touring company of Kurt Weill's 
Lady in t h  Dark, which starred Gertrude Lawr- 
ence. A month after the opening of Kurt Weill's 
next Broadway sutkess, O m  Touch of Vemrs, he 
had the opportunity that all understudies dream 
of-he went on during Kenny Baker's ex'ended 
illness to play opposite Mary Martin. The re- 
sult of this was a new part in the Jackie Glea- 
son show, Follow the Girls and a short excursion 
with Hollywood Pinafore which starred Shirley 
Booth, Victor Moore and Annamary Dickey The 
following autumn, Mr. Warren appeared in Ler- 
ner and Loewe's first New York success, The 
Day Before Spring and a year later in their sec- 
ond. Brigadoon. This show kept him busy for 
three years-through the New York run and al- 
ternating between playing the roles of Charlie 
and Tommy in two touring companies which 
played the forty-eight states. I t  was while he 
was engaged with Gentlemen Prefer BIondes that 
Mr. Warren was offered the opportunity of ap- 
pearing opposite Ethel Merman in Call Me 
Madam for three months while Russell Nype 
wen: to Hollywood. He was then engaged to 
create the same role in the London production 
of Can Me Madam and remained in England to 
play leading roles in Weddirrg in Paris. While 
in England he also had the honor of appearing 
in the first Royal Command Performance for 
Queen Elizabeth 11, as well as on many tele- 
sion and radio programs, concerts and night 
clubs. In summer theatres he has appeared in 
such productions as Carousel, Paint Y m  Wag- 
on, The Most Happy Fella, South Pacific, Kis- 
met and agaln in Cali Me Madam BPd Briga- 
doon. Mr. Warren is also one of the few younger 
American actors to be listed in Who's Who in 
the Theatre. Following his appearance with Sum- 
mer of Musicals, he will return to New York 
to go into rehearsals for the revue. Lsnd An Ear. 
which will open off-Broadway in September a t  
the Renata Theatre. 
JOAN SENA (Marietta D'Altena) comes to the 
Grand with an impressive record in the world of 
music. Her studies in opera began at  the Uni- 
versity of Miami, where she appeared with the 
University Symphony and Chorus and sang the 
role of the Countess in Song of Norway. Having 
received her degree in  Music, Miss Sena has 
continued her vocal studies in New York and 
in Milan, Italy. While in Miami, she sang Mu- 
setta in La B o h e w  in a production co-starring 
Jan Peerce and Hilda Gueden. As a member of 
the Miami Opera Guild, she understudied Eleanor 
Steber and Nadine Connor of the Metropolitan 
Opera in Cosi Fan Tutti and Faust. With New 
York's City Center Opera Company, she appeared 
as Micaela in Carmen. Her Italian operatic debut 
was in the roles of Musetta and Mimi in L a  
Boheme in Bergamo. Miss Sena was a winner 
of the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts program in 
1556 and has appeared on television in Havana, 
Cuba. Her Musical Comedy appearances have iu- 
cluded Carousel and Brigadoon Her many roles 
in opera include Violetta in LaTraviata. Cio- 
Cio-San in Madame Buttef ly,  and Marguerite in 
Faust. In addition she has appeared in Pagliacci, 
Don Pasquale, and Menotti's The Telephone. I n  
concert, she has sung in oratorios of Verdi, Ros- 
sini, Brahms and Gounod. Miss Sena has per- 
formed at  the leading hotels in the Miami Beach 
area including the Eden Roc, the Sherry Fronte- 
nac and the Roney-Plaza. Among her summer 
theatre credits are engagements a t  the Parkway 
Playhouse in North Carolina and at  the Green 
Mansions Summer Theatre. Following her ap- 
pearances here in Naughty Marietta and Song of 
Norway, Miss Sena returns to the New York 
City Center. She then crosses the Atlantic to 
sing in leading opera houses in Spain and Italy. 
G R A N D  P H A R M A C Y  
SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS 
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PREaENTS 
Books and Lyrics by Music by 
RlDA JOHNSON YOUNG1 VICTOR HERBERT 
Production Directed by 
SIDNEY EDEN 
Choreography and Mueical Numbers Staged by Designed and Lighted by 
JOEL SCHNEE ANDREW GREENHUT 
Musical Direction by 
EDDIE McCARTY 
Costumes by 
JESSIE 
C A S T  
TOWN CRIER ----------------------------------------Jan Munch 
FLORENZE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bob Fahey 
GOVERNOR GRANDET ----------------------------------John Kelso 
ETIENNE GRANDET -----------------------------------Ted Lawrie 
FANCHON - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Myrna  Ems 
NANETTE ----------------------------------------Jeannie Hotard 
FELICE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Judy  Runyon 
ADAH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Sh i r ley  Thayer 
CAPTAIN RICHARD WARRINGTON ---------------------Jeff Warren 
SIR HARRY BLAKE ------------------------------------Dick Lamb 
Sl LAS SLICK -------------------------------------------Art Austin 
LIZETTE ------------------------------------------Betty Chambers 
MARIETTA D'ALTENA ----------------------------------Joan Sena 
RUD,OLPHO ...................................... Robert Gwaltney 
SINGING AND DANCING CHORUS 
Judy Bartlett, Myrna Ems, Jeannie Hotard, Clare Johnson, Judy Rowe, 
Judy Runyon, Virginia Summers, Jan Munch, Lee Starkey, Dick Stephens, 
Jerry Taflinger. 
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WHO'S WHO (Continued) 
TED LAWRIE (Etienne Grandet) was applaud- 
ed by Grand Theatre audiences for his perform- 
ances as Rudy Lorraine in Say, Darling and 
Papa in High Button Shoes in this year's Sum- 
mer of Musicals. A versatile performer in all 
areas of show business, his television cred- 
i ts  include appearances with Milton Berle 
and Martha Raye. His command of French 
has led him from America's most famous vaude- 
ville house, The Palace, to its Parisian equivalent 
and from many top U. S. nightclubs to the glam- 
orous Club Lido in Paris. Trained a t  the Ameri- 
can Theatre Wing, Mr. Lawrie has played many 
a role in summer stock, with and without song, 
frsm Curley in Oklahoma to Sakini in  Tuhorrsc 
of the August Moon. Broadway has seen him a t  
the Music Box Theatre in Ballet Ballads. Mr. 
Lawrie will remain a t  the Grand to play Edvard 
Grieg in Song of Norway. 
ART AUSTIN (Silas Slick) has appeared as  
Ted Snow in Say, DarIing and Harrison Floy in 
High Button Shoes during this season's Summer 
of Musicala. Audiences a t  the Grand last season 
applauded him in The Pajama Game and Damn 
Yankees. A performer much in demand, Mr. 
Austin has made frequent television appearances, 
including Kraft Theatre and The Phil Silvers 
Show. On the motion picture screen he was seen 
with the late Tyrone Powers in  The Eddy Du- 
chin Story. with Van Heflin in Patterns m d  
with Bob Hope in That Certain Feeling. After 
leaving Sullivan last season, Mr. Austin appeared 
a t  the Brussels Worlds' Fair in The Time of  
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WHO'S WHO (Continued) 
Your Life with Franchot Tone, Sman Stras- atre has been highlighted by appearances with 
burg, Ann Sheridan and a n  all-star cast and Burl Ives in The Man Who Came to Dinner and 
made an appearance on the BBC. Recently he with Burgess Meredith in  Tbe Silver Wbistle a t  
has been seen in the successful off-Broadway the Seacliff Summer Theatre in New York. After 
production of Sbe Shall Have Music. leaving Sullivan last summer, Mr. Gwaltney 
went to the Sharon Playhouse in Connecticut, 
BETTY CHAMBERS ( L i ~ e t t e )  has appeared in where he appeared with Ronald Rogers in The 
every Grand Theatre production to date, a s  a Vagabond King. During the season in New York 
dancer, actress and singer. Miss Chambers, who this year, Mr. Gwaltney was seen in the off- 
is a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, has spent Broadway production of Tbe Saintliwss of Mar- 
the past year dancing professionally in New York gerie Kempe a t  the York Theatre. 
City and with a touring troupe. Her roles here 
last summer included Poopsie in The Pajama SHIRLEY THAYER (Adah) whose roles this 
Game, Winnie Tate in Annie Get Your Gun, and summer have included Mama in High Button 
Topsy in The King and I. Miss Chambers has Sboes and Frankie in Say, Darling. has  appeared 
delighted audiences this season as  Gretchen in before the television cameras on such ahows 
Tbe Student Prince and as  the "Lollypop Girl" a s  Goodyear Theatre and Studio One. At such 
in the Higb Button Shoes ballet. outstanding summer theatres as  Gateway and 
Camden, she has appeared in South Pacific with 
ROBERT GWALTNEY (Rudolpho) a favorite Fran Warren as  well a s  Fanmy and New Girl in  
with Grand Theatre audiences has added to his Town with Joan Blondell. At  the Pecalio Play- 
impressive list of characterizations this summer house she was starred as Eliza Doolittle in Pyg- 
in such roles as  Lutz in The Student Prince, malion. The talented Miss Thayer will be seen 
Schatsie in  Say. Darling, and Sandor in Bells later in the season as  Dorothy i n  Gentlemen 
Are Ringing. His extensive background in the- Prefer Blondes. 
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MOTEL M I L R O Y  
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The action takes place in  New Orleans i n  the year 1803. 
Musical Numbers 
IT NEVER, NEVER CAN BE LOVE ................................. Dick and Marietta 
I F  I WERE ANYBODY ELSE BUT ME .............................. Silas and Lizette 
'NEATH T H E  SOUTHERN MOON ---------------------------------------------Adah 
ITALIAN STREET SONG .................................... M r e t t a  and Enaemble 
ACT ONE F I N A L E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E n t i  Company 
ACT II 
DANCE OF T H E  MARIONETTES ............................. Rudo lph and Marietta 
, MARIONETTE BALLET 
Pierrot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D i c k  Stephens 
Pierette - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J u d y  Runyon 
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PRODUCTION STAFF 
STAGE MANAGER ..................................................................... Bob Fahey 
. ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER .................................................. Betty Chambers 
. ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ....................................................... Jerili Little 1, 
CREDITS: Spinet pianos used through courtesy of Samuel Music Co., Effingham. Ill. Dressing rooms 
courtesy of Best Clinic. Fabrics by Michael Bartlett. Special thanks to Dunacomb's Furniture and the 
Masonic Home for furnishings and sound equipment. 
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in New York under the noted director and Pulitzer 
Prize winner, Jose Quintero. He has directed a t  the 
Cleveland Playhouse and for the past two years has 
been a staff director with the Chicago Park District 
theatre progra&. AS an actor, he has appeared with 
numerous winter and summer stock companies through- 
oiit the country, including Xerb Rogers' Music Theatre, 
Showcase Theatre in Evanstota, the Cleveland Play- 
house, Cain Park, Chagrin Falis Theatre and The Valiey 
Playhouse. He has performed in some twenty musical 
comedies and has sung with the Chicago Symphony 
Orchestra choruses under Leonard Bernstein and Ra- 
fael Kubelik. Mr. Eden also inciudes television and 
radio appearances. 
WADE'S 
JOEL SCHNEE, choreographer for the Summer of 
Musicals, comes to Sullivan with an impressive back- 
ground in the world of the dance. He has studied in 
NeT York and in Los Angeles with many of the Out- 
standing dancers of our time, including Martha Gra- 
ham, Jose Limon, and Doris Humphrey. Born in the 
East, Mr. Schnee grew up in Los Angeles but returned 
to the East, where he attended the Julliard School of 
Music. His choreography has been seen in North Holly- 
wood and with the Fort Washington Players. Having 
created dances for a wide range of productions, from 
"Show Boat" to religious drama, he comes to the Grand, 
adding his exceptional talents to the  Summer of MU- 
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nity and professional theatre. He has been associated 
with a wide range of productions, from the brassy 
Latin Quarter Revue in Miami Beach to Eugene O'Neil's 
"The Hairy Ape." At the University of Miami Ring The- 
atre he has served as lighting director and costumer 
as well as designer. Professionally, he has designed for 
the Rooesevelt Playhouse in Miami Beach, Theatre 
South in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Back Room 
theatre in Miami. 
EDDIE McCARTY, musical director for the Sum- 
mer of Musicals, first appeared a t  the Grand two sum- 
mers ago as a member of the chorus. When his wider 
musical talents were discovered, he become rehearsal 
pianist. Last season he alternated as pit pianist and 
performer, and this year assumed the duties of musical 
director. A native of Decatur, Mr. McCarty has been 
active in that city with the Little Theatre group and 
has made numerous appearances on Stations WSOF 
and WTVP. As a music student, h e  attended Millikin 
University where he studied under Miss Elizabeth 
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FANNY with Paul Flores ................................ August 25-30 
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