California Western University - Loma Del Mar Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Patricio Velsir, as Federico, looks disapprovingly at the octton between Luisa and Rodolfo; Count Wolter (Louis McKay) points an accusing finger at the miller, played by Robert Ross. Robert Stowers, as Wurm, wonders what will happen. Robert Ross, in full costume, awaits his turn to go on stage during dress rehearsals of Luisa Miller 130 I i

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ff POTPOURRI PROVIDES VARIETY The Quadrivial Potpourri, four one act plays, was staged March 12 to 15. The Potpourri, a new innovation for Cal Westerns Fine Arts Department, was warmly received by all. The plays rang- ed from tragedy to light comedy, each carrying a special message. The divers- ity was interesting and enjoyable. HOPE IS A THING WITH FEATHERS A story of hope and despair, the actors brought forth the trials of a group of bums in a New York park. THE WONDER HAT This one act revolved around the plot of o coquette and her ad- mirers. The lass v ore magic shoes to entrap her men; her true lover, determined not to get caught, made himself invisible by wearing a wonder hat. THE STRONGER who is really the strongest: the wife or the silent mistress? is the plot of this play. Sheila Duffy, as the wife, and Leonna Rayenzahn, the now- reiected one, compete in a battle of wits. The wife talks, the mistress merely facially shows her reactions. It was a moving play with subtle tragedy. A SUNNY MORNING The story of two lovers, meeting for the first time in thirty-odd years made a ve;y enjoyable play.

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Verdi ' s opera, Luisa Miller, began a four-day run in December, opening the opera season for California Western. So- prano star in the opera was Mrs. Francis Pool, and Neil Oehl, a tenor, sang the leading male role. The opera chorus, twenty voices strong, was drawn almost exclusively from Cal Western students. Dr. Walter Teutsch, who founded the workshop, directed the entire production. VERDI OPERA PRESENTED ' iH1ieiX S !!:. ' i, r t?,i.«9: % ' ' Y ' fW .f ,•;., V David Caylor, who ploys the port of o peosont, poses to show off the detoil in his makeup. 131