Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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Spring One-Acts Feature bl 'fimossser Wausau: 'i' Three one-act plays by Tennessee Williams were presented on the stage in Kennedy Hall on Thursday, May 5, 1966. The directors, actors, and stage crews 5:00 muddy for the plays were members of the directing, acting, kmedy Hall and stagecraft classes, who fulfilled some of the 'V '4dm f5'b'7 -'--f requirements for these courses. PORTRAIT OF A MADONNA, directed by Ruth Wilson with technical direction by Francis McCabe, portrayed the world of a middle-aged spinster, Miss Collins, who withdrew into a world of illusions be- cause she could not manage the change from the Southern culture of her youth to the Northern culture in which she found herself. Miss Collins was played by Terry Tomscha. Other actors were Dennis Wiegle, Gary Groce, Alex Wakeman, Nancy Wheeler, and Dan Bohl. Mary Kinsley directed THE DARK ROOM, in which Miss Morgan, a social worker wandered into the sinister world of the Pocciotti family. For reasons which the play revealed, Mrs. Pocciotti's husband was in the city sanitarium, and her daughter was and had been for six months, in THE DARK ROOM. Miss Morgan was played by Sandy Cole, Mrs. Pocciotti by Helen Mangels, and the boy by Ron Beckman. The tech- nical director was Joel Jorgensen. MOONEY'S KID DON'T CRY was directed by Dave Egan, with technical direction by Pat McAllister. Dave Thorson played Mooney, and Reva Spawn played his wife. Jane. Mooney, a lumberjack from upstate, struggled to maintain his family in the hostile world of the New York tenements, where his wife was happy but he was miser- able. . f'?i5Q - E i lf' A. .fxg ff Y .se-fa we ..,- fs size: z rf'-xi' 'sl-Q, QQ. Q is Q Q 1 gi 'asf za: z fi Q 5' T553 X :Q 5, ' 5? - incl if? N w e M V a s a' i '.ii 'IFR M, .. Mrs. Pocciotti's son sticks his head through the kitchen window and begs his mother for a nickle. Miss Morgan, a social worker, interviews Mrs. Pocciotti, hoping to gain some information concerning the dark room. 104

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lx- Major Herman G. Vincent conducts the l20-piece South Dakota Intercollegiate Band in concert. Barb Nightser, concert mistress, stands prior to the playing of the National Anthem. l Beadle Hosts l967 S.D. Intercollegiate Band Musicians from Augustana, Black Hills State, Da- kota Wesleyan, Northern State, South Dakota School of Mines, South Dakota State University, Southern State, and Sioux Falls College descended upon Madison the weekend of March 3-4 to join students from Gen- eral Beadle in the fifth annual South Dakota Inter- collegiate Band. The 120-piece musical organization was conducted by Major Herman G. Vincent, Chom- mander and Conductor of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band. Representing General Beadle were Judy Bohl, pic- colog Carol Johnston, Vicky Trautman, flute Ig Janet Williams, flute Hg Karen Neville, E-flat clarinetg Bar- bara Nightser, Ronald Beckman, B-flat clarinet Ig Theola Ekle, B-flat clarinet IIg Kathy Casey, Barbara Johnson, B-flat clarinet III g Barbara Hagen, alto clari- netg Linda Erickson, contra-bass clarinetg Richard Turner, cornet IIIg Tim Peterson, Rick Wales, trumpet IIg Richard Buck, trombone II. -.4 mar Two Beadle ca-eds, Barb Nightser and Judy Bohl, display their Doug Soule listens intensely while attendingwpn afternoon ses musical talents by holding first-chair positions at the concert. sion entitled So You Want to Do a Musical. 103

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Mooney pleads with Jane to listen as he relates his plans of going into the north country where he can use his hands to chop trees. Mrs. Collins leaves a note to her imaginative lover, informing him that she is leaving on a trip but will return soon. Mrs. Collins informs the maintenance man that her apartment has been invaded by a prowler. -ff I i ij? A :WN we .lane glares at her husband in disgust as Mooney gazes out the window yearning to get away from city life. if 'iff' 105