Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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,li .I -19 .. Q. F ' r F v-I l Carradines Spend Month on Campus ABOVE: Nellie Ewell offers John Buchanan, Jr. some of her peppermint candy. RIGHT: Roza tells Dr, Johnny of her experiences living in a one-room shack with mud floors. Famed Couple Directs, Stars in Williams' Summer and Smoke The famed theatrical duo of Rich- ard Dye-Carradine and his lovely wife, Jaclyn Lord, spent the entire month of March on the General Bea- dle campus. During their stay, the couple staged two performances on their own and joined GBSC drama students in presenting Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke. The Carradines began their visita- tion March 6 by presenting The Brovvningsf' The production brought to life the memorable and heart-warming 'courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. After three short weeks of re- hearsals, Summer and Smoke opened March 20 for a four-night stand. Directed by the Carradines, the play featured the couple in the leading roles of Alma Winemiller, the daughter of a Mississippi minister LEFT: The Carradines present Three Charming Love Scenes. The performance includes scenes from Victoria Regina itopy, Elizabeth the Queen lcenterj, and The Glass Menagerie ibottomj. and his senile wife, and John Buch- anan, the hell-raising son of the doc- tor next door. General Beadle stu- dents portrayed the supporting characters. Cast members, in addi- tion to the Carradines, included Jean Lorang, Mrs. Winemiller, Dave Thorson, Rev. Winemiller, l-lelen J. Peterson, Nellie Ewell, Tom Blair, Dr. Buchanan, Sr., Brenda Schlenker, Roza Gonzales, Carol Williams, Mrs. Bassett, Joel Jorgensen, Roger Doremus, Bob l-lovde, Vernon, Linda Branson, Rosemary, and Jim Bauer, Dusty. The Carradines climaxed their month-long visit March 28 by pre- senting Three Charming Love Scenes, selected from The Glass Menagerie, Victoria Regina, and Elizabeth the Queen.

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Wgg 3 Rain-Inside and Out 5 OD ple of g area Cal hit dr1eSS S pre lfOVlUlTl dapte vlakef 5 from 3 severe drought While attending a picnic however the town folk are approached by a gentleman who calls himself Starbuck the Rain Maker The stranger proceeds to convince the people that 'he can actually bring rain providing they SWS Wm S100 in advance During his 24-hour stay Starbuck meets Lizzie Curry the town s 30 year old plain Jane Before leav 'ng however he has Lizzie believing that she truly is beautiful and most LEFT CENTER: Starbuck's wagon serves as a background as Starbuck KRay Peter- sonj and Lizzie CKathy Caseyj sing of Sim- ple Little Things. IMMEDIATE LEFT: The' Curry family try to convince Lizzie that File should be Invited to the picnic BELOW The 1 10 cast takes a flnal curtain call as the orchestra plays a reprise of Every thing Beautiful Happens at Night Important he keeps his S100 For as the play ends so ends the drought and the people rejoice as the rain begins to fall No one really knows whether or not the Rain Maker had anything to do with it but on opening night as the rain fell on stage in Kennedy Hall Auditorium it also fell outside and due to a leaky roof a few peo ple ln the audience experienced an unexpected taste of reality' Kathy Casey and Ray Peterson played the lead roles of Lizzie Curry and Starbuck Other principals in cluded Wallace Shea l-IC Curry Tom Blair Noah Curry Denis Zle barth File Donna Frick Snooky and Terry Folsland Jimmy Curry James L Johnson directed the 40 member cast and Robert Clausen designed the colorful sets S K Lotspeich served as musical dlrec tor while Dr Merrill Brown con ducted the orchestra Choreogra pher for the show was John Kearns ' I 1 i . . . .H - l 2 Y! , X J , fl + 'lg , rl de I . ' ' ' - ' . I' H' I g' Y 1 ' 1 I I ' - I. I -- . , 1 . .F ' l ' . v . n ' I 1 Q 1 Q . . I . - I 1 if l - H . ' H I - , . ' . - . . Z Y , ' : . . . ' U ' - l