Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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ABOVE RIGHT: Two irritated old ladies listen questionably as the drunk reads Shakespeare's Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day. FAR RIGHT: The young waitress watches dreamily as the attractive nightclub singer strikes up a conversation with the cowboy. BELOW: Ernest speaks with authority as he sets up the im- .W G :Amy I promptu scene. BELOW CENTER: Using his own life background as a lesson, Tony teaches Winifred to have concern for other people. BE- LOW RIGHT: Ben asks Gus to stop and listen to the story of a nine year old girl- who killed her cat.

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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

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Three student-directed one-act Dlays were presented on the stage of Kennedy l-lall Auditorium, May 9 and 10. The first play, Impromptu, was directed by James Benjamin and featured Wallace Shea as Er- nest, an aging actor. Written by Ted Mosel, the play is a short version of l3irandeIlo's 'Six Characters in Search of an Author. Kathy Boyum appeared as Win- ifred, a character actress. Terry Eolsland played the part of Tony, a juvenile, and Marcella Fallon made her college stage debut as l.ora, an ingenue. Benjamin, Blair, Nyland Direct Spring One-Acts William lnge's People in the Wind, was directed by Gary Nyland. The play takes place in a bus-stop cafe and features a mixture of people from all walks of life. Mary Ellen Wagner and Bonnie lVlcCollough por- trayed two waitresses who, in the process of the play, met a young nightclub singer, Colleen Doyle, a cowboy fresh off the range, Elmer Lovrein, two prim and proper old la- dies, Nancy Wheeler and Connie Prouty, and a poetry-minded drunk, Joel Jorgensen. Tim Nicolaisen por- trayed the bus driver. The final play, l-larold Pinter's Eng- lish one-act, The Dumb Waiter, was directed by Tom Blair. A vet- eran of the General Beadle Stage, Dave Thorsen, portrayed the de- manding role of Ben, a hard core hired killer. Bob Hovde portrayed the part of Gus, a role which gave him the best one-act performance award. Along with his acting duties, I-lovde also served as technical director for all three one-acts.