Delta State University - Broom Yearbook (Cleveland, MS)

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DELTA PLAYHOUSE presents LIGHT UP THE SKY 22 — Light up the Sky

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DELTA PLAYHOUSE in cooperation with CROSSTIE ARTS COUNCIL MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION-NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS presents DflNfl ANDREWS IN OUR TOWN BY TH0RNTI3N WILDER APRIL 6 - 10 Noted film actor and Mississippi native Dana Andrews appeared at Delta State as guest artist for the Delta Playhouse production of the Pulitzer prize-winning play Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Mr. Andrews ' distinguished career has in- cluded such film classics as Laura, The Ox- Bow Incident, and The Best Years of Our Lives. Director of Our Town was Dr. Ted Solomon, with assistant Tina Miller. Leading the student cast was Paige Posey as Emily Webb, the young woman who too late discovers the beauty and significance of her life. Others in the cast included Tommy Morgan, Leslie Kimbro, Don Conger, Laine Anderson, Ken- dall Smith, Sarah Algee, Eddie Coleman, Ann Finison, Regina Rickels, Jerome Billingsley, Wayne Henry, Joey Haynes, Leana Bruner, Chuck Ben- ford, Michael Smithers, Joy Dew, Susan Garcia, Kim Geddie, Linda Little and Daphne Walker. Our Town — 21

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OCT. 13. 14. 16 Delta State audiences got a glimpse of backstage life with the Delta Playhouse production of the comedy Light up the Sky by Moss Hart. The play concerned the eccen- tric habits of a group involved with a Broadway-bound show. The excellent comic performances included Bruce Bailey as an agocentric director; Regina Rickels as a temperamental actress plagued by a confused husband (Jerome Billingsley) and interfering mother (Jan Ruth); Don Conger as the outspoken producer with a flashy wife (Leana Bruner). Others in the cast included David Ouzts, Paige Posey, Brian Cornish, Michael Smithers, Jimmy Cothran, William Freeman, Sarah Algee and Scott Dyar. Director of Light up the Sky was Dr. Ted Solomon, with assistants Tina Miller, Sarah Algee and Chuck Benford. Light up the Sky — 23