Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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Father and teacher bid for Helen Keller. Sullivan struggles to teach blind Keller. - W-A-T-E-R ... Keller speaks her first word. Drama students perform ' miracles ' a, Kellers thank Sullivan for her work (left). VC 27

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Pep spotlights theatrics In keeping with the Bicentennial spirit, the official name given to Seaver College ' s 1975-76 theater season was the All-American Theater Film Series. The season was launched with the fall production of Once Upon a Mattress, a musical comedy directed by Robert West, assistant professor of theater. Other productions included The Man Who Came to Dinner, a comedy by Hart and Kaufman, and the popular drama Miracle Worker, which por- trayed the early life of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf child. An overview of American theater would not be complete without a musi- cal production, America ' s greatest con- tribution to the theater world, according to West. Therefore, the musical produc- tion The Fansticks was presented in the winter trimester. The major production of the spring trimester was Neil Simon ' s Barefoot in the Park. Mark Roberts and Sharon Manly Arends took starring roles in -Once Upon a Mattress. 26 Here Sharon Arends listens very carefully.

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The Mai Who Came to Dinner, starring Curt Roginson, was the first major production of the fall trimester. Rick Adamson and Sue Evans appear in I Do, I Do. Rick Adamson and Sue Evans jostle around in the Fine Arts production. 28