Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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St. Monica First School in Country to Present ul'lcllo Dolly! M HELLO DOLLY! Under the excellent direction of Mr. Larry Gabriel, the Senior class of St. Monica presented the Broadway musical HELLO DOLLY! on the evenings of March l2,l3,l4, and 15 in Cantwell auditorium. Mr. Gabriel's right arm during this production was Kathy Putziger, who served as Stage Manager. Piano accompanymcnt was provided during the first act by Miss Mary Ruth Woods, and during the second act, by Sister Mary Dolora. The play begins in New York City around the year 1898. Dolly Gal- lagher Levi tplayed by Cyndi Fuscoj, a Kjack of all trades,,'is on her way to Yonkers, New York to find Horace Vandergclder, the well-known Yonkers half-a-millionaire, a second suitable wife. In truth, she plans to marry him herself. Meanwhile, in Yonkers, we meet Vandergclder CDavid Deckerj, his for herself and Minnie to have dinner with them. Realizing that they had no money, Cornelius mentions a lovely place in the station. But Mrs. Molloy insists that the Harmonia Gardens was good enough for his fashion- able friend, that was the place for them also. Cornelius, of course, objects because he can't dance. But the helpful Dolly hands him a card that says Dolly Levi-33 year old chief clerks taught how to dance. Cornelius and Barnaby then take Mrs. Molloy and Minnie to see the 14th Street Associa- tion Parade, and Dolly, having matched someone else is now alone. She speaks to her late husband Ephraim Levi, and explains why she plans to marry Vandergclder. She dreads leading a safe solitary life and wants to rejoin the human race. She sings of her wants in her solo, BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY. two clerks Cornelius CBrian Jacobsj and Barnaby CTodd Tatumj, and his forever-weeping niece Ermengarde. Vandergclder is one who believes that most people in this world are fools, and the rest of us are in great contami- nation of becoming one. He has made the decision to do the most foolish thing . . . to marry again. When Dolly arrives in Yonkers, she proceeds to clear the field of her rivals, including Irene Molloy QAnnette Simonsj, whom she herself intro- duced to Vandergclder, by telling him about a wonderful catch-Ernestina Money Cplayed by Muriel Whitej with whom a meeting can be arranged that very afternoon at the l4th Street Association Parade. Vandergclder agrees to meet her only after first seeing Mrs. Molloy, and goes off to New York on business, leaving his two clerks in charge. But Cornelius and Bar- naby have decided that they want to have some fun in life, and so they leave for New York, with plans of not returning until they've each kissed a girl. On returning to New York City, we meet Mrs. Molloy and her assis- tant Minnie Fay CMarcia Johnsonj, in her hat shop. By chance, Cornelius and Barnaby take refuge in the shop, and hide under tables and in closets to avoid being discovered by Vandergclder, who has come into the shop to meet Dolly and Mrs. Molloy. Despite their best efforts, Vandergclder does discover that there are men in the shop, and is angry enough to break off his relationship with Mrs. Molloy all together, and informs Dolly that he will meet the heiress Ernestina, as previously planned. Cornelius and Barnaby try their best to apologize to Mrs. Molloy, and Dolly convinces her that the only way that things could be settled was At the Harmonia Gardens, Dolly is greeted by the chefs and waiters, and Mrs. Molloy, Minnie, and their escorts, arrive at approximately the same time. . . Dolly now sets about hooking Vandergclder. First, she assumes that he is longing to marry her, and she turns him down flat. Then she paints a grey picture of what life in Yonkers will be like without her. Then she convinces him that his well-ordered existence is somewhat less than he as- sumed in the confusion brought about when he discovered not only his two clerks, but also his niece Ermengardc and her fiance Ambrose CMike Hummerl, in the Gardens show. After some violence, and an arresting of all, Vandergclder fires Cornelius on the spot and is utterly amazed that his humble 33 year old clerk expresses his love for Mrs. Molloy in front of one and all in a court of law and order . . Vandergclder is held with charges of disturbing the peace, and hears Dolly say that the only thing she can do under the circumstances is to say Goodbye, as she sings SO LONG DEARIE. Early the next morning, back in Yonkers, Vandergclder, without clerks, without niece, and most of all, without Dolly, realizes that he too has been a foolvand he would be an even greater fool if he let this wonder- ful woman slip out of his fingers like dust. And so he asks Dolly, who con- veniently returns having expected such a turn of events, to forgive him and marry him as they sing HELLO DOLLY! and the curtains close. This is the first time anything so big has been attempted, and thanks to the help of Mr. Gabrile, and all concerned, HELLO DOLLY! was a fan- tastic production and a great financial success.