University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Father (Neil Bailey) threatens his mother-in-law (Barb Christen- look on. This bit of “poetic justice” took place in Noel Coward’s one sen) while Mama (Jean Bigelow) and daughter Elsie (Sue Divan) act, Fumed Oak. Dave Sizer, one of the College Theatre technical assistants, ran the light control board during the one acts. Hanlon (Bill Link) discusses the ground rules for' a game of Russian Roulette with Riccio (Jerry Walsh) in the one act, Shad- ows on a Brick Wall, by Victor Cawthon. 27

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Evening of One Acts, A Student Production An evening of one acts was presented last No- vember by Studio ’6-1, the official workshop of the advanced directing class at KSC. This classroom exercise was, in its entirety, a student production. Not only did students direct the production, but this year the members of the advanced scene design class also designed the sets. Carol Styskal directed Shadows on a Brick Wall by Victor Cawthon. Appearing in this production were Jerry Walsh as Riccio and Bill Link as Hanlon. Following Carol’s production, The Boor by Anton Chekhov was presented under the direction of Mary Noble and Linda Roblee. Cast in this one act were Linda Purcell as Popova, Gerald Murphy as Shirnov, and Roger Petska as Luka. During the second half of Studio ’64, Director Dwayne Ibsen’s comedy, A Sunny Morning by Jose Quintero was presented. Actors in this production were Connie Aspedon as Dona Laura. Bob Keiper as Don Gonzola, Mary Calhoun as Petra, and Charles Mueller as Juanito. Fumed Oak by Noel Coward was the final presentation of the evening of one acts. Directed by Darlene Lubeck and Louis Grein, this comedy starred Sue Divan as Elsie, Jean Bigelow as Doris, Neil Bailey as Henry, and Barb Christensen as Mrs. Rockett. Members of the advanced scene design class who designed the sets were Jane Cordes, Mary Noble, Ray Dage, Dave Hensley, and Stan Miller. Producer of the one acts was Jack Nosal while Ray Dage served as technical director. Don Gonzola (Hob Keiper) greets Dona Laura (Connie Aspedon) in a scene from Jose Quintero’s A Sunny Morning. “I hate you. cries Popova (Linda Purcell) to an importunate bill fear. This scene occurred in The Boor, a one-act by Russian collector (Gerald Murphy) while the servant (Roger Petska) cowers playwright Anton Chekhov. 26

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28 •To be alive is to be fortunate,” relates Countess Aurelia (Linda Roblee) as she tells of the joys of life during the first act of Thr Madwoman of Chaillot. The madwoman's lecture is directed toward Pierre who had tried to commit suicide as his way out of a situation which called for him to bomb the city architect’s office.