Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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Georgia Bobolis ond Bob Van Dyke ore suave team in Fodor production. Douglas Carr, Diann McEntire, Dick Slater build comedy in Two Blind Mice. Theater Fare Otters Tragedy, Satire By Nancy Fcathcrstonc Comedy for cast and spectators closed the We- ber College theatre season with the May 7 to 10 tun of Two Blind Mice after the heavy drama of Othello as a theater workshop production and Fodor’s The Vigil by the Community Theater in winter quarter. In the final play, a John Kelly directed satirical farce. Dick Slater as an unusual lover pulled off shenanigans at the expense of the three military forces and other functions of government when complications arose because two elderly ladies continued to operate the Bureau of Seeds and Standards after its official discontinuance. Cast members included Merrill I fymas as the shy dance student, Robert Merrill as the manic mailman. Kenneth Robins as man with a car to park. Diann McEntire as Karen, the woman who could not hold a man. Douglas Carr as the doctor with a short stock of southern comfort, Henry Kafton as the “Skunk Cabbage marine, and George Francis as Ensign Jamison, untried in battle. The Shakespeare tragedy, edited and arranged by Mr. Kelly for the play box theater, ran a full week with an all-student cast with tickets sold out well in advance. Cast of Othello included Boyce Harris playing the ill-fated Moor, Dick Slater portraying villainous Iago. Jann Hciner as gentle Desdemona. Jarvis Anderson and Larry Wright double-cast as Lieutenant Cassio. Rebecca Wells as I a go's wife, Marilyn Lambourn as Bra- bantia, Margery Cook as Queen, Marian Hyde as Clown. Jeanic Smith as Young Girl, Carolyn Harmer as Lady. George Francis as Montano. 2d

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With Weber Day r I I' I, then being removed by Fred Ball, student body president, and Carol Barker, student body vice president. The mass of Weber supporters and invited guests then surged forward and, apparently conscious tnat they were participating in history, each hoisted a shovel of campus earth. A forenoon assembly and a noon luncheon honoring early class and faculty members and others were followed by a downtown parade just prior to the ground-breaking. The evening program completed the observance. John G. Kelly, speech and drama in- structor, was chairman of the day’s arrangements. He was assisted by an eager alumni organization and by a fa- culty alert to the meaning of the occasion. 92-ycar-old Mrs. Fredrick Louis Moench, center of interest as the honored guest of the day, re- ceives bouquet from David O. McKay. Other ladies are her daughters. Far left is Dr. James R. Foulger, assistant Ogden may- or, and center is George T. Frost, mayor. The moment was dra- matic. High kickers are, from left, Bar- bara Birkhead, Normo Lichfield, Joanne Barker, Jann Heiner. Night school upholstery class feature of This is Weber skit, of which Dr. Dixon commented, I hope that is not representative of our night school work! Noth- ing was left intact by Axman Laurence Burton and Sawman Wayne Carver. Women on stage arc Jane Ann Slater and Mrs. Carver, with Burton. 25

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Slater and Boyce Harris reflect the heavy tragedy of the Shakespeare masterpiece Othello. Jann Heiner as Desdemona with Rebecca Wells as maid feels impending death. Ross Giles as Lodovico, Georgia Bobolis as Bianca. Byron Burt as Roderigo. Roy Russell as Gratiano. Fodor's unusual play, built around the court- room scene in which innocence or guilt depends upon proof that a resurrection and not a grave robbery had occurred, ran a full week in February and established itself as one of the most popular plays produced at Weber in several seasons. M. Thatcher Allred directed and the play was done by an exceptionally capable cast of college stu- dents. faculty members and community actors. Scenic artistry was the work of Doyle Strong, college art instructor. Outstanding among the actors were Julian R. Stephens as judge. Robert Van Dyke as Prose- cutor, Laurence Burton as Defense Counsel, Wal- lace Budge as the Gardener, I.vle Wynn as Saul, Gladys Sargent ns Lady Procula. Amos Sargent as Pilate. Wayne Carver as Professor Thaddeus, L. M. Milton as Simon. Renee Glover as Mary, Howard Knight as Sadoc. William Bobolis as Jo- seph. and Kay Jon Mildon as Susanna. Appearing also with distinction in the lesser roles were Carolyn Harmer, Walter Prothero, Barbara Christiansen. Calvin ('arter and Georgia Bobolis. Produced earlier in the season and reported in an earlier Scribulus was The Traitor, a play of topical interest and considerable dramatic power, directed by Mr. Allred, and The Philadelphia Story, a Cellar Theater production under direction of Mr. Kelly.