"Central Illinois ' Only Professional Equity Music Theatre ' ' I Fifth Season * July 7th Through A u p s t 27th, 1961

Air-conditioned Grand Theatre * On the Square * Sullivan - ' I

Guy S. Little, Jr. Presents

Annanary Dickey in "Take Me Along" July 7 through July 16, 1961

. I Who's Who in the Cast . . .

ANNAMARY DICKEY (Lily) is Decatur's most famous native who has certainly made her mark on Broadway as well as in the world of opera, the concert sta e and sup er clubs. Anna- mary made her roksaional Abut at the St. Louts Municipal 8pera and appeared with that famous company for three seasons before being chosen as winner of the Metropolitan Operi Auditions of the Air. For four years she sang leading lyric soprano roles at the Met including the role of Musetta in LA BOHEME. Then

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Rusaell Nype went to H o l l p w d . He was I

engaged to create the same role in the Lo production of CALL M E MADAM and rema1 m En land to la leadmg roles in W D D I IN P ~ R I S . d h i 6 ,in England he alro had honor of appearing m the first Bo a1 Corn a Performance for Queen Elirabeth 6, a s w& on man television and radio row and ni I t club.. This paat w % t e r r ~ e ~ sociare% with the Carol Chanalng revue, S B GIRL. I

was the on1 woman in a f i l m children THE ADVENTURW HART= which were made at Unltrd Film and, Recording Studioa in Chicago a d shown in( ' moat of the count O m televiajoa she has,'

eared on BIG STORY THEY BTAND A G W E D , HAWKINS ~ A L L S and YOUR^ DREAM HOME. Irenne appeared in the Blackj Hills Pasaion Play a s Salorne and in the Chi-- cago area at Drury Lane Theatre with ~ i n d a ' Darnell in LATE LOVE. 89- of IrenneV2 many outstandm roles include I r d a m e Arcatf in BLYTHE SP~RIT Veta 'Simmons in HAR-' VEY Bidone in &GI and Mrs. Yodei in; PAPA I S A ~ L . Before comin to Sullivan Irenne appear9 for three weeEs in SHO$ BOAT math Ltsa Ktrk at Melody Top in Cht- cago.

RHODA LEVINE (Muriel Macomber) who has been a opular erfonner and choreokpher at SUMME& O F JUSICALS during two pre- vious saarons is one of New YorWs most po ular and buiiest choreo aphers. Durin tl!; past few years, Miss ~ e v g e has handled a71 the choreo ph for the DUPONT SHOWS OF T H E GN%H on CBS-TV-and ha8 appeared as

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES and MUSICAL NUMBERS The action takes place in Centerville, Connecticut, 1910

ACT I. SCENE 1. The Mi l ler Home. Early morning o f July 4th.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PARADE Nat and Townspeople . . . . . . . . . . "OH. PLEASE" .Nat, Essie, Lil and Fam'ily - - - . - - - - -

SCENE 2. 1he '~acomber Home. The same morning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I WOULD DIE" .Muriel and Richard SCENE 3. The Car Barn. Later that morning.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "SID. OL' KID" Sid and Townspeople SCENE 4. The -Miller Home. A l i t t le later.

"STAYING YOUNG" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I GET EMBARRASSED" .Sid and L i l y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "WE'RE HOME". L i l y SCENE 5. A Street.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'TAKE M E ALONG" . . .Sid and Nat SCENE 6. The Picnic Grounds. That afternoon.

"FOR SWEET CHARITY" Sid, Nat, Lady Entertainers & Townsmen SCENE 7. The Mi l ler Home. That evening.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "PLEASANT BEACH HOUSE". Wint "THAT'S HOW I T STARTS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard

ACT 11. SCENE 1. Bar Room of the Pleasant Beach House. The srme night.

BALLET . . . . . .Richard, Mur ie l and Company SCENE 2. The Mi l ler Home. Later that night.

"OH, PLEASE" (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat and Essie "PROMISE M E A ROSE" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L i l y and Sid "STAYING YOUNG" [Re~t'ise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat

SCENE 3. ~ ichard 's -~edroom. ~ f t h n o o n of the folloJwing day. "LITTLE GREEN SNAKE" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "NINE O'CLOCK" Richard SCENE 4. The Beach. That evening. SCENE 5. The Mi l ler Home. A l i t t le later.

"BUT YOURS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid and L i ly SCENE 6. The Car Barn. Later that evening.

"TAKE M E ALONG" (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . .Lily, Sid and Townspeople

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a performer on many network television ro- grams including the recent GERSHWIN Y E ~ R S and the Lawrence Olivier spectacular, T H E POWER AND T H E GLORY this past season. Rhoda's firat season a t the Grand a s choreo- grapher was in 1959 and she opened the season that year a s Gladys in T H E PAJAMA GAME and won the hearts of central Illinois audiences. In 1959 Rhoda was the lead dancer in T H E KING AND I a t the St. Louls Muny Opera and -:eturned to Sullivan to dance in KISMET and HIGH BUTTON SHOES. Recently she choreo- ecaohed the successful off-Broadwaj oroductions. P A S H I O N eared in anot6e; o f f - ~ r o a d l way production. S&E SHALL HAVE MUSIC. Rhoda has been a featured dancer with the New York City Center's Ballet Company and has choreographed shows a t Dayton Wellesley and Cohassett.. During th_e spring 'of 1960, dhod? choreographed the Broadway-bound musical, LOCK U P YOUR DAUGHTERS and last sum- mer journeyed to England to choreoeraoh a musical in London. -

- - J E R I L I L I T L E (Belle) opened last season's

SUMMER O F MUSICALS a s Nellie i n SOUTH PACIFIC. She has appeared in opera, musical comedy and plays throughout the country. Her performance a s Jennet in Christopher Fry's T H E LADY'S N O T FOR BURNING won plaudits of Miami critics. Some of her many appearances a t the Grand over the past few years were in GUYS AND DOLLS BELLS ARE RINGING. PAL JOEY,.A TREE GROWS I N BROOKLYN, and the title role in RED- HEAD.

DICK STEPHENS (Wint) i s a Decatur na- tive who started working a t the Grand back- stage for BRIGADOON in 1957 and has re- mained with the company since then to appear in every production a s a dancer, singer and actor. His roles last season included Stewpot In SOUTH PACIFIC, Willie in A T R E E GROWS I N BROOKLYN, Available Jones in

L ' IL ABNER, Action in W E S T S I D E STORY and Boatswain in CAROUSEL. This past -

winter Dick has been studying dance and drama'in New York City.

CHARLES HARRIS (Richard Miller) is a senior scholarship student of the Goodman Me- morial Theatre m Chicago. Last summer, he toured through five states in the ANTA spon- sored production of T H E BOY FRIEND, play- inr: the role of Bobby a s well a s doing the dl- recting and choreograph~ng. Charles has ap- peared in Michi an stock company productions of THE DRUN%ARD RELUCTANT DEBU- TANTE, and TEAHOUSE O F T H E AUGUST MOON. Under the direction of Charles McGaw and John Reich, he has played leading roles in TAMING O F T H E SHREW, with Shapespear- e.n actor Leo Ciceri, UNDER MILK WOOD, and T W E L F T H NIGHT, and has chalked up 200 radio shows for the Chicago Board of Edu- cation.

V..#V..t. -....-....t..r- ,-. ..-- ~ . ~ , . J A m w J r n n v w o a l (Have macomoerj 1s a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University where he was seen in DIARY O F ANNE FRANK and T H E POTTING SHED among others. He has done work a t the Lake Forest Theatre Under the Stars and portrayed Lord Broakhurst in Mr. L's Tenthouse Theatre p r a duction of T H E BOY FRIEND.

DAVE KELSON (Arthur Miller) has had his own TEEN T I M E radio show from Streator, Illinois for the past year. Some of his favorite stage roles have been in OUR T O W N and SHOW BOAT. He will enter Northwestern University in the fall.

TERRY SWARTS (Salesman) was seen in a l l the SUMMER O F MUSICALS productions last season. He has a long list of dramas to his credit, a s well a s mus~cals and Equity Li- brary Children's Theatre productions. Terry. who hails from Texas, was in the off-Broadway Showcase, SHOW OFF.

JANET SILVER (Mildred Miller) i s from Ohio .'hece she has appeared In PICNIC, OKLA- IIlJMA CAN CAN and SEPARATE TABLES. Janet starts her college career in the fall.

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GUY S. LITTLE, JR. Presents

Annarnary Dickey "Take Me Along" -

with

Jef f Warren, lrenns Webster, Mark Foley, Rhoda Levlne Music and Lyrics by BOB MERRILL

Book by JOSEPH STEIN and ROBERT RUSSELL Based on the play , "AH, WILDERNESS" by EUGENE O'NEIL

Original Production by DAVID MERRICK

Directed by JEFF WARREN Choreography by RHODA LEVINE

Musical Direction by ELWOOD SMITH Scenery and Lighting by EUGENE FABRICATORE - Costumes by JESSIE

ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE

C A S T (In order of appearance)

Nat Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF WARREN Mildred Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANET SILVER Art Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D A D KELSON Tommy Miller .................................. BILL CHERIKOS Essie Miller .................................. R E WEBSTER L i l y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A N N A M A R Y DICKEY Richard Miller .................................. CHARLES HARRIS Muriel Macomber ................................ RHODA LEVINE Dave Macomber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES PANOWSKI S i d - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - M A R K FOLEY Wint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DICK STEPHENS B a r t e n d e r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B I L L HENKIN B e l l e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - J E R l L l LITTLE Salesman- ----- - ------ -- --- ---- TERRY SWARTS

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Townsmen: LARRY BENNETT, ROBERT BYARS, RICHARD DOLPH, ROBERT LEOPOLD, TOSH MACALISTER, DON RICHETTA, SID- NEY SHAW, TERRY SOLDWEDEL.

Orchestra: Two Pianos-Elwood Smith and Eddie McCarthy; Percus- sion-Hal Fairweather; Clarinet--Jack Anderson; Trumpet-Al Guinn. "Take Me Along" i s presented through special arrangements with Tams-Witmark Music Library,

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