Westchester Playhouse 8301 Hindry Los Angeles

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COMING ATTRACTIONS ...

ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller plays March 15 to April 20, 1974.Director: Monty Ash: Producer: Max H. Stormes. Casting January21 and 22,1974. ,j -- j

, \NIGHT WATCH'by Lucille Fletcher plays Mqy 10 to June 15, 1974.Director: Arty Marcom. Cast-ing March 18 and 19, 1974.

SUMMER SPECIAL-YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN-tobe presented June 17 through June 22, 1974. Director: FredBaum. w.

BLACK COMED'? / NEXT ("Black' Comedy by Peter Shaffer,""Next," by Terrence McNally) plays July 12 to August 17, 1974.Directed by Dan.Baurac, Casting May 13 and 14, 1974.

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MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson ~plays September' 13 'toOctober 19, 1974,. Director; Charles Briles: Casting July 15 and16, 1974. Producer: Jack Lyons. ~

CABARET by John Kander plays November 8 to December 21,1974. Director: Ed Cotter; Producer.. De Cotter. Casting to beannounced. - '"

GINGERBREAD LADY by Neil Simon plays January 10 to February15, 1975. Director: Jerry Silvers. Casting November 11·12, 1974.

. SEASON TICKET APPLICATION,1

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"JIO,WTHE GTHER HALF LOVES!',r By Alan Ayekbourn I

Donald E. Hargis, Director Tom FO"Jler, Pr;ducer'. .

P~ODU~I:D BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH, ,- . 'SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.~

CAST OF CHARACTERS \. . (As they appear)

Fiona Foster .' _ , , .Dorothy {fhomsonTeresa Phillips .. , , 7..............•.•.•• Alice EldridgeFrank Foster .':\. , , Karl Thomas'BQb Phillips , " ,. Kerry -MahanWiliiarJ1 Detweiler : .: ; _ i. Tom AterMary Detwei ler _._~ ,..__.. """" : "" Elizabeth Ash

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ACT ONE:" ~Thursday morning in the intermingles, intertwining, interlockingliving rooms of the fosters and the rPhillipses. ' (

INTERMISSIONCoffee served in the lobby courtesy Kentwood Players

ACT TWO - ~Thursday AND Friday evenings in the dining rooms of the Fosters'and the Philiipses still mingled togethef. "

ACT THREEScene I: Saturday morning bac-k in theIlving rooms.Scene II: Sunday morning in the living rooms-again.

PI..:AYDATESJanuary 18,19,'25; 26; February 1,2,8,9,15, 16,22,23, 1974.

Curtain 8:30 P.M. Tickets MUST be picked up by 8:15 P.M. If notpaid for they will be.cancelled., \

For reservations ca'il 645·5156 (24·hour service)I

PLEASE~NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING EQUIPMENT ALLOWEDIN THE AUDITORIUM DURING PERFORMANCES. PLEASE HELPKEEP OUR THEATRE BEAUTIFUL NO ISMOKINGi DRINKH<JGOREATiNG IN THE AUDITORIUM.

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR, ...

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DONALD -E. HARGIS Alttlough he is new to Kentwod he has beenan active director with local little theatre grobJPs i~ Southern Calif.,

< for a score.of years. His talents do not step here. He showed some• of his talent in ,THE'DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in the role of CardinalMarotta. He is Set Designer for this production. He has designedcostumes for scoresof productions. Hi's activities as Director havealso been at the University of Oregon, Little Theatre at the Uni-versity of Michigan and U.C.L.A. where he is a Professor in Speech.Some of his ~redits are PERFECT ALlSI, PRfDE AND PREJUDICE.,-THUNDER ROCK, etc. • j

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ABO\UTTHE PRODUCER ...

TOM FOWLER It would be unusual and disappointing if we did,not see Tom's name on one of our programs. This time he decidedon taking on a First. Bravo, and congratulations, a job well done.»Many of you will rememberTom when he first jeined Kentwood less

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than a yea r ago. He has been on stage, back stage, i I) the Iight andsound booth, everywhere you turned Tom would be.there working,six productions in all. This gave him mo-re experieiice ana that ishow he decided to tackle this job, as Producer for Kentwood. Healso directed a workshop of CHARLIE 'BROWN this past fall. He isa composer and an excellent guitarist. Studied at U.C.L.A. andPepperdine.... i

ABOUT THE CAST . r r >:

DOROII1Y TH'OMSON (Fiona Foster) Received her-training attheBritish Academy of Dramatic Arts. Has received many awards frofSpeech, Drama, and Singing. Was last seen on K:p. stage as theContessa in THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. Other K.P. credits are GUYSAND DOLLS, FORTY CARATS. Was a successful nightclub sin-gerfor many years. Other credits are ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS,PUWBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, SALUTE TO NOEL COWARD,ODD COUPLE, etc.

ALICE ELDRIDGE (Theresa Phillips) A member of K.P. for overfour years, Alice is very active, not only on stage, Got one of 'theBoard of Directors. Was last seen at Kentwood as Mrs. Manning-ham in_ANGEL STREET. Won theBest Actress Award for her suoperb role of Adelaide in GUYS AND DOLLS, a K.P. production:Wasfirst seen em our stage in DON'T DRINK THE WATER. Is very versa-tile.in her roles, comedy, drama, musical; she is a delight to beseen on stage. Has recentty_done 'fhe front page of a couple of ourproductions on the, programs, Other credits are DIAL "M" FORMURDER, PAL JOEY; GREEN GROW ;fHE LILACS, LITRE MARYSUNSHINE, etc.

~/KABL THOMAS (Frank Foster) "Herewehave a man that canbelegitimately called our own Kentwood resident. There has~never~been a I4Jioduction without Karl. If he 'is :bot on stage, he is behindthe scenes. Seems that a set cannot be struck or built without hishelp'. A member of more than 12 years, he has served as pastPresident, IS a Staff Director of K.P." an actor, and Producer. Act·Ing credits with K.P. are ARSENIC AND OLD. LACE, NOBOE>YLOVES AN ALBATROSS, THE TORCHBEARERS, FANTASTIKS,GUYS AND. DOLLS, and at least a half dozen more plays'. We_saluteyou for the wonderful gift you have given Kentwood. '

KERRY MAHAN (Bob Phillips) Again we have the opportunity tosee this newcomer on our stage. Was first seen in our last produc-tion SILENT NIGHT, LONELY NIGHT. Started his career at the age.of 14 at Orville Wright Jr. High School as Scrooge in A CHRISTMASCAROL. Received the Macy Award for Best Actor from the City ofL.A. in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. Other credits are SPOON RIVERANTHOLOGY, A THOUSAND CLOWNS, THE BOYFRIEND, etc..

TOM ATER (Wilii@m Detweiler) The last production at the PUMPHOUSE was BLYTHE SPIRIT, Tom first appeared there. He hasappeared in scores of plays throughout California, winning awardsfor- his superb acting in HOTEL PARADJSIO, ON BORROWEDTIME, SEPAHATE TABLES, THE WALTZ OF THE,,;rOREADORS, etc.Other productions in which he appear-ed at K.~._ 'are FOR!YCARATS, and his most recent dramatic.role of Monsignor Meredithin THE DEVIL'S AQVaCATE,

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ELIZABETH ASH (Mary .Detweiler) This lovely lady is known-as"Kim" among K.P. Her acting ability speaks for itself; having wonawards for her acting; Best Actress Award in her first major role atK.P.. in WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION in 1969. In her.role ofthe mother in RASHOMON shereceived the K.P. Masque Awardthis year. Other credits are Carl Sand.burg's YES, ABSENCE· OF ACELLO, etc. Appeared in several plays in Santa Monica, New Yorkand San Francisco theatres in leading roles, THE ADDING MA-C.HIN( MAJOR BARBARA, MEDEA, etc. ' (,) '" »:.»)«<.

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EXECUTIVEOFFIchs ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1973-1.974 \~ 'l. '

President _ Bill Buhler Secretary Charlotte GunterVlee PresjdenLDassa Kalmansan Treasurer ·_._.. :: Miche-lle Rosen

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Scri pt Supervisor __._.. _ __ _ __. .Cha rlotte,.G ~nter .Stage Manager .. _.J..._ ••••• __.•••• __••..• _••• __•• __•__..• __._. __••••• Tom Br.opb.ey,

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Producer; __._ _..__.__ : Tom F0wl~rSet Designer .. _ _ _ __.__ _ _ _ Donald E. Hargis-Lighting Design .. _..__ __ ._.. _ _.__.. __.__._ R,i~KGoodm~nTechnical Coordinator Lights and Sound.. __.. : Mernll.~de!stemProperties __ _. .. . __.Lourette 1'y10net,Ruth DickinsonSet Construction .. ..... Pat Gunter, Jack Weintraub, Max Stormes,

Lee Hendrickson, Adrienne Kess, David Jonah, C:. CI-a,rke'lBe~r, -, ~ Bill Buhler Chuck Briles, Dave Mlzral'i'I, Mernll

( -Edelstein.Trv Nord;Perry,Page, Caren Herzberger, \" Chris Belyea, Unc-le Charlie, Marge Altman

Junior SetConstruction, .. ,.: .. __..Jenny Ash) Curtis Bell, Lisa Bell

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