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Curt Wire, Art Kolbrener, George Stott, Lois and Gene Barrick, lvlildredTowle, Ray Foreman, Helen and Jack Caughron, Horace Junior Jenkins,Katherine and Bill Gerrard, Jack Langdon, Dr. Carl Gordon, Jim Lewis,Betty Mosser, Dale "Villard, Betty' and Bob Cross, Phyllis and Alan Oster,Kenneth Clapper, Gloria and Linis D. Prentice, Marcella Reilly, JerrySavesky, Helen and Matt Jurczal~, H. Cameron Snyder, Hobert J. Smithand Pat Smith.

ENTERTAINMENT-Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buchar.

TICKET DISTRIBUTION-Ray Foreman, cliainnan; Lou and Doris Lowen-stein, Jean Henson, Jack and Betty Linne, Jack Caughron, Helen Jurczak,Martha Moody, Barbara Judy, Frank South, Norman and Ruth Page, LouisLowenstein, Jr., Honore Ronan, Ernest Paxton, Ross and Dorothy Parker,Bill Buchar, Dr. and Mrs. Albert Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. F erd Frost, RobertB. Wright, rvIarguerite \;Yalters ~nd Dr. Kenneth Toy.. ,

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Red Mask Playersincorporated

PresentsAs the final production of its nineteenth season,

THE HEIRESSj

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A Drama in Three ActsBy RUTH AND AUGUSTUS GOETZ

By Special Arrangement with Dmmatists Play Service, Inc,

Directed by KATHRYN RANDOLPH

PALACE THEATRE

MAY 16 and 17, 1956

8:15 P. M.

Who's Who in the Play ...

HONORE RONAN, who portrays the heiress, CatherineSloper, has a glittering collection of leading roles in her scrap-book, most recent being her "Katy"-winning performance in lastseason's finale, "The Glass Menagerie." ... CARL GORDON grewhis own facial "adornment" for the role of Dr. Austin Sloper, theheiress' father. Carl, who is portraying his most important char-acterization after a number of supporting roles in Red tvfask, isused to the title of "doctor"; in real life, he's a dentist ... Also adentist is KENNETH TOY, cast as' Morris Townsend, handsomefortune-seeker. Since Ken appeared as "John'''of "John Loves Mary"last fall, he has the distinction of important roles in both openingand closing plays of the season.

Lavinia Penniman, whose gushing sentimentality is a brightthread in the sometime somber tapestry of emotions, is played byLUCINDA BUTLER, an Award of Merit winner from last year's"Curious Savage." ... The role of Mrs. Montgomery, who makesa brief but important appearance, is taken by MARY SHEHNOCKwho, as Mary Brandt, was in the casts of two Hed Mask hits offormer years, "Blithe Spirit" an~ "My Sister Eileen." In privatelife, Mary has a double role of registered nurse and homemaker... Newcomers to Hed Mask are ALICE KIHBY, who had LittleTheater experience in her native) _SouthCarolina, cast as ElizabethAlmond; BONNIE JEAN FLEMING, mother of four boys whosomehow has found the time to ~llakeher bow as .rvIm"ianAlmond;MARGUERITE WALTERS, Pride of new Hed Mask members,Mr. and NlrS. Nlonte Walters, cast as Maria, the maid, and EDBUNTAIN, IBM operator and native of Newman, Ill., appearingas Arthur Townsend.

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RED MASK COMMITTEES

PLAY SELECTION-Bill Buchar, chairman; Charlotte Ellis, Barbara Bailey,Gloria Prentice and Keith King.

CASTING-Bill Bucha!, chairman; Jean I-Ienson, Robert n. ''\fright; CharlotteEllis and Horace J. Jenkins.

ASSISTANT DIHECTOR-Barbara Bailey; prompters, Fay Langas and BettyLou Helmers.

COSTUMES-Buddy Brownstein, chairman; Edith Fireman.

PHOPERTIES-Marcella Reilly, chairman; Mildred Towle and MauriceFlattery.

STAGE FURNISHINGS-Gloria Prentice, chairman.

MAKEUP-Betty Linne, chairman; Nan Lanull, Bonnie Smith and ShirleySharp£.

STAGE MANAGER-Dr. Harold Brownstein.

AHT DIHECTOR-Margaret FitzGerald.

SET CONSTRUCTION-Cuy Hutton.

STAGE HANDS-Guy Hutton, Wilbur Hutton, George Holycross andClaude Lovejoy,

PROGRAM PHEPAHATION-Robert B. Wright and Matt Jurczak.

SEATING AND PROGRAMS-Matt Jurczak, chairman; Jane Ann Joyce,Jeanne Wilson, Jo Buchar, Billie Kegley, Donna 'White, Ada Mary Castle,Kay Lash, Karen Towle, Alice Wittig, Judy Duncan, Detty Iskowich,Betty Lou Helmers, Barbara Judy, Georgia Ann \-Yord, Judy Righter,Bobbie Angell, Sana Firebaugh, Judy I-lannon, Kay Farr, Anita Schingel,Bertha Blair, Mary Kay Dunn.

PUBLICITY-Alden Bracewell, chairman.

MEMBERSHIP-Lucinda Butler and Robert B. Wright, chairmen; MargaretFitzGerald, Jeanne 'Nilson, Mary Ellen Bean, Barbara and Harold Judy,Minna and Harold Brownstein, Kathryn Randolph, Jean Henson, BarbaraBailey, Howard Lewis, Hugh McCulloch, Bill Euchar, Honore Ronan,Betty Iskowich, Kenneth Toy, Betty and Jack Linne, Ruth Page, Miriamand Bob Duncan, Eugene Mills, Marcia and Bud Ehrlich, Frank Roose,Charlotte and Ed Fonner, Keith King, Lou Ann Linne Geis, Hazel and

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THE HEIRESS Red Mask PlayersThe cast in order of their appearance:

Maria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marguerite WaltersDr. Austin Sloper , ....•....•.•......... Dr. Carl GordonLavinia Penniman .. , , .Lucinda ButlerCatherine Sloper , , Honore RonanElizabeth Almond Alice KirbyArthur Townsend Edward BuntainMarian Almond Bonnie Jean FlemingMorris Townsend Dr. Kenneth ToyMrs. Montgomery Mary Shernock

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 1955-56

President Jean Henson

Vice Presidcnt .............•................ Bill Buchar

Secretary-Treasurer Honore Ronan

Robert B. Wright, Matt Jurczak, Horace Junior Jenkins,Barbara Bailey, Jack Caughron, Russell Guin, KatherineGerrard and Dr. Harold Brownstein.

The setting is the front parlor of Dr. Sloper's house in ''''ash-ington Square. The time is 1850.

Act IScene I-An October evening.Scene 2-An afternoon two weeks later.Scene 3- The next morning.

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Act II :Scene I-An April night six months later.Scene 2- Two hours later.

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Scene 3-Morning three days later.Scene 4-A summer evening almost two years later.

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Hed Mask Players gratefully acknowledges the generous assistancegiven by the following firms and individuals in the productionof THE HEIHESS:

Woodbury Book Co. " Yarn Shop

Butler the Florist:tvIuurice Flattery

Victor J. Batt, Locksmith &Sporting Goods Montgomery Ward

Penry Furniture Co. Cunningham Antique ShopMarshfield, Indiana

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