The Late Christopher Bean
1946-47 Stonewall Jackson High School Junior Class Play
Actor, minor role. This was my very first play.
The lead was played by Sara Jane Kahn (Moore), the woman who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1976.
Death Takes a Holiday
1948 Stonewall Jackson High School Senior Class Play
Actor, supporting role – Mother
Death Takes a Holiday
1948-52 Marshall College
Assistant Director
We did 3 shows a year and I worked on every show because that was my major. I believe the Drama teacher and Director, Prof. Caplan found out how good I was at directing and he picked this play because he knew I had done it before. I was Assistant Director and I coached the actors in their parts.
All My Sons
1948-52 Marshall College
I had a backstage role, probably Assistant Director. We did 3 shows a year and I worked on every show because that was my major.
We did 3 shows a year and I worked on every show because that was my major. The play was so successful that we had to do an extra show on Sunday. The actors who played the father and son had gotten drunk the night before so the Mother had to work extra hard during that performance to hold the play together because of the boys hangovers.
You Can’t Take it With You
1948-52 Marshall College
I had a backstage role, probably Assistant Director. We did 3 shows a year and I worked on every show because that was my major.
The Miser (Molliere)
1951-52 Marshall College
I had a backstage role, probably Assistant Director. We did 3 shows a year and I worked on every show because that was my major.
They had a thing in the 50s called “Sol Hurok Presents”. He brought various broadway tours to college towns. In 1951 he brought George Bernard Shaw’s “Don Juan in Hell” to Marshall College. The cast (Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Laughton, and Agnes Moorehead) came over to Marshall theater while we were in rehearsals for Moliere’s “The Miser” and taught a master’s class for our theater group. When Charles Laughton spoke to us, he said that no college theater should ever attempt to perform farce. That we weren’t trained enough and we’d just butcher it. I proved him wrong in 1964 by producing “The Miser” with high school students at Courter Tech. They loved it and did a great job.
Clementine
1962 Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Producer/Director/Drama Teacher – I “did” the plays and also a variety show with the band director.
Clementine is a very simple play with simple high school char so that I could get a feel for the quality of the students and their acting ability. I found out my kids were pretty good, so I moved on to more challenging scripts. About 20 years later Bill was in charge of plays at Lynchburg High School, so I pulled out the script with all of the blocking and told him that this is a good one to start with and it’s already blocked. So Bill did Clementine too, using my notes and blocking.
The Curious Savage
1963 Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Producer/Director/Drama Teacher – I “did” the plays and also a variety show with the band director.
Opening night was Friday, November 22, the day John F. Kennedy was assisinated. At 2 o’clock the PA announced that Kennedy was shot and school was immediately dismissed. This was the Friday before Thanksgiving Week. As if of one mind, every member of the cast and crew of Curious Savage automatically gravitated to the stage. So the question was, do we cancel the show or go ahead and do it? The cast voted to do the show and show respect for Kennedy and what had happened. At the beginning of the show, I went on and gave a little speech letting the audience know that there would be no curtain call and asked that there be no applause at the end of the show. The whole point of the show is that Mrs. Savage has been put into an asylum with a bunch crazy characters by her 3 children who are trying to get her money. She carries a teddy bear with her everywhere and it turns out that the money is in the teddy bear. I “re-staged” the ending of the play so that the teddy bear was put in a chair, center stage. A large spotlight brightly lit the chair, got smaller and smaller until it lit only the teddy bear – a hold for 10 seconds then blackout.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Fall 1965 – Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Producer/Director/Drama Teacher – I “did” the plays
Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Courter Tech High School – 1 play per year
Summer and Smoke
Spring 1964 – The Drama Workshop
Acting – Alma
The Miser
1964 Courter Tech High School
Revised, Produced, Directed
I needed education hours to update my teaching certificate and was allowed to use this project for those hours. I took 3 translated versions and two original French versions of “The Miser” and scene by scene, act by act, re-wrote/translated the play for a simplified/shortened high school production version.
It was submitted to the University of Cincinnati Theater Director, Jack (?) for review and authorization for credit.
They had a thing in the 50s called “Sol Hurok Presents”. He brought various broadway tours to college towns. In 1951 he brought George Bernard Shaw’s “Don Juan in Hell” to Marshall College. The cast (Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Laughton, and Agnes Moorehead) came over to Marshall theater while we were in rehearsals for Moliere’s “The Miser” and taught a master’s class for our theater group. When Charles Laughton spoke to us, he said that no college theater should ever attempt to perform farce. That we weren’t trained enough and we’d just butcher it. In 1964, I proved him wrong by producing “The Miser” with high school students at Courter Tech.
The star of our production, Mr. Kaplan, was perfect for the part. The kids loved doing farce in all of it’s exaggerated form, regardless of what Charles Laughton said. The kids were wonderful and the play was a success.
Unfortunately, the following year, that same University of Cincinnati Director put The Miser on his season. The play he presented was a direct plagiarism of my revision, except for adding Act 4, which I had deleted.
Another example of College Professors stealing students’ work.
Anything Goes
1965-66 Footlighters
Chorus
Chicken Every Sunday
Winter 1969 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Bit part
Dark of the Moon
Fall 1969-70 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Mrs. Allen, Barbara Allen’s Mother
Photographer*
What We Did Wrong
Winter 1970 The Drama Workshop
Producer
Rape of the Belt
Spring 1970 The Drama Workshop
The Thurber Carnival included the plays “Unicorn in the Garden”, “Little Girl & the Wolf”, “Take Her Up Tenderly”, “If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox”, and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
May 1970 Courter Tech High School
Producer/Director
Oklahoma
May 1970 Footlighters
Chorus
Patron’s Night – 3rd Act of Lovers and Other Strangers: Bea, Frank, Richie & Joan
September 1970 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Lead – Bea
The Dock Brief (and) Black Comedy
Fall 1970-71 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Wait Until Dark
Winter 1971 The Drama Workshop
Stage Manager – I won the TDW Order of the Sword Award for this one.
Fiddler on the Roof
October 1971 Cincinnati Music Theater
Chrous (The town whore)
Suds in Your Eye
Fall 1971-72 The Drama Workshop
I know I did something, but I can’t remember what.
A Hatful of Rain
Winter 1972 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
St. Joan & The Lark
March 1972 Sponsored by TDW
Actor, Lead Role – Joan of Arc
The Apple Tree
Fall 1973-74 The Drama Workshop
Stage Manager
Why I Live at the P.O.
Fall 74 The Drama Workshop
Director – Patron’s Night One Act Plays
The Night of January 16th
Winter 1974 The Drama Workshop
Stage Crew
Lovers and Other Strangers
Spring 1974 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Lead Role
Rain
Fall 1974-75 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Mrs. Davidson
Look Homeward Angel
Winter 1976 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Eliza Gant
He To Hecuba
Fall 1977-78 The Drama Workshop
Director
My Friend the Fox
Summer 1978 The Drama Workshop
Stage Manager
Rainmaker
Winter 1979 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
The ShadowBox
March 1979 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Postcards (and) The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Spring 1979 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Absurd Person Singular
Fall 1979-80 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
A Flea in Her Ear
Winter 1980 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
The Little Foxes
Spring 1980 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Tribute
Fall 1980-81 The Drama Workshop
Actor – The psychiatrist, Supporting Role
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Winter 1981 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
California Suite
Spring 1981 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Chapter Two
Fall 1981-82 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
A Man for All Seasons
Winter 1982 The Drama Workshop
Costume Design, Photographer
Solid Gold Cadillac
Spring 1982 The Drama Workshop
Asst Stage Mgr, Photographer
I Remember Mama
Fall 1982-83 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Aunt Trina
She Stoops to Conquer
Winter 1983 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
A Murder is Announced
Spring 1983 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Morning’s at Seven
Fall 1983-84 The Drama Workshop
The Heiress
Spring 1984 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Arsenic and Old Lace
Fall 1984-85 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
…When the Wind Blows… written by tom dirkin a tdw member
Fall 1986-87 The Drama Workshop
Worked on the show in some capacity
The Importance of Being Earnest
Winter 1987 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
The Sting
Fall 1987-88 The Drama Workshop
Actor, bit part
Mass Appeal
Winter 1988 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Anne of the 1000 Days
Fall 1988-89 The Drama Workshop
Photographer, Costume Design & Construction
I designed and constructed 1530 era costumes and won the ACT Costume Design Award.
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Spring 1989 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Mother of Bette
Whodunnit
Winter 1990 The Drama Workshop
Director
‘Night Mother
Fall 1991 The Drama Workshop
Director
The Grapes of Wrath
November 1991 Falcon Productions
Lead Actor Ma Joad
Foxfire
Fall 1991-92 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
The Gingerbread Lady
Fall 1992-93 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Dancing at Lughnasa
Spring 1994 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
The Cemetery Club
Spring 1995 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Traveler in the Dark
Winter 1997 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Middle Ages
Spring 1997
The Drama Workshop
All My Sons
Fall 1997
The Drama Workshop
Joined at the Head
Winter 1998
The Drama Workshop
Beau Jest
Spring 1998
The Drama Workshop
Bus Stop
Fall 36039
The Drama Workshop
Lost in Yonkers
Winter 1999
The Drama Workshop
The Cover of Life
Spring 1999
The Drama Workshop
The Odd Couple (female, male alternated)
Fall 1999-2000
The Drama Workshop
4Dead Guilty
Winter 2000
The Drama Workshop
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Spring 2000 The Drama Workshop
Stage Manager
Program Carolyn Ruth Hunt is happy to be back in active play production as Stage Manager and working with Cathy Gill. She directed Cathy in He to Hecuba, and acted with her in Rain and Look Homeward Anger, all TDW productions. She also directed Whodunnit and ‘Nite Mother for TDW. Her
favorite acting roles were Alma in Summer and Smoke, Mammy in Li’l Abner, and Ma Joad in Grapes of Wrath. Carolyn has done Photography for TDW since 1969, doing most of the history photos and much of the display photography over the years. She has assumed the post of Historian, and is Secretary of TDW Board
Our Town
Fall 2000
The Drama Workshop
Crossing Delancey
Winter 2001 The Drama Workshop
Actor, Supporting Role – Bubba
Pride’s Crossing
Spring 2001 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
A Piece of My Heart
Winter 2002 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Over the River & Through the Woods
Fall 2002 The Drama Workshop
Photographer
Baby
Winter 2003
The Drama Workshop
The Boys Next Door
Spring 2003
The Drama Workshop
The Children’s Hour
Spring 2003
The Drama Workshop
Morning’s at Seven
Fall 2003
The Drama Workshop
Inspecting Carol
Winter 2004
The Drama Workshop
Belles
Spring 2004
The Drama Workshop
Deliver Us Not
Fall 2004
The Drama Workshop
Doin’ Time at the Alamo
Winter 2005
The Drama Workshop
Swing!
Spring 2005
The Drama Workshop
Broadway Bound
Fall 2005
The Drama Workshop
Proof
Winter 2006
The Drama Workshop
Kimberly Akimbo
Spring 2006
The Drama Workshop
Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge
Fall 2006
The Drama Workshop
Communicating Doors
Winter 2007
The Drama Workshop
Defying Gravity
Spring 2007
The Drama Workshop
The House of Frankenstein
Fall 2007
The Drama Workshop
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Winter 2008
The Drama Workshop
Inherit the Wind
Spring 2008
The Drama Workshop
You Can’t Take it With You
Fall 2008
The Drama Workshop
The Movie Game
Winter 2009
The Drama Workshop
Messiah on the Frigidaire
Spring 2009
The Drama Workshop
Lend Me a Tenor
Fall 2009
The Drama Workshop
Comic Potential
Winter 2010
The Drama Workshop
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Spring 2010
The Drama Workshop
On Golden Pond
Fall 2010
The Drama Workshop
The Importance of Being Earnest (#3)
Winter 2011
The Drama Workshop
Enchanted April
Spring 2011
The Drama Workshop
Moon Over Buffalo
Fall 2011
The Dra
ma Workshop
Talley and Son
Winter 2012
The Drama Workshop
The Crucible
Spring 2012
The Drama Workshop
Summer 2012 MOVE TO NEW THEATER: THE GLENMORE PLAYHOUSE: 6 Plays per season!
Summer 2012
The Drama Workshop
Snoopy the Musical
October 2012-13
The Drama Workshop
*My photography work with The Drama Workshop started with Dark of the Moon, 1969; have ‘shot the show’ for TDW history — Black and white prints, color slides thru 1998, and color prints 1992 thru 2003 (Morning’s at Seven II) for about 90% of the shows in that 35 year span. Did a major part of the display photography for maybe 15 years.