"Central Illinois Only Professional Equity Music and Drama Theatre" Seventh Season * Summer of Musicals and Drama
Newly Air-Conditioned and Decorated Theatre - On The Square - Sullivan
MR AND MRS. PAT O'BRIEN in 'DEAR RUTH'
August 27th through kphmbor 1st" 1963
Guy S. Little, Jr. PRESENTS
MR. AND MRS. PAT O'BRIEN
" D E A R R U T H " By NORMAN KRASNA
with
Eric James R O W Gwaltney Kay Arnold Lillian Malek Alex Gregory Betsy Speck Suzanne Baker
Directed By JOHN KELSO Sconory and Lighting Designed by ANDREW GREENHUT
Production Stage Cortume Managw CaOrdinator
HERBERT O'DELL ROD FERNANDEZ
Assistant Stage Manager
JERlLl LITTLE
I ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE 1
C A S T b r a ......................................................... LILLIAN MALEK Mtr. Edith Wilkirra ............................................ ELOISE O'BRIEN Mirim Wilkins ................................................ BETSY SPECK Judge Harry Wilkins .............................................. PAT O'BRIEN Ruth Wilkins ................................................... KAY ARNOLD Lt. William k w r i g h t ............................................. ERIC JAMES AlberY Kummer .......................................... ROBERT GWALTNEY Wrtha hawright ........................................... SUZANNE BAKER Sgt. Chuck Vincent ............................................ ALEX GREGORY Harold Klobbemyer ...............,.................. .. . . . BRAD SMITH
ACT I. ACT II. Stem 1 Saturdar morning Scene 1 Sunday morning. 10;OO a.m. Scene 2 S a m day. 5:lS p.m. h e 2 S a m day. Noon. Scene 3 Sunday mwning. 1:30 a.m. Scene 3 Same day. 4200 p.m.
The setting is the living-room of the Willdtm home, Kew Gardens, Long Island, N.Y.
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR MR. LITTLE .............. Publicit Dfredsor ................. Lee York Executive Secretary Sue Smith
Head &her ...................... Fat Bennett Box Offis. .................. Inlm Little, Judy Props ........................ Barbara Kurlan Sickafus a d Sharon Bpmser ............ ....... Apprentice Co-ordinator Alex Grezor~ Pmductien Assistants Btad Smith. Costume Alsistmt ............ Suxanne Baker Kay Arnold, Betsy Speck
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Rewrve Your S u b At the Box Office Dwing Inhnnh.ion or Athr The Show Or Call 2441 in Sullivan from 9:00 hm. until 10:30 p.m. tor Rmnations.
June 25-30 MARJORIE LORD
Danny Thomas' TV wife in "BLITHE SPIRIT"
July 2 5 BERNARD GRANT
Dr. Fletcher from '̂ The Guiding Light" in "CRITIC'S CHOICE"
July 9-14 MARGARET TRUMAN
in "LATE LOVE"
July 1621 TWO WEEKS1
The Delightful B'way Musical "CARNIVAL"
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July SO-Aug. 11 ROSEMARY PRlNZ
Penny from "As The World Turns" in "THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN'*
Aug. 13-11 FORREST TUCKER ("The Music Man") in
"THE RAINMAKER"
A q . 40.2s EDWARD EVERETT HORTON in
"MISS PELL IS MISSING"
Aug. 275ept. 1 1 MR. AND MRS. PAT O'BRIEU in
"DEAR RUTH"
apt. 9.8 PETER PALMER
I in
"THE TENDER TRAP" with music
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Who's Who In The Cast . . . EUGENE VAN HE- X L E is an honor
aduate o f t h e L d m a n Memorial Theatre H e has a p d i n AUNT&
A Y E on Bmadwa md on tour r i t g
-%- Constance Bennett and Sylvia Sidnev. Off-B'way audiences have seen him in CAPACITY F O R WINGS TROJAN TRILOGY and moat ncont ly in Edward Albee's FAM AND YAM. Eugene haa k e n on the roduc- tion staff OF some of B'way's brightest shows includin MY
FAIR LADY, MUSIC MAN and CAM&OT. At The Little Theatre this summer Eugene w ~ l l be seen a s Dr. Sanderaon in HARVEY Charles in BLITHE SPIRIT. Matthew in LATE LOVE and Marco in CARNIVAL.
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CONGRATULATIONS MR. & MRS. GUY .LITTLE, JR.
We extend our Best Wishes for your 7th year pre- senting to the public the "Summer of Musicals."
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Steaks, Shrimp, Spaghetti ad Pizza
Opon 6:W a.m. to H:OO p.m. Sunday lGOO a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
All New AirlConditbned Dining Room
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Pmdancor 6uy S. Little, Jr.
- -. welcomes You T o
I t warn in July of lQI7 that Guy S. UUk & first k . y h t Broadway to Sullivan. I. aS sh 9 . a SLrc l i t t l e Theatre has become mu! +f the thaatrea in the s- IbrL: world It 1. Yba d g professional w - m i c and drama theatre htwo6ChSewo& St. Louis and oiie of the few tlao~wa b muntry that presents a mtock #earon af the h b s t B'way mu- sicals a d plays on a m- Stage in an air- cdnditioned, indoor tkM R. intimate Little Theatre has 500 u a t a wlth .xcellent sight-lines and acoustics. In the past six seasons, some fifty top productions have been presented at The Little Theatre. Patrons come from over- a hundred miles te the north, south, east and rut of Sullivan to mjoy an evening or matinee 4 -tanding musical and drusmtic entertain- '-. Such . outstanding . g r s as Margaret Pllifting, Jack Haakell. R.h Warrick, Eddie Bracken, Bruce FooC. u d Annmary Dickey have appeared on The Little Theatre's stage during recent seam*. #e Little Theatre has been completely h a a d in red, gold and white with e n 1 4 irmt rooms, box office, a new balcony am8 additional air-conditioning. Wow well establHtmd with Midwest audiences and considerably enlarged in scope, The Little Theatn launchea its seventh and most exciting mason, presenting ten outstanding musicals and playa featuring starr from Broadway, Holly- wmd, and TV.
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NEXT DOOR TO THEATRE ALSO BETHANY
Be*, at Intermission or After the Show Sullivan Phone 3200
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First Door West of Theatre
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Dining Room Service
Special Sunday Dinners I
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ALL NEW REBEL ROOM COCKTAILS - FOOD SERVICE UNTIL 11 P.M.
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JIBBY'S THE SPOT FOR FUN
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SAND- d DRIm ONE BLOCK NORTH OF SQUARE
Who's Who in the Cast . . . PAT O'BRIEN udge Harry Wilkins) has high-hurdled the oystacle course of show hu* iness for more than thirty-seven year* emer ng a distinguished letterman in six outstangng fields-stsge, motion pictures, radio, television. night clubs and lecturing.
William loseah Pstrick O'Briea (better . . - - - - - - *----- known as Pat) is a long-time movie fivorha, having starred in such famous movies am T H E STORY O F KNUTE ROCKNE. T H E FIGHT- ING 69TH , FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE and BOM~ARDIER. Fayi% every type of role from s more than 100 screen ae&?f"d,i'uz K%&LS WITH DIRTY FACES T H E NAVY COMES THROUGH and SOME'LIKE I T HOT. In 1959. he was an Academy ' Award contender for h i s brilliant performance in T H E LAST HURRAH.
On television Mr. O'Brien was starred in the series HARRIGAN AND SONS but 18 a favorite guest star on such shows as GOINCl MY WAY T H E ACK PAAR SHOW and DICK PO+ELL TdEATRE.
Mr. O'Brien returned to B'way in 1951 to create the starring role in MISS LONELY HEARTS which won high praise from I h c critics. His first B'way attempt was as a chorus boy and dancer. After attending N. Y.'s Ameri- can Academy of Dramatic Arts, he perfonn in stock companies and road shows, then in small arts on B'way. Mr. O'Brien was in thr originaf Broadway company of FRONT PAGE when Howard Hughes HW him and took hi; to Hollywood to lay the lead in the movie version of the p t y . He was an immediate success In addition to appearin with Mrs. 0 ' ~ r i e l ; in DEAR RUTH and HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS on tour this summer, Pat has been starred as the Ca tain in MISTER ROBERTS and Finisn in F I ~ I A N ' S RAINBOW in stock.
The O'Briens have been married for thirty- ,two years, have four children and six grand- :children.
:ELOISE O'BRIEN (Mra. Edith Wilkins) was just beginning a career as a talented acfiess when she met and married the young, promis- ing, but still struggling actor in 1931. They met while both were .phasing in the Chicago company of BROADWAY at the Selwyn The- atre and Pat's courtship began the day they met.
During the 32 years since her wedding day, having given up one career. Mrs. O'Brien has become a success in I quartet of others, all of
them staged outside the beam of the Hollywood s tli ht in which Pat's career has thrived. aB",. b a t i s considered a model wife; a con- scientious and devoted mother; a auccessfui woman . . . being witty acious and lovely . . . and .he is n o t d %r her devotiok of time sad effort to multi Ie civic, religious. charities and welfare act idies.
The pmfessidual reunion at this devoted pair was Pat's ins int lon and i t i s pmof of that Irishman's und8ut.d rtussive charm that thm O'Briem are b e h i n r foatlishts torether again. FOUI a i . i ~ ~ iic fipiilj-.iicde;baahahii persuading lo iu to retwn to the sta l to p l p his wife im FATHER ?F T H E B&IDE at NW Lane Theatre In Chlcaso. Since then. they hive appeared together a r o u hout the count at Ieadin theatres in OU# TOWN. HOL%AY FOR EOVERS. and DEAR RUTH.
ERIC JAMES (Lt. William Seawri ht) a y d earlier this m a o n a s B N ~ in IVERK
ODY LOVES OPAL. and Otis in MISS PELL I S MISSING.
Just before coming to Sullivan, Erie toured with Ed ar Bergen in YOU CAN'T TAKE I T WIT% YOU. In the Chicago area he has a ~ ~ e a r e d at Tenthouse. Salt- Creek Pla~house h i d Drum Lane with .such stars as Maureen O'Sulliven - Imogene Coca and Deunis O'Keefe. His role; have included Eddie in BORN YESTERDAY. . Christo her in T H E MOUSETRAP. Cassio ~n OTH&LLO and the title role in HAMLET.
KAY ARNOLD (Ruth) was .seen earlier this season in the major yduc t lons of MOLLY BROWN and CARNI AL and as Polly m T H E BOY FRIEND. Ksv. who is a native of Ottumwa Iowa will be a senior at the State ~nivegs i & Iowa this year. She has a peared with r o e E. Brown in FATHER OF #HE BRIDE and in prod~ctions of T H E THREEPENNY OPERA and as Nellie in SOUTH PACIFIC.
BETSY SPECK (Miriam) hails from Wash- ington D.C. Last summer Betsy a eared a t ~ a r m d u t h Summer on cap; Cod in &S AND TELL ONCE IN A LIFETIME RIDERS T O T H E SEA and DEAR RUTH. wi th the Wash- ington Children's Theatre, she has done PETER PAN and WIZARD OF 0 2 . Af the Little Theatre Betsy has MOLLY BROW^. CARNIVAL,~PP;~'F~BO'; FRIEND and RUMPELSTILTSKIN.
ON YOUR WAY T O SULLIVAN MAY WE SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP FOR DINNER AT THE FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS
ARCOLA-The Embassy Dining Room and Cocktail Lounge ARTHUR-The Old Heidelberg CHAMPAIGN-The Paradise Inn, 20T Hanger, The Gondola DECATUR-The House of Gabriel, The Blue Mill. Dante's Italian Village,
Holiday Inn Restaurant EFFINGHAM-The Holiday Inn, Hotel Benwood Dining Room MATTOON-The U.S. Orant Motor Inn Dining Room. The Dinner Bell URBANA-Urhma-Lincoln Motor Inn (Lincoln Room). Hagerty's-Motel Urbana SULLIVAN--8wickard's Townhouse, Jibby's, Harden's Cafe SPRINGFIELD-Stevie's Latin Village
1 STOP SERVICE - PHILLIPS GAS AND OILS
WAYNE'S SUPER SERVICE 106 W. HARRISON 1 Block West of Squarm PHONE 2381
Net W d at TICc Little Theatre . . . Final Production of The 1963 Season
Soptombor 3 through Soptombor 8
Peter Palrner "The Tender
Hit B'way Comedy With Music
with
JERlLl LITTLE and GEORGE DEVRIES and
Leona Shapiro, Suzanne Baker, Eric James, John Kelso
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW FOR NEXT WEEK'S
PRODUCTION OR CALL 2441 IN SULUVAN.
PRESENTS
0 l "The Pied Piper Of Harnel~n Colorful sets and cortumos
To delight Childron of all agos . . . Undor Tho Dirution Of
HOWARD WEINER
Saturday, Aqust 31 At 1 p.m. - All Seals 75c
