Wesleyan Players (1922-1929)
- Miss Mildred L. Litle, Department of Public Speaking
- 12 charter members
Play Shop (1929-
- Professor Lorin C. Staats
- Incorporated old members and alumni of the Wesleyan Players
- 15 members, 32 apprentices
| Performance Date | Presented By | Performance Name | Author | Director | Cast members | Where Performed | Notable things | Sources | Attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-12-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | A Doll's House | Ibsen, Henrik | Staats, Professor Lorin C. and wife | Nora: Grace Marie Whitescarver; Towlad: Raymond Weber;Dr. Rank- Lewis Clark; Nilo Krogstad-Randall Hamrick, Mrs. Linden-Mary Lindsey; Anne Marie- Esther Ansell; Ellen- Carrie Bennett;Bob-Junior Stats; Emmy- Mary Alice Johnson; Ivan: Philip Beckett | Atkinson Auditorium | First production of the Playshop. Students took over positions not filled by the director, 4 weeks rehearsal | The Pharos: volume 37, number 47 - 12-11-1929 The Pharos: volume 37, number 48 - 12-18-1929 | |
| 1930-05-02 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Mayor and the Manicurist (one act) | Add, George | Myers, Wanda | The Mayor: Wanda Myers; The Manicurist: Effie Mae Merritt; the girl: Della Holbert; Wally: Ruth Wilson | Atkinson Auditorium | Play features an all female cast with females playing both male and female roles | The Pharos: Volume 38, number 05 3-19-1930 The Pharos: Volume 38, number 10, 04-30-1930 | |
| 1930-05-02 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Thank You, Doctor (one act) | Emery, Gilbert | Whitescarver, Grace Marie | Mrs. Lester: Betty Wilbur; Nurse Gray: Laura Rector; Dr. Guernney: Raymond Weber; Patient: Pete Spatafore; Cort: William Ramsey: | Atkinson Auditorium | Raymond Weber was the only actor in the play with prior theatre experience | The Pharos: Volume 38, number 05 3-19-1930 The Pharos: Volume 38, number 10, 04-30-1930 | |
| 1930-05-02 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Trifles (one act) | Glaspell, Susan | Staats, Mrs. Lorin C. | George Henderson: Argyle Knight; Henry Peters: Rex Crouser; Louis Hale: Randall Hamrick; Mrs. Peters: Lucille Malcolm; Mrs. Hale: Mary Ellen Dorsey | Atkinson Auditorium | Drama play; Actor Randall Hamrick took the role of Louis Hale in the play because the original actor Charles Cheshire became ill and was not able to perform the role (announced in 04-30-1930 Pharos) | The Pharos: Volume 38, number 05 3-19-1930 The Pharos: Volume 38, number 10, 04-30-1930 | |
| 1930-10-21 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Mrs. Gadabout's Busy Day (one act) | Parker, Mary Moncure | Whitescarver, Grace Marie | Mrs. Gadabout: Frances Scott; Bridget: Betty Hardesty; Mr. Gadabout: Roger Williams | Atkinson Auditorium | Performed at the monthly meeting of the Play Shop in October for all Play Shop members First performed in 1903 | The Pharos: Volume 38 number 19, 10-29-1930 | |
| 1930-11-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Grandma Pulls the Strings (one act) | Scott, Frances | Atkinson Auditorium | Performed as part of the college Homecoming Day | The Pharos: Volume 38 number 22, 11-26-1930 | |||
| 1931-03-24 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Swan | Molnar, Serenc | Folsom, Professor B.W. | Dr. Agi: Cramer Gibson Georgia: Frances Scott Arsene: Mary Herndon Brewer Beatrice: Esther Ansell Alexandria: Grace Marie Whitescarver Father Hyacinth: Lewis Clark Symphorosa: Orella Leonard Prince Albert: Bryan Kelly Colonel Winaderlick Johnson Hyre Count Lutzen: Paul Sharp Caesar: Dan Cutlip Maid: Raymona Reeder Princess Dominca: Anne Lorentz Countess Erdely: Ruth Maysille Ladies in Waiting: Elizabeth Williams, Carrie Bennett Lackeys: Arthur Frazer, Ernest King Mermen: Merrit Feather, Melvin Zimmerman Alfred: Percy K, Lambert | Atkinson Auditorium | This is one of the Play Shops first really big productions, Deals with themes of royalty and court life. Was presented as part of Wesleyan's local Lyceum (association providing lectures, concerts, and entertainment) Course. Actor Bryan Kelly was noted as being especially well recieved in the role of Prince Albert. Performance was originally meant for March 11 but was delayed due to a scheduling conflict. | The Pharos: Volume 38 number 27, 02-18-1931 The Pharos: Volume 38 number 31, 03-25-1931 | |
| 1931-05-14 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Beau of Bath (one act) | Florence D'arcy McKay | Avington, Elaine | The Lady of the Portrait: Margaret Brooks; the Beau of the Bath: Bryan Kelly; Jepson: James Hutchinson | Atkinson Auditorium | The actors portraying the plays characters were not revealed until the performance at the evening of one acts | The Pharos: volume 38, number 36, 05-06-1931 The Pharos: volume 38, number 38, 05-19-1931 | |
| 1931-05-14 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Sunset (one act) | Jerome K. Jerome | Ansell, Esther | Lois: Anita O'Roark; Joan: Edythe Pauley; Aunt Drusilla: Ruth Maysilles; Lawrence: Jack Roefield; Azaria Stodd: William Channel; Mr. Rivers: Percy Lambert | Atkinson Auditorium | Play presented as a comedy in the evening of one acts | The Pharos: volume 38, number 36, 05-06-1931 The Pharos: volume 38, number 38, 05-19-1931 | |
| 1931-05-14 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Helena's Husband (one act) | Philip Moler | Knight, Argyle | Helena: Helen Davisson; Tsumu: Anne Lorentz; Menelaus: Robert Herzer; Analytikos: Bryan Kelly; Paris: Cramer Gibson | Atkinson Auditorium | Portrayed as part of an evening of one acts, Play presented as a historical drama | The Pharos: volume 38, number 36, 05-06-1931 The Pharos: volume 38, number 38, 05-19-1931 | |
| 1931-11-07 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Cinderella Married (one act comedy) | Rachel Field (published 1924) | Scott, Frances | Cinderella: Vivian Dotson; Prince Charming: Robert Wassum; Lady Arabella: Juanita Phillips: Lady Caroline: Vivien Bell; Robin: Harry Maroney; Nannie: Virginia Rogers; Stage managers: Eleanor Mockler, Margaret Merritt | Atkinson Auditorium | This production told the story of Prince Charming and Cinderella after five years of marriage. It explores the love life of the prince and princess before the marriage and shows that both Cinderella and Prince Charming care deeply for their lovers before marriage. Season opening. | The Pharos: volume 39, number 07, 11-18-1931 | |
| 1932-01-27 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Enter Madame (Romantic comedy) | Gilda Varesi, Dolly Berne (premiered on Broadway August 16, 1920) | Gerald Fitzgerald: Argyle Knight; Madame Lisa Della Robia: Betty Williams; Widow Preston: Effie Mae Merritt; John Fitzgerald: Robert Wassum; Aline Chalmers (John's fiance): Irene Ward Smith; Bice (Robia's maid): Frances Scott | Atkinson Auditorium | The three act comedy looks at the Gerald Fitzgerald who asks his opera singer wife Lisa Della Robia for a divorce after feeling constantly upstaged by her. Robia comes from her Scandanavian tour to finalize the divorce and farcical scenes ensue; The advertising for this play was done differently then some other plays with handbills being handed out around town for the play instead of traditional "window card" posters. Besides the handbills a large poster ws placed in the center of town and MacAvoy's studio with a picture of the players. | The Pharos: Volume 39, number 11, 01-13-1932 The Pharos: volume 29, number 12, 01-20-1932 | ||
| 1932-11-22 | The Wesleyan Playshop | High Heart (one act) | Adelaide C. Rowell | Scott, Frances | Confederate Scout: Sam Davis; General George Haghman: Roy Reger; Major: Cranstor: Glen Nicholas; His wife: Agnes Cranston; His daughter: Eleanor Mockler; Lt. Richard: Clay Robinson; Mrs. Peyton: Helen Roper; Augustus (Mrs. Peyton's colored servant): Lyda Arnett | Atkinson Auditorium | The purpose of this play and "The Woman Who Understood Men" was to give Play Shop Apprentices the opportunity to gain full membership in the Play Shop | The Pharos volume 40, number 05, 11-23-1932 | |
| 1932-11-22 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Woman Who Understood Men (one act) | John Kirkpatrick (first published 1925) | Bell, Vivian | Judy Carter: Pauline Laughlin; Fannie Carter: Frona Foster; Susan Ellerby: Margaret Merritt; Ed Emerson: Sherman West; Jem Carter: Foreman Waters | Atkinson Auditorium | Performed along with "High Heart" in the Atkinson auditorium | The Pharos: Volume 40, number 5, 11-23-1932 | |
| 1933-02-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Royal Family | George Kaufman and Edna Ferber (play premiered on December 28, 1927 at the Selwyn Theatre, New York City | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Betty Williams, Frances Scott, Margaret Merritt, Laura Jean Watson, Aline Sill (Elaine Sill?), Helen Furbee, E. Forman Waters, Glen Nicholas, Sherman West, Paul Rogerson, James Furbee, Clay Robinson, Willis A. Shuman (Play Shop president), George Hoylman, Lewis Reitz, Nic Giantonio | Atkinson Auditorium | The play was a "lyceum course number" and featured members of the community as well as students. The play satarized the great acting family of the Barrymores looking at their life behind the scenes. A story of the college's production of the play was listed in the 1933 February edition of American Magazine. | The Pharos: Volume 40 Number 08, 01-25-1933 | |
| 1933-11-07 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Weinies on Wednesday (one act) (sic) | Edna Higgins Strachan | Bright, Anna | Mrs. Foster: Evelyn Shafer; Mr. Foster: Lydia Arnett; Marian: Virginia Halloway; Joe Davis: Madame Castinelli: Jessie Brown; Bunnie (voice): Pearl Matheny Stage Manager: Ernest Baxa | Atkinson Auditorium | The performance was held in Crestomathean Hall. Before the play Juanita Vineyard gave a reading of "The Bald Headed Man" | The Pharos: Volume 41, Number 05, 11-10-1933 | |
| 1934-06-05 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Death Takes A Holiday | Alberto Casella | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Death: Leslie Price; Princess: Betty Williams; Gratizia: Clementine Lorentz; Baron Ceserca; Rhoda Rudolph: Rhoda Fentor; Corrado (Gratzia's love interest): Harold Miles; Duke Lambert: William Stevens; Major Whitehead: John Paul Murray; The Duchess: Evelyn Foglesong; Eric Fenton: Bronson Williams; Cora: Elizabeth Elbin | Atkinson Auditorium | Curtain rose promptly at 9:15 p.m. for the performance.This performance was done as a commencement play in 1934 with several senior cast members. Play coincided with Weslyan's Alumni Day. Based on the plays popularity it was greatly anticipated on campus. I believe that the play was originally Italian, but an American movie version would have been released in February 1934. | The Pharos: Volume 41, Number 16, 04-25-1934 The Pharos: Volume 41, Number 18, 05-23-1934 | |
| 1934-09-18 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Neighbors (one act) | Zona Gale | Watson, Margaret Helen | Mary Betty Kelley, Abe Gaston, Ruth Hamrick, Eugene Stewart, Hazel Hinzman, Sally Foglesong, Virginia Bennett, Laura Jean Watson | Atkinson Auditorium | This was the first production of the Fall of 1934. It was also the first show to performed in Wesleyan's "experimental theatre" which had been recently built under the oversight of Mrs. C. Edmund Neil | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 01, 09-19-1934 | |
| 1934-10-17 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Public Enemy (one act) | Price, Leslie | Glen Nicholas, Lyda Arnett, Herald Grandstaff, Cecil Fisher, "Stickley" Martin, Sidney Davis, Bill Stephens | Atkinson Auditorium | This performance was given directly after the formal initiation ceremony of new Play Shop members. Ten new members were initiated | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 03, 10-17-1934 | ||
| 1934-11-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | On Second thought (one act) | Bess Bradley Willis | Law, Helen Louise | Babe: Helen Jean Buckley; Billy: Bonnie Sherrick; Mrs. Cleverdon: Margaret Robinson | Atkinson Auditorium | The one act was presented at a November meeting of the Play Shop | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 11-26-1934 | |
| 1935-01-24 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Big Hearted Herbert | Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson (the Play opened on Broadway in January 1934 and was released as a film in October 1934 | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Herbert Kalness: Roy Reger; Elizabeth Kallness: Elaine Sill; Robert Kallness: DeCosta Smith; Herbert Kalness jr: George Hoylman; Alice Kalness: Laura Jean Watson; Martha: Helen Louise Law; Andrew goodrich: Brunson Williams: Mrs. goodrich: Leah McCuskey; Mar. Goodrich: James Law; Amy Lawrence: Sally Foglesong; Jim Lawrence: John Paul Murray; Mrs. Havens: Pearl Matheny; Mr. Havens: Paul Taylor | Atkinson Auditorium | The play had only been released for amateur production since January 1st 1935. The College Orchestra played an overture for the play as well as music in between the plays acts. The show was presented as the third number of the Lyceum Program | The Pharos; Volume 42, Number 08, 01-16-1935 The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 09, 01-28-1935 | |
| 1935-02-27 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Sauce for the Goslings (one act) | Elgine Warren (published 1922) | Hammond, Anna Blanche | Verenda Myers, Cecil Fisher, Edwina Wetzel, Alta Bennett, Sara Green, Robert Wells, Paul Nicholas, Margaret Robinson | Atkinson Auditorium | Play was performed during the February Meeting of the Play Shop | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 10, 02-27-1935 | |
| 1935-06-04 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Late Christopher Bean | Sidney Howard | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Abby: Evelyn Fogleson; Dr. Haggett: Roy Reger; Mrs. Haggett: Laura Jean Watson; Ada Haggett: Margaret Robinson;Susan Haggett: Virginia Holloway; Tallent: Brunson Williams; Rosen: Gene Stewart; Warren Cramer: Lewis Jones; Davenport: William Stephenson | Atkinson Auditorium | The play was performed as part of commencement week. The play had previously been adapted on the New York Stage (1932) and the British stage (1933). making it popular. | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 17, 05-29-1935 | |
| 1935-10-22 | The Wesleyan Playshop | "The Great Waltz" and "Waiting For Lefty" | (The Great Waltz: Moss Hart); (Waiting For Lefty: Clifford Odets) | N/A | Atkinson Auditorium | Both plays were reviewed by Mrs. Neil during the second meeting of the Play Shop in the Fall of 1935. Both pieces were very contemporary and still being shown on Broadway. | The Pharos: Volume 43, Number 03, 10-23-1935 The Pharos: Volume 43, Number 06, 12-11-1935 | ||
| 1936-02-18 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The New Henrietta | Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes (appeared on Broadway December 22, 1913) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Nicholas Van Alstyne: John Saunders; Bertie: Brunson Williams; Mark Turner: Gene Stewart; Rev. Murphy Hilton: Frederick Poling; Watson Flint: Paul Law; Dr. George Wainwright: John Paul Murray; Musgrave: Sam Fogleson; Hutchins: Donald Crislop; Edward: William Blair; Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke: Sally Foglesong; Rose Turner: Laura Jean Watson; Agnes Gates: Ruth Craine; Hattie: Genevieve Riel | Atkinson Auditorium | Based on a Broadway play. The play's timely content dealt with a Wall Street panic and focused on themes of how money can be manipulated by men in power for their own benefit. | The Pharos: Volume 43, Number 06, 12-11-1935 The Pharos: Volume 43, Number 10, 02-12-1936 | |
| 1936-03-23 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Eleven's Ghost (one act) | N/A | Bunker, Amy | Curtis Frazier: Don Crislip; Jerry Nolan: Haven Perkins; Marion Blake: Kay Thornhill; Mrs. Frazier: Virginia Robinson; Mrs. Blake: Doris jean Andrews; Ethan Sharp: Sexton Linger; Eleven: Mary Margaret Green | Atkinson Auditorium | Presented at the regular Play Shop meeting of March 1936 | The Pharos: Volume 43, number 12, 03-25-1936 | |
| 1936-06-02 | The Wesleyan Playshop | John Ferguson | St. John G. Ervine | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | John Ferguson: ; Sarah Ferguson: Evelyn Foglesong; Andrew Ferguson: John Saunders; Hannah Ferguson: Laura Jean Watson; James Caesar: Eugene Stewart; Half-wit Beggar: John Paul Murray; Henry Witherow: Paul Sutton; Postman: Frederick Poling; Sergeant Kernaghan: Frank Thurston | Atkinson Auditorium | This was presented as the commencement play of 1936. It examined how a younger generation wanted to follow their own consciences while disregarding its later effects. The play was honored in 1919 after its debut broadway performance. | The Pharos: Volume 43, number 16, 05-06-1936 The Pharos: Volume 43, number 17, 05-20-1936 | |
| 1937-01-13 | The Wesleyan Playshop | House of Juke (one act) | Valentine Davis | Saunders, John | (original)John Paul Murray, John Saunders, Virginia Halloway, Clementine Lorentz, Keith Avery; (homecoming) Jezebel Juke: Betty Lou Neff; Sam Juke: John Paul Murray; Juke Juke: Sam Foglesong; Jake Juke: John Saunders; Mary Case: Clementine Lorentz Hall | The play came to the attention of Alpha Psi Omega and Play Shop members when it won the West Virginia Speech Festival in Shepherdstown. It was the first Play Shop production of the new year. The production was so popular it was reperformed during the Wesleyan's homecoming of 1937. Clementine Lorentz Hall who had graduated the previous semester even came back to reprise her part during the Homecoming production. | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 07, 01-13-1937 The Pharos: Volume 45, number 03, 10-27-1937 | ||
| 1937-06-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Man From Home | Booth Tarkington and Henry Leon Wilson | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Ethel: Clementine Lorentz Hall; Horace: Paul Law; The Earl of Hemann: John Paul Murray; Lady Creech: Mary Hardestry; Madame de Champigny: Leah McCuskey; Pike: John Saunders; Georgeopolis: Gene Stewart; Mariano: Walter Rockenstein; First Carabiniere: Junior Sharp; Second Carabiniere: John Hann; Le Blanc: Fred Poling; Ribiere: Paul Law | This version of the play was modernized from the original 1907 production by writer Booth Tarkington. | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 15, 04-28-1937 The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 16, 05-12-1937 The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 17, 05-26-1937 | ||
| 1937-12-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Perfect Alibi | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Susan Cunningham: Mary Hardestry; Jimmy Ludgrove: Sam Foglesong; Edward Carter: John Saunders; Adams: Carl Roberts; Edward Laverick; John Paul Murray; Major Fothergill: Charles Cullings; Mrs. Flaverton-Fane: Esther Chrisman; Jane West: Betty Lou Neff; Arthur Ludgrove: Walter Rockenstein; P.C. Mallet: George Goodwin; Sergeant Mallet: Roberts Johnson | The performance was a mystery play where amuteur sleuth Susan Cunningham must solve the murder. After the graduation of student Keith Avery, Mr. Rex Smith and student Junior Sharps took over set construction. The rehearsals could go up to three hours four nights a week. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 03, 10-27-1937 The Pharos: Volume 45, number 04, 11-10-1937 | |||
| 1938-02-21 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Build Up (one act) | Bob Johnson | Performed at a Play Shop Meeting | Pharos: Volume 45, Number 09, 02-09-1938 | ||||
| 1938-05-31 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Personal Appearance | Lawrence Riley (originated on Broadway October 17, 1934) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Marge Talbott, Ruth Tolley, Ruth Lee Miller, Jimmy Roberts, Clara Jett Strader, Paul Law; Charles Cullings; John Saunders; Esther Chrisman; Betty Lou Neff. | Mrs. Neil did try outs for boys a girls separately. During this production she said she would be "giving the girls a break" as there were 6 female parts and 4 male parts. The play was a huge success in 1934-1935 on Broadway. The performance was given as the commencement play for 1938. In a first for The Play Shop a freshman Marge Talbott recieved the distinction of getting the lead role in the Commencement Play. This huge production had ticket requests from people all over the state as well as costumes ordered from New York. The Wesleyan orchestra performed under Professor Edgar Sorton before the show. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 13, 04-09-1938 The Pharos: volume 45, number 16 - 05-18-1938 The Pharos: Volume 45, Number 17, 05-25-1938 | ||
| 1938-11-30 | The Wesleyan Playshop | End of the Dance (one act) | Hudson Strode | Hardestry, Mary | Thomas Walker, Ruth Broadwater, Ruth Ray | This one act was presented to members of the Play Shop in the Little Theatre | Pharos: Volume 44, number 05, 11-23-1938 | ||
| 1938-12-06 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Devil's Disciple | George Bernard Shaw | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Mrs. Dudgeon: Mary Hardestry; Charles: Allen Stanley; Essie: Clara Jett Strader; The Reverend Anderson: Fred Poling; Judith: Marge Talbott; Richard (The Devil's Disciple): John Saunders; Lawyer Hawkins: Roberts Johnson; General Burgoyne: Sam Fogleston; G. Major Swindon: Ralph Dobbins; Uncle Titus: Gordon Minns; Mrs. Titus Dudgeon: Rachel Zickefoose; Uncle William: Ison White; Mrs. William Dudgeon: Ruth Lee Miller | At the time was considered the most elaborate ( and expensive) play presented at Wesleyan up to this date. The costumes needed to be period and were rented along with the sets. Mrs. Neil relied heavily on the stage crew to help with the many techinical aspects needed for the show. | The Pharos: volume 44, number 02 - 10-19-1938 The Pharos: Volume 44, number 05, 11-23-1938 | ||
| 1939-03-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Dance of Life (one act) | Ann Crawford | Miller, Ruth Lee | N/A | This was only one of two plays that was planned to be presented on this night. This play drew the largest crowd to any Play Shop meeting, a crowd of 110 people. | The Pharos: volume 44, number 11 - 03-08-1939 | ||
| 1939-03-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Terror (one act) | Hunt Lee Jackson | Saunders, John | N/A | This play was originally expected to performed during the Play Shop meeting on March 2, 1939. This play was performed along with the initation of 17 new members | The Pharos: volume 44, number 11 - 03-08-1939 | ||
| 1939-03-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Deception (one act) | Tremont Hill | Saunders, John | N/A | This play was performed along with the one act play Terror at the March 15 Play Shop meeting. This play was performed along with the initation of 17 new members | The Pharos: volume 44, number 11 - 03-08-1939 | ||
| 1939-04-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | There's Money Coming To You (one act) | Peter Florin (Lionel Hale) published in 1935 | Saunders, John | N/A | This play was toured by The Play Shop to high schools in Ripley and Eastern and Central West Virginia. The show became so popular that it was requested by schools all over the state causing the Play Shop to go on a second tour. | The Pharos: volume 44, number 14 - 04-19-1939 | ||
| 1939-06-06 | The Wesleyan Playshop | You Can't Take it With You | George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Martin Vanderhoff: John Saunders; Penny Sycamore: Betty Lu Neff; Paul Sycamore: Glenn Skeen; Alice Sycamore: Martha Jean Martin; Essie Carmichael: Mary Alice Barlow; Ed Carmichael: Clark Thurman; Mr. DePinna: David Gosser; Mr. Henderson: Ronald Sleeth; Donald: Ben Sylvestro; Reba: Virginia Robinson; Police Inspector: Douglas Talbott; G-man: Jack Anderson; Mr. Anthony Kirby: William Viering; Mrs. Kirby: Mary Hardestry; Anthony Kirby: John Law ; Kolenkhov: Ralph Dobbins; Olga Katrina: Rachel Zickefoose | The play was just off of a two year broadway run when performed by the Play Shop. Newcomer Martha Jean Martin, who was just initiated into the Play Shop that semester was chosen to play the female lead. The play also featured Play Shop president John Saunders playing Grandpa Vanderhoff and future Wesleyan president Ronald Sleeth playing Mr. Henderson. Mrs. Neil said that she modeled the play after the original Broadway production and not the 1938 film which made radical changes. The play also featured two live snakes and a kitten as part of the production | The Pharos: volume 44, number 12, 03-22-1939 The Pharos: volume 44, number 13, 04-05-1939 The Pharos: volume 44, number 16, 05-24-1939 | ||
| 1939-10-28 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Our Town | Thornton Wilder (1938 pulitzer prize winner) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Stage Manager: Ralph Dobbins; Dr. Biggs: Ronald Sleeth; Joe Crowell: Ben Sylvestro; Howie Newsome: David Gosser; Mrs. Gibbs: Cora Mae Stout; Mrs. Webb: Ruth Lee Miller; George Gibbs: John Law; Rebecca Gibbs: Betty Rae Shumaker; Wally Webb: Donald Davis; Emily Webb: Marge Talbott; Professor Willard: Charles Taylor; Mr. Webb: William Viering; Simon Stimpson: Douglas Talbott; Mrs. Soames: Rachel Zickefoose; Constable Warren: Ison White; Others: Elizabeth Law; Ellen Lou Brown; Allen Stanley; Numerous extras. | The play was featured as part of Bishop's Day (Mrs. Neil's picture appears in the 10-18-1939 addition of the Pharos). Play includes minimal sets and almost no props except for those mimicked by actors. | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 01, 10-04-1939 The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 02, 10-18-1939 | ||
| 1939-11-21 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Twelve Good Men and True (one act) | Bessie Springer Breene | Boyles, Mary Jane | Annabelle Alkire; Betty Cotton; Gene Meek; Harriett Whetsell; Lila Thruston; Cathryne Hardestry; Virginia Saunders; Marjorie Young; Rachel Cosgrove; Betty Clapsaddle; Monena White; Margaret Adamson | The cast of the play consisted entirely of women. Performed at the Play Shop November meeting. | The Pharos; Volume 44, Number 04, 11-15-1939 | ||
| 1939-12-07 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Devil's Disciple (again) | George Bernard Shaw | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Most cast members from previous performance reprised roles; John Law added to the cast | Reprise of the play performed in 1938. (Is this a reprint/ miss print)? | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 06, 12-14-1939 | ||
| 1940-04-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Advertising for a Husband | Charles S. Bird | Viering, Bill | N/A | Was performed during a Play House regular meeting | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 13, 04-10-1940 | ||
| 1940-06-04 | The Wesleyan Playshop | What a Life | Clifford Goldsmith | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Henry Aldrich: John Law; Barbara Pearson: Betty Rae Shumaker; Miss Shae: Ruth Lee Miller; Mr. Nelson: Ralph Dobbins; Principal Bradley: Ronald Sleeth; Miss Aldrich: Rachel Zickefoose; Miss Pike: Dove Linger; Mr. Vechitto: Ben Sylvestro; George Biggelow: Peter Tomley Miss Eggleston: Cora Mae Stout; Miss Wheeler: Mary Hardestry; Mary: Betty Cotton; Ruth Buffington: Gertie; Mr. Patterson: Bill Viering; Ben Ferguson; Cathryne Hardesty; Clarice Cerveny; Harriet Whetzell; Julia Mezzatesta; Gene Meek; Olin Hughes | This play was done in place of a commencement play for 1940. It concerned the trials and tribulations of students in high school and had just finished a New York run of 585 performances. Tickets were on sale for fifty cents | The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 9, 02-07-1940 The Pharos: Volume 44, Number 15, 05-01-1940 The Pharos: Volume 44 Number 16, 05-22-1940 | ||
| 1940-12-06 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Blind Alley | James Warwick | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Dr. Anthony Shelby: Ronald Sleeth; Hal Wilson: Ralph Dobbins; Mrs. Doris Shelby: Ruth Lee Miller; Mazie Stoner: Cora Mae Stout; Nora: Rachel Zickefoose; Agnes: Rachel Cosgrove; Teddy: Neal Post; Gangsters: Peter Tomley, Fred Landis, Olin Hughes, Robert Jamieson; Officer Thorne: John Waldeck | The play was running on broadway at the time that it was shown at Wesleyan. | The Pharos: Volume 45, Number 03, 10-30-1940 The Pharos: Volume 45, Number 06, 12-04-1940 | ||
| 1941-06-03 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Charley's Aunt | Brandon Thomas | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Lord Fancourt Babberley: Olin Hughes; Stephen Spettigue: Ronald Sleeth; Colonel Sir Francis Chesney: Herbert Sharp; Jack Chesney: Peter Tomley; Charley Wykeman: John Martin; John Waldeck: Brussett; Amy Spettigue: Rachel Zickefoose; Kitty Verdun: Cora Mae Stout; Ela Delahay: Betty Rae Shumaker; N. J. Farmer: Clarence Winans; Maud: Harriet Whetzell | This was the commencement play of 1941. The play was on Broadway at the time and had been a popular comedy for many years. | The Pharos: Volume 45, Number 13, 04-09-1941 | ||
| 1941-10-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Sauce for the Gosling (one act repeat) | Elaine Warren | Cotton, Betty | Bill Downer, Nancy Goodwin, Claudine Lanham, Mary Mida Law, Allen Cutright, Lorence Brown | This play was performed during first Play Shop meeting of Fall 1941. The Play Shop also replaced the curtains in Atkinson in Fall 1941. | The Pharos: Volume 41, number 01, 10-01-1941 | ||
| 1941-12-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Kind Lady | Edvard Chorodov (premiered in 1935) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Betty Cotton, James Thomas, John Hassler, Irene Cole, Bernice Powell, Elizabeth Rohr, Jerome Brown, Virginia Long, Trudy Linger | The play was considered very modern and interesting during its first production. | The Pharos: Volume 41, Number 07, 12-17-1941 | ||
| 1942-03-13 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Mr. F (one act) | Percival Wilde | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Rachel Zickefoose, Clarence Winans, Ronald Sleeth,Peter Tomley | This comedy play was presented during the eight annual speech festival of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Speech Association at Concord State Teacher's College (Concord University?) This play started off the festival. An All-star cast was created from the participants of this and other plays. Cast members Zickefoose and Sleeth also participated in a radio broadcast presenting a skit called "A Trip to Czardis" in Bluefield | The Pharos: Volume 41, Number 13, 03-25-1942 | ||
| 1942-05-06 | The Wesleyan Playshop | "The Whole Town's Talking" | Anita Loos and John Emerson (premiered on Broadway August 29, 1923) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Harriet Whetsell, Rachel Zickefoose, Melvin Relsinger, Clarence Winans, Angeline Saunders, Dorothy Jackson, Rachel Cosgrove, Frank Medden, Ellen Lou Brown, Jackie Williams | Performed as the commencement play for 1942. | The Pharos: Volume 41, number 13, 03-25-1942 | ||
| 1942-12-04 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Arsenic and Old Lace | Joseph Kesselring (premiered of Broadway January 10, 1941) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Abby Brewster: Marguerite Hymes; Martha Brewster: Rachel Cosgrove; Dr. Harper: Hugh Ashby; Elaine Harper: Harriett (Harriet) Whetsell; Jonathan Brewster: Clarence Winans; Mortimer Brewster: Peter Tomley; Teddy: Henry Metcalf; Dr. Einstein: Frank Madden; Polcemen: Robert Black, Paul Tucker, Arden Pratt; Mr. Witherspoon: Walenty Maliszewski; Mr. Gibbs: Lee Sutter | The play was a favorite on Broadway and was shown Wesleyan recently after it was allowed to be performed by public performers. In a moment of humor at the end of the play "thirteen corpses" which had been alluded to during the play in the cellar appeared on stage to do a curtain call. | The Pharos: Volume 42, number 03, 10-28-1942 The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 12-09-1942 (picture of production in this issue, not great quality but it is there) | ||
| 1942-12-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Black Death (one act) | Mary Elizabeth Lee (1917) | Stump, Reva | N/A | Plays was presented as part of a group of comedy and radio show performances given by the Playshop on December 9, 1942 | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 12-09-1942 | ||
| 1942-12-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Legend of Dust (one act) | Marshall, Barbara | N/A | Plays was presented as part of a group of comedy and radio show performances given by the Playshop on December 9, 1942 | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 12-09-1942 | |||
| 1942-12-10 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Ladder Under the Maple Tree (one act) | Jackson, Dorothy | N/A | Plays was presented as part of a group of comedy and radio show performances given by the Playshop on December 9, 1942 | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 12-09-1942 | |||
| 1942-12-11 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Modern Masterpiece (one act) | Vere Etheridge | Bailey, Jean | N/A | Plays was presented as part of a group of comedy and radio show performances given by the Playshop on December 9, 1942 | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 06, 12-09-1942 | ||
| 1942-12-21 | The Wesleyan Playshop | On the Road to Egypt (one act) | Mary Richardson Davidson | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Mary: Barbara Marshall; Joseph: David Gabriel; A poor man: Bill Hudson; A robber: Bill Kincaid; Shepherds: Hugh Ashby, Dick Leonard, Bob Hammond; Organ player: Harriet Wells | Christmas play performed during the Wesleyan chapel service on December 21, 1942. It focuses on the holy family's flight to Egypt | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 07, 12-23-1942 | ||
| 1943-01-13 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Cassandra (one act) | Harmer, Elizabeth | Cassandra: Mary Elizabeth Whittaker; Dugan: Alfred Boyles; Doyle: James Rowley; Pandolpho: Paul Tucker; Sylvia: Jane Fike | One act was performed in the experimental theatre after a general business meeting by the Play Shop. The play took palce in the dressing room of a vaudvillian mind reader. | The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 08, 01-13-1943 | |||
| 1943-03-10 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Phipps (one act) | Charles Selby | Saunders, Angeline | Lady Fanny: Janora Glassburn; Sir Gerald: Cecil Gabriel; Phipps: Jim Rowley | One act performance was followed by a business meeting of the Play Shop | Pharos: Volume 42, Number 12, 03-18-1943 | ||
| 1943-05-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Saturday Night (one act) | Williams, Betty | Lucille McCutheon; Mary Elizabeth Whittaker; Jane Fike | One acts were given at Play Shop meeting and immediately afterwards the Play Shop held its initiation ceremony. | The Pharos: Volume 42, number 15, 05-06-1943 | |||
| 1943-05-24 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Watch on the Rhine | Lillian Hellman | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Kurt Muller: Clarence Winans; Count de Brancovis: Peter Tomley; Sarah Muller: Barbara Marshall; Joshua Muller: Bog Craig; Babette Muller: Grace Brown; Bodo Muller: Neil Post; Countess de Brancovis: Charlotte Kennedy; Fanny Farrelly: Angeline Saunders; David Farrelly: Bill Kincaid; Farrely's Companion: Jackie Williams; Joseph (the negro butler): Henry Metcalf | The play was performed as the 1943 commencement play and displayed a strong anti-Nazi message. The play focused on German Kurt Muller and his family an anti-Nazi German who seeks to do noble works in America. The show was quite a success on Broadway. | The Pharos: Volume 42, number 13, 04-01-1943 Pharos: Volume 42, number 15, 05-06-1943 (picture appears in The Pharos: Volume 42, Number 17, 06-16-1943) | ||
| 1943-12-03 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Guest in the House | Hagar Wilde, Dale Eunson | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Lee Proctor: Delores Yutzey; Ann Proctor: Barbara Marshall; Hilda: Mary Brown; Marguerite Hymes: Aunt Martha; Miriam Blake: Angeline Saunders; Dan Proctor: Robert Craig; Douglas Proctor: Clarence Winans; Dr. Shaw: Henry Metcalf; Evelyn Heath: Elizabeth Dailey' Mrs. Dow; Mary Jane Conley; Amelia Rhodes: Jacqueline Williams; Reporter: Richard Swisher | Performed as the winter play in 1943 was very successful in New York. The play was filled with excitement and horror following the story of a woman named Evelyn Heath who moved in with the Proctor family because of a supposed heart ailment although it is eventually learned that there is something wrong with Evelyn other then this supposed ailment.The deranged Evelyn diaboilcally scheming to harm members of the Proctor family. | The Pharos: Volume 43, number 01- 10-14-1943 The Pharos: Volume 43, number 02, 11-11-1943 (includes picture of production and Mrs. Neil) | ||
| 1944-05-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Junior Miss | Jerome Chedorov, Joseph A. Fields | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | N/A | The play was based of the stories of Sally Benson and was the commencement play of 1944. The show had a two year Broadway run from 1941-1943. Auditions were held on March 23, 1944 with roles for three adolescent girls, three women, and eight men. Pharos was not printed after March 15, 1944 so cast and production features not well documented. | The Pharos: Volume 43, number 07- 03-15-1944 | ||
| 1944-09-27 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Mrs. Harper's Bazaar (one act) | Babette Hughes (published 1937) | Gillespie, Lorraine | Desales Purkey; Flossie Carskadon; Susan Armentrout; Millie Young; Angeline Saunders; Blanche Howell; Jeanne Vaughn; Imogene Randolph; Louise Bolyard | Performed as a one act at the first Play Shop meeting 1944 | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 09-26-1944 | ||
| 1944-12-14 | The Wesleyan Playshop | No Room In the Hotel (Christmas play) | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Edward Crow; Millie Young; Ann Chambers; De Sales Purkey; Jane Swisher; John Wright; Robert Plants; Lorraine Gillespie; Lawrence Sherwood | Done as the Christmas play of 1944 in Atkinson Chapel. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 12-14-1944 | |||
| 1945-05-26 | Nothing But the Truth | James Montgomery | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Robert Bennett: Don Taylor; E. M. Ralston: Arden Pratt; Dick Donnell: Bill Smith; Clarence Van Dusen: Parker Holloway; Bishop Doran: Ronald Kyger; Gwendolyn Ralston: Elizabeth Dailey; Mrs. Ralston: Angeline Saunders; Ethel Clark: Mary Brown; Mabel Jackson: Millie Young; Sable Jackson: Lorraine Gillespie; Martha: De Sales Purkey | Performed as the commencement play for the spring of 1945. The comedy play had been popular in New York City and just been released for regular theatre performance.The program included several piano duet numbers by Curtis and Cornelia Shake. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 04-26-1945 The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 05-24-1945 | |||
| 1945-11-15 | George Washington Slept Here | George S. Kaufman; Moss Hart | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Newton Fuller: Parker Holloway; Annabelle: Millie Young; Mr. Kimber: Lawrence Sherwood; Madge Fuller: Mary Brown; Steve Eldridge: David Dubois; Hester, the maid: Natalie Gillilan; Mrs. Douglas: Sue Armentraut; Clayton Evans: Clay Potter; Rena Leslie: DeSales Purkey; Raymond: Robert Lynch; Uncle Stanley: Charles Johnson; Leggett Frazer: Maurice Miller; Sue Barrington: Janice Israel; Mr. Prescott: William Felton | This was the first major play of 1945-1946 academic year. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 01 - 10-23-1945 | |||
| 1945-12-06 | Jeff Peters, A Personal Magnet (one act) | O. Henry | Gronemeyer, Jean | The Judge: Robert Russell; Jack Biddle: Charles Crawford; Mamie: Mary Hadgis; Jeff Peters: Thomas Long | One act performance done in Atkinson Chapel | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 03- 12-13-1945 | |||
| 1946-03-01 | Murder By Morning (one act) | Irving Wallace | Brown, Mary | Herman Winkle: Charles Godwin; Sheila: Mary Lou Randolph; Mr. Magnon: Maurice Miller; Anita Anderson: Phillis Lovett; Van Patten: Bill Felton | Was performed as part of the annual festival of one acts in 1946. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 08, 03-14-1946 | |||
| 1946-03-01 | Suitable for Charity (one act) | P.S. McCoy (originally published 1938) | Armentrout, Sue | Morgan Greenway: Joe Douglas; Hazel Greenway: Sue Armentrout; Claire Greenway: Pat Hannah; William Greenway: David Dubois; Ellen Casey: Yvonne Moore; Clarence Honeysweet: Luke Norris | Was performed as part of the annual festival of one acts in 1946. Performed between March 17 and March 23rd 1946 | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 08, 03-14-1946 | |||
| 1946-03-01 | Eyes (one act) | Brown, Mary | Grandmother: De Sales Purkey; Esther: Mary Hadjis; Max: William Gilmore; Bill: Bob Lynch | Was performed as part of the annual festival of one acts in 1946. Performed between March 17 and March 23rd 1946 | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 08, 03-14-1946 | ||||
| 1946-04-11 | His Noble Lord (one act) | Brown, Mary | N/A | Part of "Wesleyan on Parade" a show put on by The Benzene Ring from which the funds were used for the college. The event earned $73.50 with expenses of $33.50 including $5.00 for the rights of "The Noble Lord." Date was alternatively listed as March 27, 1946 in The Pharos: Volume 44, number 08, 03-14-1946 | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 08, 03-14-1946 The Pharos: Volume 44, number 11 05-09-1946 | ||||
| 1946-05-25 | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Ruth Condomine: Millie Young; Elvira: Mary Brown; Charles Commondine: Parker Holloway; Madame Arcati: Elizabeth Dailey; Mrs. Bradman: Sue Armentrout; Dr. Bradman: Lawrence Sherwood; Edith: Mary Hadjis (in here first major production role) | This play was presented as the Commencement play for 1946. The cast only consisted of seven students. Four of these students were seniors. The play was a three act farce. This play was the last play at Wesleyan directed by Mrs. C. Edmund Neil. The Program appears in WVWC Performing Arts Page in Pages in Time. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 10 04-11-1946 | |||
| 1947-05-25 | Claudia | Rose Franken | Ward, Stella | Claudia: Immogene Randolph; David: Vernon Wills; Mrs. Brown: Jane Swisher; Bertha: Beverly Hill; Fritz: Larry Riley; Jerry Seymours: Larry Marquesa; Julia: Barbara Capet; Daruschka: Mary Hadjis | This was the commencement play for 1947. the play had been on Broadway in 1941 and later been made into a feature film. The play was also put on my many USO groups during the war. Freshmen Vernon Wills, Beverly Hill, and Barbara Capet made there Play Shop debut in this production. The comedy play focuses on a naive that convinces her husband to move to the city so she can be near her mother. | The Pharos: Volume 76, number 10, 04-22-1947 The Pharos: Volume 76, number 11, 05-15-1947 | |||
| 1947-12-10 | The Valiant (one act) | Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass | Hadjis, Mary | Virginia Withers, Don Martin, Carleton McKita, James Sendeker, Raymond Moore | This is one of three one acts performed during a Play Shop meeting on December 10, 1947 | The Pharos: Volume 55, number 04, 11-20-1947 | |||
| 1947-12-10 | Overdue (one act) | N/A | Ricketts, Eugene | Buff Durbin, Daw Anne Chilcote, Darrell Shamblin, Sue Johnson | This is one of three one acts performed during a Play Shop meeting on December 10, 1947 | The Pharos: Volume 55, number 04, 11-20-1947 | |||
| 1947-12-10 | The Gentlemen of the Bench (one act) | Zillah McDonald and Victor O'Dwyer | Swisher, Jane | Dorothy Jackson, Margaret Waggoner, Robert Harstman, Larry Marquess | This is one of three one acts performed during a Play Shop meeting on December 10, 1947 | The Pharos: Volume 55, number 04, 11-20-1947 | |||
| 1948-01-15 | Lost Horizon | Anne Coulter Martens and Christopher Sergel | Ward, Stella | Myra: Nancy Smith; Elizabeth: Polly Edmundson; Wyland: Vernon Wills; Rutherford: Larry Marquess; Chang: James Snedeker; Conway: Don W. Martin; Mallinson: Carlton McKita; Henry Barmard: Stanley Meyers; Miss Brinklow: Dorothy V. Jackson; Lotsen: Margaret Waggoner; Helen: Martha Kursnvich; High Lama: Bob Lynstead; Tashi: Margaret Cyphers; Al-Ling: Dae Ann Chilcote | This was the first major Play of Play Shop for the academic year 1947-1948. This drama play was based on a 1930s novel by James Hilton and was made into a film in 1937. It focuses on a plane hijacked and crashed in Shangri La. | The Pharos: Volume 55, number 06, 12-18-1947 The Pharos: Volume 55, number 07, 01-15-1948 | |||
| 1948-05-24 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Rudolph Beiser | Ward, Stella | Elizabeth Barrett: Polly Edmundson; Robert Browning: Don Martin; Dr. Chambers: James Snedeker; Wilson: Lucille Matheny; Henrietta: Barbara Capet; Arabel: Virginia Withers; Octavius Moulton-Barrett : Wilbur Durbin; Alfred Moulton-Barrett: Bob Horstman; Edward Moulton-Barrett: Edgar Hamilton; Bella Hedley: Margaret Ann Cyphers; Mr. Bevan: Raymond L. Moore; Dr. Ford: Norbert Lentz; Captain Surtees Cook: Carleton McKita. | This was the commencement play for 1948. The 1930 play explores the love story of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning and was made into a feature film in 1934. | The Pharos: Volume 77, number 14, 05-13-1948 | |||
| 1948-12-16 | The Rock | Mary P. Hamlin | Shaver, John D. | Adina: Margaret Ann Cyphers; Simon Peter: Lemull Higenbotham; Deborah: Jo Ann Felton; Ucal: Jack Ferrill; Mary of Magdala: Ninetta Burgeous; Titus: Fred Mulleanax; Pandira: R. L. Moore; Agur: William Brown | This was the fall play for 1948. The drama looked at the strugle of Biblical characters such as Simon Peter and Mary Magdalene. Sets and costumes were created by students. | The Pharos: Volume 78, number 02, 10-28-1948 | |||
| 1949-05-30 | She Stoops to Conquer | Oliver Goldsmith | Shaver, John D. | Tony Lumpkin: Lemull Higenbotham; Mr. Hardcastle: Jack Ferrell; Mrs. Hardcastle: Lucille Matheny; Miss Hardcastle: Margaret Ann Cyphers; | This is the Commencement play of 1949. The comedy play was written around 1770 and had been a very popular production for hundreds of years. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 10, 04-01-1949 | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 12, 05-25-1949
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| 1949-11-21 | Dear Brutus | James Barrie | Shaver, John D. | Will Dearth: Jack Ferrell; Alice Dearth: Barbara Capet; Mr. Conde: Bill Brown; Mrs. Conde: Betty Cross; Jack Purdie:John Townsend; Mabel Purdie: Joan Kendell; Joanna Trout: Joanna Felton; Lady Caroline Laney: Barbara West; Lob: Francis Lin; Matey: Lem Higgenbotham; Margaret: Coleen Burke | This was the Fall play for 1949-1950. The play was considered one of the hardest that the Play Shop had done due to the dramatic nature of the play and subtlty needed to pull of the characterization. Also several special lights and effects were needed for the play. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 03, 11-04-1949 The Pharos: Volume 45, number 04, 11-18-1949 | |||
| 1949-12-10 | Dust of the Road (one act) | Cheng, Julia | N/A | Was one of three productions that the Play Shop was working on during the end of the 1949 term the others being Lost Tomorrow, and Two Gentlemen of the Bench | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 05, 12-09-1949 | ||||
| 1950-05-29 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Androcles and the Lion | George Bernard Shaw | Shaver, John D. | Caeser: Stan Meyers; Ferrivious: Ted Cassidy; Androcles: William Brown; Roman Captain: Jack Ferrell; Christian Maiden: Joanna Felton; Swordsmen: Joe Bober, Jim Snyder; Netsman: Joe Perez; Megara: Julia High; George Emery; Merle Sweringer; Beth Bower; Bill Pierce; Ronnie Montgomery | Commencement play of 1950. This play was written by George Bernard Shaw based off of a story by George Bernard Shaw. This is the first Play Shop production to include student Ted Cassidy (future Lurch on The Addams Family). This was considered one of the largest casts of a Wesleyan production in a long time. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 13, 05-19-1950 | ||
| 1950-11-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Prince of Hearts (one act) | Burke, Colleen | Joan Ferrell, Barbara Barron, Shirley Burson, Mary Lou Dennison, Pat Meade | This was one of three one acts presented by the Play Shop November 20, 1950. | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 07, 11-15-1950 | |||
| 1950-11-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Two Crooks and a Lady (one act) | Kendell, Joan | Jim Keith, Juanita Corrigal, Buelah Snyder, Jean Talbott | This was one of three one acts presented by the Play Shop November 20, 1950. This play would also be toured around to high school's through out the area. | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 07, 11-15-1950 | |||
| 1950-11-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Miss Fannie's Bomb (one act) | Hathaway, Millie | Lorene Fitzwater, Treva Hamilton, Seth Bower, Eugene Perry | This was one of three one acts presented by the Play Shop November 20, 1950. | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 07, 11-15-1950 | |||
| 1950-12-13 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Minick | Edna Ferber; Dramatized by George Kaufman | Shaver, John D. | Fred Minick: Jack Ferrell; Lil Corey: Barbara West; Al' Diamond: R. L. Moore; Old Man Minick; Robert Brown; Jim Corey: James Keith; Old Man Price: Gene Perry; Marge Diamond: Connie Garrison; Maids: Dorothy Moser, Patricia Wilson | This play was the Fall play of 1950. It focused on an old man named Minnick who lived with his children in a modern Chicago apartment | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 04, 10-25-1950 | ||
| 1951-12-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | A Servant in the House | Charles Rann Kennedy | Shaver, John D. | Mary Smith: Colleen Burke; Robert Smith: Arnold Cover; Pat Dawson; Autie Smythe: Mildred Hathaway; Mason: James Keith; Reverend Smythe: Lewis Tisher; Bishop of Lancaster: Pat Dawson; Rogers: Arthur Swarthout | This was the Fall play of 1950. The play was a religious drama. Most of the actors performing in the play had previous experience acting with the Play Shop. | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 02, 11-29-1951 The Pharos: Volume 46, number 03, 12-19-1951 (picture in 1952 Murmurmontis) | ||
| 1952-05-16 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Imaginary Invalid | Moliere | Shaver, John D. | Pat Dawson, Juanita Coriall, Arnold Cover, Lewis Tisher, Joanna Felton, Wally Hurd, Barbara Barron, Art Swarthout, Ralph Pettie, Joan Ferrell, Dwight Troupe, Marty Wells | This is the commencement play of 1952. The French comedy looks at a French gentlemen who conivnces himself that he must marry his daughter against her views. The classic French comedic farce was well recieved on campus. | The Pharos:Volume 46, number 09, 05-15-1952 | ||
| 1952-10-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | A Night at the Inn | Lord Dunsany | Swarthout, Art | John South, Clarence WIngrove, Reese Pedicord, Bob Cotton, Toni Flynn, Lillian Alfred, Diane Dietenhofer, Harvey White | Performed as a night of three one acts for those who upper and underclassman who did not have previous Play Shop experience | The Pharos: Volume 47, number 01, 10-08-1952 | ||
| 1952-10-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Bridegroom Waits | Marrijane Hayes | Barron, Barbara | Eleanor Groves, Mary Sue Malone, Shirley Kessler, Barbara Ashby, Peggy Wright, Betty Holeman, Ruth Ellen Lovett, Dannie Danenberg | Performed as a night of three one acts for those who upper and underclassman who did not have previous Play Shop experience | The Pharos: Volume 47, number 01, 10-08-1952 | ||
| 1952-10-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Little Darling | Peggy Oliver | Humphrey, Barbara | Shirley Van Varick, Charles Gooden, Dreama Lee Jones, Beverley Hamrick, Jim Shaver, Ruth Awman | Performed as a night of three one acts for those who upper and underclassman who did not have previous Play Shop experience | The Pharos: Volume 47, number 01, 10-08-1952 | ||
| 1952-11-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Jenny Kissed Me | Jean Kerr | Shaver, John D. | Father Moynihan: Arnold Cover; Mrs. Deazy: Barbara West; Jenny: Mary Martin; Michael Saunders: Wallace Hurd; Miss Stearns: Juanita Corrigall; Owen Parkshide: Lewis Tisher; Mr. Parker: Marty Wells; Sister Mary: Connie Garrison; School girls: Phyllis Campbell, Joan Ferrell, Dorothy Moser, Phyllis Kohl, Helen Chidester, Barbara Barron | This play was ran on Broadway from December 23, 1948 to January 8, 1949 and was much more modern production for the Shaver years. It was performed as the Fall play 1952. The comedy play looks at Father Moynihan who lived modern life in an old fashioned priests house. His neice Jenny, housekeeper, and a young teacher stir up trouble at Moynihan's parish school. President Juanita Corrigan asked students to reserve seats with their student activity cards. | The Pharos: Volume 47, number 01, 10-08-1952 The Pharos: Volume 47, number 03, 11-12-1952 Program | ||
| 1953-04-15 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Mr. Pim Passes By | A. A. Milne | Shaver, John D. | Carraway Pim: John South, George Marden: Lewis Tisher; Oliver: Barbara Barron; Dinah: Juanita Corrigan; Brian Stranger: Donald Keister; Lady Marden: Shirley Kessler; Anne the Maid: Diane Dietenhofer | This was performed as the Commencement Play for 1953 but was performed a little earlier than commencement. The old-fashioned English comedy was actually set in the present with actors donning modern day clothing instead of period costumes. | The Pharos: Volume 47, number 07, 04-10-1953 | ||
| 1953-11-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | If I Were King | Justin Huntly McCarthy (original debuted in 1901 with a film version made in 1938) | Shaver, John D. | Barbara Barron, Sarah Baker | Performed as the fall play for 1953-1954 | The Pharos: Volume 49, number 01 10-02-1953 The Pharos: Volume 49, number 02- 10-30-1953 | ||
| 1954-04-29 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Heiress | Ruth and August Goetz | Shaver, John D. | Catherine Sloper; Shirley Kessler; Dr. Austin Sloper: Ralph Pettie; Morris Townsend: Wallace Hurd; Lavinia Penniman: Mary Lou Dennison; Elizabeth Almond: Marily Wickerham; Arthur Townsend: Don Keister; Marian Almond: Barbara Barron; Mrs. Montgomery: Annamary Wlisonl Maria: Mary Lou Pruett | This was performed as the spring of 1954. It originally was presented in 1947 and was made into film with Olivia de Havilland. | The Pharos: Volume 49, number 04- 03-18-1954 | ||
| 1954-09-13 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Enter the Hero (one act) | Shaver, John D. | Lillian Alfred, Harry Marhoffer,Shirley Kessler, Mary Louise Pruitt | One act play performed as part of Freshman week. | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 01, 09-10-1954 | |||
| 1954-10-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Twelve-Pound Look (one act) | J. M. Barrie | Kessler, Shirley | Patti Henry, Laura Bays, Roy Henderson, Ralph Petite | One act was produced by the Play Shop during October 1954 | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 02, 09-30-1954 The Pharos: Volume 50, number 03- 10-14-1954 | ||
| 1954-10-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Trifles (one act) | Suzan Glaspell | South, John | Janet Warfel, Martha Hamrick, Tom Goheen, Ronald Thomas, James Lockhart | One act was produced by the Play Shop during October 1954 | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 02, 09-30-1954 The Pharos: Volume 50, number 03- 10-14-1954 | ||
| 1954-10-20 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Strangest Feeling (one act) | John Kirkpatrick | Pettie, Ralph | Betty Rupert, Rosie Walton, Angie Griffeth, Bobby Jo Wuerz, Fancis Earl, Chuck Goodin | One act was produced by the Play Shop during October 1954 | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 02, 09-30-1954 The Pharos: Volume 50, number 03- 10-14-1954 | ||
| 1954-11-10 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | The Brother | Dorothy Clarke Wilson | Shaver, John D. | Mary Lou Pruett, John South, Marjorie NcCullough, Ralph Pettie, Randy Wingert. | This three-act play was performed during Wesleyan's Christian Emphasis Week. The play deals with the change of feelings of James, the brother of Jesus, as he sees his miracles and healing. | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 04 - 10-29-1954 | ||
| 1955-03-01 | Alpha Psi Omega | Dear Little Wife (one act) | Gerald Dunn | South, John | One act was presented by the Play Shop. The play is a Japanese comedy. | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 09 - 02-03-1955 | |||
| 1955-03-01 | Alpha Psi Omega | Philosopher Butterbiggins (one act) | Wiskerham, Marilyn | Robert Post, Jim Lockard, Marilyn Wickerham | One act play presented by the Plat Shop | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 09 - 02-03-1955 | |||
| 1955-03-15 | Alpha Psi Omega | Op o' my Thumb | South, John | Amanda: Kay Evans; Madam: Arline Franquiz; 'Orris: Tommie Goheen; Rose: Martha Hamrick; Celeste: Margie McCullough Clem:Carol Ann Wilson. | This play was point on as joint effort by The PlayShop and Alpha Psi Omega. All actors in the play spoke with a cockney accent. | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 11 - 03-03-1955 | |||
| 1955-03-14 | Alpha Psi Omega | Joint Owners in Spain | Kessler, Shirley | Mrs. Blair: Diane Dietenhofer; Miss Dyer: Janet Warfel; Mrs. Mitchell: Mary Lee Foster; Mrs. Mithcell: Patti Henry | This play focuses on two elderly maladjusted roommates in a retirement home. | The Pharos: Volume 50, number 11 - 03-03-1955 | |||
| 1955-11-03 | Alpha Psi Omega | Neighbors (one act) | Zona Gail | Dietenhofer, Diane | Grandma: Frances Griffeth; Miz Abel: Judy Kerwood; Inez: Suzanne McNutt; Peter: Neill Cutlip; Miz Maran: Martha Hamrick; Miz Trot: Janet Boggess; Ezra: Mal MacCallum | Part the Play Shop's first Program of One Acts | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 03, 10-13-1955 | ||
| 1955-11-03 | Alpha Psi Omega | Two Crooks and a Lady (one act) | Eugene Pillot | South, John | Miller: Howard Miller; Lucille: Sylvia Klepper; Mrs. Simms-Vane: Marjorie McCullough; The Police Inspector: Mel Parker; Garrity: Jim Lockard | Part the Play Shop's first Program of One Acts | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 03, 10-13-1955 | ||
| 1955-11-03 | Alpha Psi Omega | The Third Plate (one act) | Mary Emery Hall | Post, Robert M. | Blair: Tommy Goheen; Charlotte: Anne Armentrout; Martha: Janet Warfel; James: Roy Henderson; Simon: Robert M. Post; Higgens: Randy Winfert; Mrs. Higgens: Barbara Lefler | Part the Play Shop's first Program of One Acts | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 03, 10-13-1955 | ||
| 1956-01-12 | Alpha Psi Omega | The Brink of Silence (one act) | Esther Galbraith | McCullough, Marjorie | Jim Lockart, Mal MacCallum, Howie Miller, Randy Wingert | Part of three one acts offred by the Play Shop which represented a tragic nature. | The Pharos: Volume 51: number 08 - 01-19-1956 | ||
| 1956-01-12 | Alpha Psi Omega | Will O' the Wisp (one act) | Doris F. Halman | Callaghan, Evelyn | Frances Griffith, Sandra Tipper, Shirley Owen, Barbara Lefler | Part of three one acts offred by the Play Shop which represented a tragic nature. The performance of actress Frances Griffith was considered a standout of the night. | The Pharos: Volume 51: number 08 - 01-19-1956 | ||
| 1956-01-12 | Alpha Psi Omega | Boccaccio's Untold Tale (one act) | Harry Kemp | South, John | Ruth Grose, Diane Dietenhoffer, Ricky Lipetz, Janet Warfel | Part of three one acts offred by the Play Shop which represented a tragic nature. Of the three plays it was commented that the actors failed to convey the dark tone needed to present the content. | The Pharos: Volume 51: number 08 - 01-19-1956 | ||
| 1956-03-15 | Alpha Psi Omega | The Resignation (one act) | Bill Snyder | Shaver, John D. | John McCullogh, Howard Miller, Robert M. Post, Neill Cutlip, Tom Goheen, Jack Kissel, Joe Rial, Lyman Seamans, John South, (student directors) Laura Bays, Jean Rawson | This one of three one-act plays performed in a special performance by the Play Shop. | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 11, 03-08-1956 | ||
| 1956-03-15 | Alpha Psi Omega | Sparkin (one act) | Ezra P. Conkle | Grose, Ruth | Kay Evans, Diane Dietenhofer, Suzanne McNutt, Malcolm Parker | This one of three one-act plays performed in a special performance by the Play Shop. | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 11, 03-08-1956 | ||
| 1956-03-15 | Alpha Psi Omega | Brothers in Arms (one act) | Merrill Dennison | Lefler, Barbara, Carol Ann Wilson | Evelyn Callaghan, Roy Henderson, Jim Lockart, Ronald Thomas | This one of three one-act plays performed in a special performance by the Play Shop. | The Pharos: Volume 51, number 11, 03-08-1956 | ||
| 1956-10-31 | Alpha Psi Omega | Sunset by Slansky (one act) | Shaver, John D. | Thomas Goheen, Gerald Pearce, Barbara Lefler, Suzanne McNutt, Neil Cutlip, Pamela Holden, John Roach, Linda Falik, Paul Moser, Grace Taylor, Joseph Rial, Sharon Graham | Performed as part of presentation of one acts in late October 1956 | The Pharos: Volume 52, number 02, 10-04-1956 | |||
| 1956-10-31 | Alpha Psi Omega | Sunset Becomes Rhythm (one act) | Shaver, John D. | Thomas Goheen, Gerald Pearce, Barbara Lefler, Suzanne McNutt, Neil Cutlip, Pamela Holden, John Roach, Linda Falik, Paul Moser, Grace Taylor, Joseph Rial, Sharon Graham | Performed as part of presentation of one acts in late October 1956. This play is the sequel to Sunset by Slanksy | The Pharos: Volume 52, number 02, 10-04-1956 | |||
| 1956-10-31 | Alpha Psi Omega | A Woman's Privelege (one act) | Callaghan, Evelyn | Shirley Wagner, Janet Boggess, Jack Seigh, Jack Kissel | Performed as part of presentation of one acts in late October 1956 | The Pharos: Volume 52, number 02, 10-04-1956 | |||
| 1938-03-30 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Inn of Return (one act) | Jones, Don C. | Ruth Lee Miller, Joe Mahaffey | This play was performed as a one act at "The Speech Festival" held at Fairmont State Normal. The cast included two of the eight Wesleyan students representing the college at the festival. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 12 - 03-28-1938 | |||
| 1947-02-12 | I Remember Mama | van Druten, John | Ward, Stella | Papa: Larry Marquess Mama: Jane Swisher Katrin: Martie Kursavich Dagmar: Imogene Randolph Christine: Barbara Guess Mr. Hyde: James Snedeker Nels: Larry Riley Aunt Trina: Lucille Matheny Aunt Sigrid: Natalie Gillian Aunt Jenny: Mary Hadjis Uncle Chris: Joe Douglas Jessie: Betty Morgan Mr. Thorkelson: David DuBois Dr. Johnson: Maurice Miller Nurse: Mary Ruth Marsh Another Nurse: Joyellen Giordana Madeline: Agnes Tenney Dorothy Moorhead: Sue Johnson Techinical Director: Luther Norris | 1. Performed Feburary 12 and 13, 1947 2. This is the first major play after the departure of Mrs. C. Edmund Neil. 3. The play is directed by Head of Agnes Howard Hall and Associate Professor of Speech and Communication, Stella Ward who had previously taught at Union College in Kentucky. Because of the transition the show was not performed until February of 1947 instead of during the first term. The play was based on Kathryn Forbe's book "Mama's Bank Account" about Norwegian immigrants coming to America. The play was on Broadway in 1944 and was currently touring at the time of the performance. While the original play used turnstiles this play used mobile sets. | The Pharos: Volume 46, number 04 12-17-1946 | |||
| 1935-01-01 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Winning Wiles of an Actor | N/A | Watson, Laura Jean | Performed during The First Play Shop meeting Fall 1935 | The Pharos: Volume 43, Number 06, 12-11-1935 | |||
| 1936-12-08 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Criminal at Large | Wallace, Edgar | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Lord Lebanon: John Paul Murray Isla Crane: Clementine Lorentz Hall Lady Lebanon: Mary Elizabeth Hardestry Inspector Turner: John Saunders Turner's Assistants: Gene Stewart, Paul Sutton | This play is a murder mystery which is described as being "very unusual yet well written" | The Pharos Volume 44, Number 04, 11-11-1936 | ||
| 1937-12-09 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Ring and the Look (one act) | N/A | John Saunders and John Paul Murray | Tommy: John Law Bertha: Sara Bonham Marion: Rosehelena Farnsworth Mrs. Tuttle: Margaret Robinson Claire: Martha Lee Morris Doris: Clara Jett Strader | The play was performed as The Play Shops first play of the semester and was performed again as part of Wesleyan's Homecoming celebration. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 03, 10-27-1937 | ||
| 1944 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Little Foxes | Hellman, Lillian | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Regina Giddens: Angeline Saunders Oscar Hubbard: Arden Pratt Addie (the maid): Desales Purkey Cal (the handyman): Joseph Broyles Birdie Hubbard: Elizabeth Dailey Leo Hubbard: James Rowley William Marshall: Ronald Kyger Benjamin Hubbard: Donald Taylor Alexandra Giddens: Mary Brown Horace Giddens: Lawrence Sheerwood | Presented as the first major play of Fall 1944. The Lillian Hellman play was anticipated on campus greatly due to the 1939 Broadway production and 1941 film. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 10-24-1944 | ||
| 1945 | Because It's June (one act) | N/A | Bill Smith, Jean Boyles, Joe Broyles | This was performed during a Play Shop meeting and along with Moonshine was the last performance of Joe Broyles before he went into the army. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 04-26-1945 | ||||
| 1945 | Moonshine (one act) | N/A | Joe Broyles, Jim Rowley | This was performed during a Play Shop meeting and along with Because It's June was the last performance of Joe Broyles before he went into the army. | The Pharos: Volume 44, number 00 - 04-26-1945 | ||||
| 1948 | Bargains in Cathay (one act) | N/A | N/A | Performances Included: March 1 American Association of University Women in Clarksburg March 10 Lost Creek High School March 11 at Wesleyan during Assembly This play was performed for several organizations across the state including The American Association of University Women in Clarksburg, students at Lost Creek High School, and students at West Virginia Wesleyan College. They also presented "Saturday's Children" Bridge Port. | The Pharos: Volume 33, number 10, 03-04-1948 | ||||
| 1950-02-16 | Junior Class | Lost Tomorrow | Jules Tewlow music: Arnold Cover and Jimmy Dee Smith | Myers, Stanley | Jan: Olive Laucks Emmy: Betty Dunaway Paul: Arnold Cover Brill: Gene Patterson Knuckles: Stan Meyers Angelo: Bob Lemmerman Lefty: Glenn Sprague Tony: Joe Perez Other cast members include: Don Rooney; Lee Krane; Dick Johnson; Keith Sprouse | Atkinson Chapel | This musical tragedy was concieved by Play Shop member Stan Meyers and written by Wesleyan students. This was the first musical play performed by the Play Shop and was sponsored by the junior class.However the production almost fell through and barely made over $100 dollars (which the ticket seller almost lost). Apparently the cast was not taking the project serious enough despite the threats of director Meyers and students did not come after hearing that the show had the potential for disaster. | The Pharos: Volume 45, number 07, 02-10-1950 The Pharos: Volume 45, number 07, 02-24-1950 | |
| 1941-03-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | An Evening of One Act Plays | Neil, Mrs. C. Edmund | Atkinson Chapel | Program | ||||
| 1941-03-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Auf Wiedersehen | Sada Cowen | Hymes, Marguerite | Frau Frieda Neuberb: Lewana Koon Elas: Jacqueline Williams Hartwig: Robert Brannon Levinski: Clarence Winans Johan: Peter Tomley Soldier: Robert Jamieson | Atkinson Chapel | Program | ||
| 1941-03-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Resurrection of Ezra | Murray, John Paul | James Evans: Ronald Sleeth Johnny Knedlick: Frank Madden Harry Hughes: John Waldeck Ted Schafer: Hayes Melton Minnie Evans: Ellen Lou Brown Margaret Hughes: Rachel Cosgrove Jane Hopkins: Claudine Lanham Ezra Powell: Ison White Anna Volgardson: Helen Ann Osborne Helen Smith: Edna Ruth Moore Sara Knedlick: Mary Allender | Atkinson Chapel | Program | |||
| 1941-03-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | The Decoy | Philip Slade | Hymes, Marguerite | Derek Egerton: Peter Tomley Viola Egerton: Lewana Koon Eva Egerton: Jacqueline Williams Roy Winter: Robert Jamieson Ho Yeng: Clarence Winans First Guard: Joe Douglass | Atkinson Chapel | Program | ||
| 1941-03-19 | The Wesleyan Playshop | Yes Means No | Howard Emmett Rogers | Zickefoose, Rachel | Miss Collins: Cora Mae Stout Mr. Lawson: Melvin Risinger Teddy Lawson: Olin Hughes Mr. T.J. Morgan: Arthur Dennis Edith Merrill: Jean Bailey | Atkinson Chapel | Program | ||
| 1966-02-10 | The Program Board | Brigadoon | Knorr, Jim | Fiona McLaren: Carol Robinson; Tommy Albright: Ed Byrom; Jeff Douglas: Barry Talkington; Jean McLaren: Marian Brittian; Jane Ashton: Merry Hatch; Harry Beaton: Robert Albert; Archie Meaton: Pete Weaver; Maggie: Pasty Shurtleff; Frank: Don Watson; Angus McCuffie: Earle Sadlon; Charlie Dalrymple: Ron White; Sandy: Gary Ames. Ciizens of Buckhannon are playing roles as well. Mr. McLaren: Tuck Farnsworth; Meg Brockle: Joan Young; Mr. Lundle: Ken thornhill Dancers are Carol Olivio, Sue Louis, and Nanette Martin, a student at the Buckhannon0Pupshur High School. | Social Hall | February 10, 11, 12 The third musical production by the Program Board, composed of members of the Wesleyan Student Body and the citizens of Buckhannon | Pharos 1966-02-09 | ||
| 1986-10-02 | Alpha Psi Omega | An Evening of One-Act Plays | Actor's Cellar | October 2, 3, and 4 | Program | ||||
| 1986-10-02 | Alpha Psi Omega | Visitor From Forest Hills | Simon, Neil | Morrissette, Karen | Roy Hubley: Sean McIntyre Norma Hubley: Barbara Lewis Bordon Eisler: Tim Schumann Mimsey Hubley: Kim Sked | Actor's Cellar | October 2, 3, and 4 | Program | |
| 1986-10-02 | Alpha Psi Omega | The Actor's Nightmare | Durang, Christopher | Kingerski, Cynthia | George Spelvin: Kyle Minor Meg, the Stage Manager: Jacqueline Chorley Sarah Siddons: Lee Bidgood Dame Ellen Terry: Beth Eustance Henry Irving: Stephen M. Rauch | Actor's Cellar | October 2, 3, and 4 | Program | |
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