"Central Illinois Only Professional Equity Music and h m a Theatre" .. Seventh Season * Summer of Muslcals and Drum

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Guy S. Little, Jr. PRESENTS

M A R G A R E T T R U M A N

" L A T E L O V E " By ROSEMARY CASEY

With

RONALD ROGERS Margaret Gathright, Lillian Malek, Eugene Van Hekle

and

Robert Gwoltney Directed by JERlLl LITTLE

Scenery and Lighting Designed by ANDREW GREENHUT

Production Stage Costume Assistant St- Manager CoOrdinator Manager

JOHN KELSO ROD FERNANDEZ HERBERT O'DELL

I ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE I

C A S T Bil ly Gordon ............................................ ROBERT GWALTNEY Matthew Anderson ...................................... EUGENE VAN HEKLE Sarah ........................................................ LEONA SHAPlRQ Grah.am Colby ............................................... RONALD ROGERS Janet Celby .......................................... MARGARET GATHRIGHT Mrs. Colby ................................................. LILLIAN MALEK Constance Warburton ..................................... MARGARET TRUMAN

The action takes place in the living room of the Colby hame i n Connecticut early in September of the present year.

ACT l Sunday afternoon

ACT II The following Saturday morning

ACT Ill Ten seconds later

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR MR. LITTLE

Publicity D~rec to r .................. Lee York Properties .................. Howard Weiner.

Marv Abbott. Kav Arnold ~ ~ ~ r e n t < c e CO-ordinator ....... Alex Gregory Technicians .................. Barbara Xurlan

and Dorothy Hawks Exectttive Secretary .............. Sue Smith Assistants to Mr. Little ...... Alice Shasteen

and Joan Bramdzel Custume Assistant ............ Suzanne Baker Staff Photozrapher ............ David Mobley

Box Office ................... Sickafus. Inir Little, Sharon Spencer a;ldYdX1 ma Smith

Head Ushers .................... P a t Bennett and Judy Horstman

Production Aasistmts ........ Robert Balaban. Cheryl Masterson Nancy R man. Howard Weiner. K&I MMEGIO~. Betsy Hpeck, Marilyn MeLendon. Suxy MeGregor. Ann H111. Leon8 Shapiro. Marlene Kogan. Kay Arnold, Brad Smith and Mary Abbott.

L A T E LOVE i s presented through permisrion with S ~ m u e l French. NYC.

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J E R I L I L I T T L E appeared in the first

roduction a t The Little Theawe 1957 as Meg f: BRIGADOON. Since that time she has played a great varie- t y of roles includin Nellie in SOU TI^ PACIFIC with Bruce Foote. Isolde TUNNEL. OF LO;: wrth Eddre Bracken. Gladys in PAL JO- E Y with Ruth War- rick and Louise in GYPSY with Mar-

aret Whitin I n addition to appearing in ERITIC'S C#OICE and CARNIVAL this sea- son, Jerili will direct LATE L O V E wi+ Mar- garet Truman. She directed ROBERTA rn 1957 and CAN-CAN and T H E DESERT SONG in 1958. LILLIAN MALEK last ap eared in Sulliyan a s Mae in T H E PAJAMA ~ A M E the openlng show of the 1958 season a t the r rand. More recently, Miss Malek has ap eared on Broadway with Bert Parks in T H E ~ U S I C .MAN. Her rtock credits include rolw a t leadln theatres In BYE BYE BIRDIE, DAMN ~ A N K E ~ S with Julie Newrnar, and AUNTIE MAME wrth

s y Rose Lce. She has appeared on T H E %?D SKELTON SHOW on T V and as the Fortune Teller in T H E SKIN O F OUR TEETH. This summer Lillian will be seen a s Bett Chumley in H'ARVEY. Madam Arcati in BLIIHE SPIRIT and Mrs. Colby in LATE LOVE. ROBERT GWALTNEY appeared in all the Summer of Musical product~onm during the first four seasons in Sullivan. He return, to The Little Theptre this mummer to appear a s Dr. Chumle m HAR- VEY. jbr. Glass rn CARNIVAL and Dr. Bradman In B L I T H E SPIRIT-three very different doctorsl In addition he will be

Billy In C E E ~ E O V E and Oscar in ~ d w i r d E. Horton'a re-B'wa tryout o P M I S ~ P E L L I S MISSING. Mr. Gwaltney's ex- tensive theatrical ex- perience i n c l u d e s . such television work a s an Amerrcan Heri- tage entitled SHAD&' OF A SOLDIER.

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Who's Who In The Cast. . . EUGENE VAN HE- KLE is ur honor nadua te o f t h e b o d m a n Memorial Theatre. He has ap-

A Y E on Broadway ;<.> ? mtd on tour with

Coustance Bennett , ; urd Sylvia Sidnev. - Off-B'way audiences have Hen him in CAPACITY F O R WING8 TROJAN T R I L O ~ Y and most tuup t ly in Edward Albee's FAN AWD ?(AM. Eugena has barn oic the roduc- Wqn staff o r some ol B'way's brighteat .bows includi MY

FAIR LADY, MUSIC V A N and C A M ~ O T . At The Llttlc Theatre thts summer Eugene w ~ l l ba seen am Dr. Sanderson in HARVEY Charles in BLITHE SPIRIT. Matthew in LATE LOVE and Marco in CARNIVAL.

YARGARkT OATHRIGHT first a eared on ~ r n a d w a y in TEE GIRLS AGAIKT THE BOYS with Bert Lahr N u c j Walkar Dick V a l Dyke .ad Shell, ~ k m a n . Since the: New York atatlieaces Lave seen Miss Gathri'ht in TENDERLOIN ria E-S, LAN with Alfred Dnh u d I CAN GET I T FOR YOU WHOLESALL with Lillian Roth. Al-

has claimed the ver- u t i l e M i u Oath-

h t i n T H E +;I%EEPENNY OP- ERA and RUSSELL P A T T E RSON'S SKETCH B 0 0 K w h ~ l e her summer stock engagemmtm have included leadin8 roles in FIORELLO. CAN-CAN. CALL M E MADAM and CAMINO R E A L . Just before c o m i n ~ to Sullivan, Margar- et completed a d x weeks engagement a t Numher One Fifth Avenue.

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We extend our Best With.r for your 7th year pte-

renting to the public the "Summer of Musicals."

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Producer Guy S. Little, Jr. Welcomes You To

I t was in July of 1957 that Guy S. Little, Jr. first hrought Broadway to Sullivan. In only six years The Little Theatre has become one of the outstanding theatres in the summer stock world. I t is the only professional Equity music and drama theatre between Chicago and St. Louis and one of the few theatres in the country that presents a stock season of the latest B'way mu- sicals and plays on a proscenium stage in an air- cdnditioned, indoor theatre. The intimate Little Theatre has 500 seats with excellent sight-lines and acoustics. In the past six seasons, some f i f t y top productions have been presented a t The Little Theatre. Patrons come from over a hundred miles to the north, south, east and wsst of Sullivan to enjoy an evening or matinee of outstanding musical and dramatic entertain- ment. Such outstanding stars as Margaret Whiting, Jack Haskell. Ruth Warrick, Eddie Bracken, B r ~ c e Foote and Annamary Dickey have appeared on The Little Theatre's stage during recent seasons. The Little Theatre has been completely decorated in red, gold and white with enlarged rest rooms, box office, a new balcony and additional air-conditioning. Now well established with Midwest audiences and considerably enlarged in scope. The Little Theatre launches i t s seventh and most exciting season, presenting ten outstanding musicals and plays featuring stars from Broadway, Holly- wcod, and TV.

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Friday and Saturday Nights, Sunday Noon

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Who's Who in the Cast . . . MARGARET TRUMAN (Constance Warbur- ton) has selected The Little Theatre a s one of the two theatres in the entire country where she will act thIs summer. Her vehicle is the delightful comedy LATE LOVE, which starred Arlene Francis on Broadway a few seasons ago.

Margaret Truman has. through considerable talent and much dedication. established herself a s one of the entertainment industry's most respected and opular erformers. Miss Truman was horn in fndepen8nce Missouri, attended Chrisman High School thire and later ~ r a d u - ated from Gunstan Hall and George Washmgton University in Washington, D.C where she was a valued member of the Cue 'knd Curtain So- ciety. the college dramatic club. After college she enjoyed a successful sin ing career and sang in concerts a t many of tfre nation's most distmguirhed auditoriums. She has been active in television havin been seen on a number of nationally famous s o w s includin T H E TEXA- co STAR THEATRE. THE BIE SHOW wrth Tallulah Bankhead. T H E TODAY SHOW. T H E S T E V E ALLEN SHOW. MATINEE THE- 4 T R E and T R U E ROMANCE.

Summer stock audiences across the country have hailed Miss Truman a s a versatile actress. Her acting assi ments have included the star- ring roles in ~ O O D B Y MY FANCY, T H E T I M E O F T H E CUCKOO and AUTUMN CROCUS. Sullivan marks Miss Truman's first a p earance a s Constance Warburton in LATE LBVE. After a week with her family in New York. Margaret will appear in LATE L O V E a t The Playhouse On The Mall in Bergen Mall. New Jersey near New York City.

Margaret i s one of the most popular per- formers with the ress i n the history of modern show business. d e r gracious manner and her sincerity have endeared her to the members of

the "fourth estate" from coast to coast. She is the wife of Clifton Daniel. Jr.. the highly respected journalist for The New York Times. They are t h e parents of three children.

R O N A L D ROGERS (Graham Colby) opened the first season a t the Grand in 1957 a s Tom- my in BRIGADOON. Since then. Ron has re- turned to Sullivan to appear in S H 0 W B O A T . K I S M E T , BLOOMER GIRL and GUYS AND DOLLS. A baritone whose sing- ing career has kept him busy in virtually every

hase of music. he has & ca seen by audiences in this country a s well a s Europe. At twmty-

%io ''Sty aWLf:d~.f: and became the youngest soloist ever to be featured in the nation's largest theatre. While in England. Ron madr a number of recordin s and won the "Voice of the Year" aarard for t[e best new voice on records. This spring, he has been a erring opposite Dorothy Lamour in DUBA&Y WAS A LADY a t leading theatres in the East.

LEONA SHAPIRO (Sarah) was a hit in Sulli- van last summer s r Tesaie Tura in GYPSY starriag Margaret Whiting. A .Chicago girl. h n a has appeared i n productrons of BYE BYE BIRDIE. OKLAHOMA. and GOOD NEWS in the Windy t ~ t y . She WIII be wen later this searon in the casts of T H E UN- SINKABLE MOLLY BROWN and CARNIVAL.

EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTIONS Two Performances Only!

Monday, August 5th and Monday, August 12th at $:I5

2 SEASONS ON BROADWAY

Featuring Our Outstanding Ap- prentice Company.

TICKETS ON SALE I N THE lOBBY

Children's Theatre. Saturday, July 13th at 1:00 p.m.

Colorful Costumes and Seenery

Delightful Fairy Tale For Children

Of All Ages

All Seats--75c

Coming To The Little Theatre . . . First Musical Production of the Season

Two Weeks! July 16th through July 28th

With JERlLl LITTLE, RICHARD STADELMANN, EUGENE VAN HEKLE

and CHARL S ABBATE F "IT BURSTS WITH THE VITALITY OF ;' " 'CARNIVALa IS SO-G MOIiL BROADWAY KNOWHOW. Mixes senti- THAN SHEER SHOWMANSHIP. IT IS ment and show-business razzle-dazzle in. PAINTING ON A FROSTED GLASS, to a flashy, eye-filling entertainment." DONE WITH A HAND 'IWAT CARES."

-Howard Taubman, N. Y. Times -Walter Ken, N. Y. Herald Tribune

July 30 through August 11

Two Weeks!

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RICHARD STADELMANN

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