DEPARTMENT
OF DRAMA
MR.HAROLD
TURNEY,
Chairman
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The Eighth Season
Production 122
Directed by David Dudley
Dramatis Personae
Harry Wilkes. ............. .JamesJohnson
Mae W i e s . . ................ .lola Brister
Benny .................. .William Pollard
Joe ........................David Dudley
Mr. Wilkes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edward Singleton
Scene: The living room of the Wilkes' home.
Interlude
Dark America.. ..... .*Vincent E. Williams
Masquerade on the Delta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.................. .*Vincent E. Williams
Composer at the piano
Continuity by
Harriet dll, lola Brister, Eugenia Qddwell
Directed by
Miss Ruth Wenstrom
Staged by Frederick V. CampbeUA
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T o create a keener appreciation and deeper
understanding of the joys, sorrows, and
achievements of the Negro race, we interpret
these poems of and by the Negro.
Prolofle
The Creation (a Negro &man). ..........
................ .James Weldon Johnson
Dawn ............... .William T . Wikins
A Cappella Chou
Cmtu One
Dawn
. . . . . . . . . . . . .Angeha Weld Grimke
Oliver a8
............. .Pad Laurence Dunbar
Dawn
Morning ............Pad bwence Dunbar
S ring Song ........ .Pad Laurence Dunbar
&e Wooing ........Paul Laurence Dunbar
Narrator ............ .Brnce Matchette
Youth ................Kenneth T m e ~
Girl ....................Julie Tedlock
Rain Songs. . . . . . . . ..Pad Laurence Dunbar
A Rain Song. ..... .Charles Bertram Johnson
A p d Rain Song. ......... .Langston Hugha
Rain Music. ........... Jmeph S. Cotter, Jr.
Sunset ..............Pad Laurence Dunbar
A Starry Night. ..... .Pad Laurence Dunbar
Dream Variation. .....< . . .Langston Hughes
Eugenia Galdwell
My People. ............. .Langston Hughes
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H d Brown
Brainerd D d i d d
John Brown's Body. . .Stephen Vincent Benet
Interlude
Negro Songs
A Cappella Choir
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Negro W e m e n t . .... .Anderson M. Scruggs
The Stevedores .,.......John Godd Fletcher
Night Landing ........John Godd Fletcher
Jasbo Brown. ........... .Dub- Heyward
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...................Langsmn Hughes
0EVe.r
cas
Viaoria Grcdy
The Dark Brother. ....... . k w k Alexander
Jungle Taste ........... .Mward S. Silvera
The Negro. .............Laneon Hughes
Old Man to Youth. ........ .Tola M. Brister
Richard MiccheB
Old
Mm River
a h
A Cappella Chou
Dialogue (between Sod and Body). .......
........................ Countee C d e n
When Sue Wears Red. ... .Langston Hughes
The Black Madonna. ...........Albert Rice
Go Down, Death (a Funeral Sermon). .....
................ .James Weldon Johnson
Steal Away
A Cappella Choir
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The Congo. ............... Vachel Liidsay
Interlude
St. Louis Blues
A CappeJla Choir
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Canto Three
The Weary Blues. . . . . . . . .Langston Hughes
Iola Brker
Introduction to a Dance. ..*Kenneth Tanner
Negro Dancer. ........... Lsngston Hughes
Swinging on the Avenue. .......*Iola Brkter
Merle Gesford
Kemerh Tanner
The Banjo Player. ......... .Fenton Johnson
B8l Nichols
................... .Helene Johnson
M c e Bontelje
Dressed Up. ............ .Langston Hughes
Poem
Mmiu Pres3
Canto Two
Song
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers.. .............
..................... .Langston Hughes
Gain' Home. .............. .Anton Dvorak
A Coquette Conquered.. .................
................. .Pad Laurence Dunbar
Iola Briste~
A Plantation Ditty. . . . .Frank Libby Stanton
Little Brown Baby. .. .Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bmce Matchme
.................Langston Hughes
Doris Th&
Nocturne.. .......... .Donald Jefrey Hayes
A Prayer. ............ .Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
Ldaby
Good-night ......... .Pad Laurence Dunbar
Good-night. ...........William T. Wilkin~
A Cappella Choir
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Epilogue
The Dawn's Awake!. . .O& Leland Bohanon
Youth ..................Langston Hughes
Members of Verse Speaking Choir: Lewis Actor,
Billie Berger, Hazel Brown, Iola Brister, Bernice Boudie,
~ugeniaCaldwell, Elberta C q , Oliver Cliff,
Grant
Denison, Brainerd Duffield, Jean Elliott, Patricia Fisher,
Susan Ga y, Ruth Gamble, M d e Gesford, Miriam
Grody, m o m Grody, Evelyn Hoffman, Victor Hite,
Brown H o pe David Jobnscon, Jeanne KeUoeg, Jane
Langdey, &y&
Unton, Virginia Long, Pauline ManId, GUMMartin, Lovae Newhall, Bill Nichols, Marvin
Frank Radcliffe, Goldie Rosenwirth, William
Schultz, Rmfa Sedey, Helen Shipley, Kenneth Tanner,
Julie Tedlock, Martha Terry, Dons Timbs, Ann Uhl,
John Volkoff, Mil-shall Wolimky.
Members of A Cappella Choir: Georgene Brown,
Eugenia CaldweU, Alfred Carbon, Sarita Iberri, Betty
Jensen, Thomas Jep rson, Jimmy Johnson, Ken L a m ,
Mildred Lightner,
Moore, Beuy Nafziger, Helen
Turnbull.
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Production Personnel
Dirwunn
Mr. Harold Tumey.. ...............Managing Director
Miss Ruth Wenstrom.. ............ .Producing- Director
Prompters .................Eleanor Klein, Sarah Finkel
Properties ..............................Liu Davidson
Costume Manager. ...................Ernest SarracinoA
Men's Dresiing Room. ..................Frank Radcliff
Women's Dressing Room. .............Vivian Overland
House Manager.. ......................Charles Shelton
Assistant ..........................David Rammelkamp
Programs ........................... .Adele Mammon
Production
Production Manager.. ................... .John Bullock
Stage Manager.. ........................... .Gene Dow
Electrician ...............................Robert Bray
Assistant ..........................Dennot Edmundson
Stage Crew.. ..............................
.PhH Dunn,
William Engder, Phil Franklin, Pierce Ommanney,
Kenneth Tanner, Cedric Ward
P ram Typography.. ......... .Mr. Richard Hoffman
C?O egian Publicity.. ........,,.......Jimmee Fullenoa
Press Bureau Publicity.. ................Wesley Nelson
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*Smdent author
^Member Tau S
honor society
i Delta, Deparunent of Drama
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COMING
ll^lecka
By Euripides, translated by Gilbert Murray
T h e eleventh serai-classical production
Stuged by Mr. ferry B l m t
Wednesday and Thursday, June 9, 10 at 3 pm.
and Friday, June n at 3 p.m. and 8:3o pm.
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Safety Notice: Look around now, choose the nearest
exit to your seat and in case of disturbance of any kind,
to avoid the dangers of panic, walk (do not run) to
that exit.