Kismet

Grand Theatre--Sullivan, Illinois

"KISMET"

June 30 through July 5

% .. - s-,RONALD ROGERS ( H a ~ j ~ & % 6m&-
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~ ? ~ O D AL E V I N E (&r%ea:*%amc;f':1

for his performance in Show BOW here last ad);&here in Kismet after an engagemen* * I
season. A young baritone whose dnging career
has kept him busy in virtually every phase of Louis Municipal Opera in The King
'-'
lowing her appearances a t the Grand,

'" music, he has been seen by audiences in this do The K i w and I in Dayton, Obio. and%tL?

country a s well a s Europe in such shows as Kim sett. Maas. Such a crowded schedule i s notk$"*r.

Me Kate. B r i g a d w q Wonderful Town and new to Miss Levine. Recently, she c h ~ r e o g r a p ~ ' ~

many many more. At twenty-two he appeared a t d * ~the successful off-Broadway production, ~ a d t y s
Radio City Mudc Hall and became the youngest
soloist ever to be featured in the nation's larg- which opened on a Wednesday, while aha

hearled She Shall Have m i c , which openedbpl .

est theatre. While in England Mr. Rogen mde ,'. ,Thursday of the same week. In previous searons, I
a number of recordings and won the "Voice of
she has appeared throughout the East coast in
the Year" award for the best new voice on The King and I , the show for which she i s so I

records. In America he has recorded on the much in demand this season. In addition to her

Paris label. From Sullivan, Mr. Rogers goer to work in Sullivan last summer, M i u Levine was
Pittsburgh. where he will play leading roles in a featured dancer a t New York's City Center

Mast Happy Fslla and Naughty Marietta. and has choreographed shows a t Dayton and

GRETA WOLFF (Marsinah) will appear this Wellesley, Mass. A talented actress a s well, she
summer a s Sarah Brown in Guys a d Dolls and was applauded by Grand Theatre patrons for her
portrayals of Gladys in Pajama Game and

a s Kathy in The Student Prince. She has re- Claudine in Can Can
cently been featured with the New York City

Center Opera Company in Street Scene and The NORMAN BACON, (Waair) who appeared as
Ballard of Baby Doe. Mima Wolff i s not the Dr. Kitchell, the musical dentist f. Bells Are

first member of her family to achieve succesa Ringing, ha8 played leading roles a s well am
in the arts. Her grandmother sang in opera, and comedy with such outstanding theatres a s the
her uncle, Walther Wolff, i s famous a s a Gateway Musical Playhouse in New Jeraey and
sculptor in Austria. Chosen for the Metropoli- the Summer Theatre Guild i n Indiana. Pa. A

tan Opera Auditions of the Air, Miss Wolff has graduate of the Pittsburgh P1ayhouse School.
appeared with the Met company as Ninetta in Mr. Bacon alao holds degree8 in theatre from

L a Periehde. In the muaical comedy field, she Carnegie Tech. and the Yale School of Drama.
haa toured with Brigadwn and with Harry Bela- This versatile young perofnner has been seen

fonte in Sing Man Sing. In addition, she has in a wide variety of roles, from the gangling Bo
appeared in operetta off-Broadway and a s Meg in Bus Stop to those roles actors dream of,
in Damn Yankees a t the Lambertville ~ u s i c Hamlet and Oedlpur Rex. A triple threat man in

Circus. Her television credits include NBC'S To- the field of televirion. Mr. Bacon has written,
night Show. acted and directed shows for KDKA-TV

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PRESENTS

Book by Choreography and Musical Numbem

CHARLES LEDERER & LUTHER DAVIS Staged by JOEL SCHNEE

Designed arrd Lighted by Production Directed by Musical Direction by
ANDREW GREENHUT SIDNEY EDEN EDDIE McCARTY

Music aqd Lyrics by Costumes by
ROBERT W R I G H T 81 GEORGE FORREST JESS! E

CAST

IMAM OF T H E MOSQUE --------------------------------Dick Lamb

MUEZZIN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J a n Munch

FIRST BEGGAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J i m Shea

SECOND BEGGAR --------------------------------------John Kelso

THIRD BEGGAR --------------------------------------Jon Frosher

DERVISH ----------------------------------------George Spelvin

OMAR ----------------------------------------Robert Gwaltney

A PUBLIC POET, LATER CALLED HAJJ --------------Ronald Rogers

MARSINAH, HIS DAUGHTER --------------------------Greta Wolff

HASSAN-BEN ----------------------------------------Bob Fahey

JAWAN ----------------------------------------Andrew Greenhut

THE BANGLE MAN --------------------------------------Jim Shea

CHIEF POLICEMAN ------------------------------------Dick Lamb

THE WAZlR OF POLICE ----------------------------Norman Bacon

WAZIR'S GUARDS ----------Dick Stephens, Bob Kimble, Jerry Taflinger

LALUME ........................................ J e r i Little

T H E PRINCESSES OF ABABU --------Betty Chambers, Judy Runyon,

Judy Bartlett

THE CALIPH ...................................... Gu S. Little, Jr.
8FIRST YOUNG WOMAN ..............................
onna Shields

SECOND YOUNG WOMAN ------------------------------Delores Lilly

PRINCESS ZUBBEDIYA OF DAMASCUS --------------Jeannie Hotard

AYAH TO ZUBBEDIYA ------------------------------Clare Johnson

PRINCESS SAMARIS OF BANGALORE ----------------Rhoda Levine

AYAH TO SAMARIS ------------------------------Suzanne Watkins

THE WIDOW YUSSEF ----------------------------------Myrna Ems

OTHER TOWNSPEOPLE ------------------Helen Hoblet, Louis Conte,

Elizabeth Hardcastle

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KISMET is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre, Incorporated, 119 West 57th
Street, New York, N.Y. Based on the play by Edward Knoblock and the muaic of Borodin.

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Musical Numbers

ACT ONE . Imam

.Scene 1: Sands of Time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e

FRahtyem.e.s...H.a..v.e...I..-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.H..a.............. and Marsin&
Hajj
Scene 2: Reprioe: Fate ........................................................
Hajj

Scene 3: Bazaar of the Caravans --------------------------------------------C~O~US

Not Since Ninevah ------Lalume, Waair, Three Princesses of Ababu, Chorus

B,aubles, Bangles and Beads .......................... Marsinah and Chorus

Scene 5: Stranger I n Paradise ----------------------------------Caliph and Marsinah

Scene 6: He's I n Love ----.----------Poli.cemen, Princessee, Caliph, Omar and Ch~orus

Scene 7: Gesticulate --------------------------------------Hajj and Wazir's Council

Fate -----------------------Hajj, Lalume and Ladies of the Wazir's Harem

ACT TWO

Scene 1: Night of M y M i ~ h t s------------------------------------Caliph and Chorus
-Scene 2: Reprise: Stranger I n Parad,ise .................... --------------- Mwrsinah
Baubles, Bangles and Beads ------------------------------------------Caliph
He's I n Love ------------------------------------------------------Chorus

Scene 3: Was I Wazir? ................................ Wazir, Po.li~emenand Guards

Scelne 4: Rahadlakum ----Hajj, Lalume, Princess Samaris, Princess Zubbediya, Three

Princesses of Ababu and the Ladies o f the Harem

And This Is My Beloved .................... Marsinah, Caliph,' Hajj, Wazir
Scene 5: The Olive Tree ------------------------------------------------------Hajj

Gcerte 7: Presentation of Princesses %maris
Bangalore ----------------------------------------Princes

Damascus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P r i n c e Zubbediya

Ababu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P r i n c e s of A b a h

Finale ----------------------------------------Hajj and Entire Company

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Next Week July 7July 12 - -

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? Production Staff for Mr. Little

..I,. . STAGE MANAGER ----------------------------------------BFahey

'i' PROPERTIES -----------------------------------------La Hodges, Jerry Berbaum

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PROGRAM EDITOR --------,-----------,-------------------------John Keloo

BOX OFFICE ----,-----------------------------------Lois Mcllwain antl lnic Llttle

HEAD USHERS ---------------------------------Marilyn Slover and Mary Ann Kite

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