¿What Did We Do Wrong_

-"Central Illinois' Only Equity Star Music and Drama Theatre"

Twelfth Season 8 May 25 Sept. 29, 1968 8 Sullivan, Illinois

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MR AND MRS. PAT O'BRIH in

'tWHAT DID WE 00 WRONG?'

Guy S. Little, Jr.

PRESENTS

MR. AND MRS. PAT O'BRIEN

'tWHAT DID WE DO WRONG?'

By HENRY DENKER
with

BRlGlD O'BRIEN

RICKI' ROSS ROBERT GWALTNEY HELEN MALONE

DIRECTED by JOHN KELSO

PRODUCTION DESIGNED by ROBERT D. SOUL€

Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
BENNETT T. OBERSTEIN FREDRICK L E E OLSON

I ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER T H E SUPERVISION OF MR. L I T T L E I

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

The Davis living room. White Plains, New York.
ACT I

Scene 1. A Spring Evening

ACT II
Scene 1. Early the next morning

ACT Ill
Scene 1. Several hours later
Soene 2. Later that afternoon

There w i l l be a 10 minute interrni'uion between acts.

-NO SMOKING I N THE THEATRE

No Pictures Please Cameras Not Permitted in Theatre

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR MR. LITTLE
Public Relations and Puhlicitv ........ Abi-eail ----Dance

House
Spreyer Director ........................................ Grrmol sI.t-...-..r. a
&ecutive lanag&
............. ....Chi!dren's Theatre Director Tom kastin
Secretary Dee Bradley L p d a ~illogff
............Alsistant to the Producer ....A s s ~ s t a n tStage Managers
. -and Jean Webster -
Technical Director Abigail Spreyer -A b ~ ~ a Si l~ r e v e r
Predrick Lee Olson
..........Bus L ..........Technical Assistants
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Box
~OneffsiscMe a.n.a.g.e.r . ...... Guy S. ittle, Sr. Tom Hasting~,
Alma Smlth Margaret -- -.--.Cynthia Strohacker, Sue Le Beau, David Har-
Brummett. Jerili Little, Inis Little
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wright %&a Anderson, Jim Baldassare Di- r ~
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"The ImpossibleDream" TO THE TWELFTH SEASON
-Keep Dreaming
Althou h Vivian Vance starring in The Mar- I,
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE riase-&-d on May 25th marks the first
show of the 1968 spring-summer-fall season a t
LITTLE THEATRE ON ITS 12th The Little Theatre-On The Square this pro-
duction will be the ninth opening f&r producer
SEASON Guy S. Little, Jr. this year. Immediately after
resenting Rosemary Prinp in A Girl Cod$ Get
JOHN BARLOW, R. Ph. Epky in December-Janua~ in Sullivan, Mr.
Little left for Phoenrx. Arrrona where he was
engaged a8 roducer for the 21st season a t the
famous Somtrero Playhouse. While in Phoenix
KMar..thLryint t l eCrporsebsye.ntMedildHroedwaradtwKweicekl ; Ray ~ a l a t e n '
Cornelia 0ti;
Skrnner and other greats of American ahow
.business in addition to Ann Sothtrn Robert

Cumminga and Vivian Vance. .all k h o will
appear in Sullivan thin season. Mr. Little
retutncd to Sullivan in time to remodel the
balceny of the theatre. removing the old pro-
jection booth and e l e v a t i n ~the seats; and in-
stalling a n e r curred s t a m curtain-all to
celebrate the opening of the 12th season in
Sullivan.
Long before Mr. Little opened the Grand
Theatre back in 1957, he hoped and planned
that someda he would have a theatre where
musicals a n l plays could be presented. He got
his first job rn professional theatre as an ap-
rentice a t the Keene New Hampshire Summer
t h e a t r e in 1951 and korked the two following
summers a t the Gateway Musical Playhouse near
Atlantic City.
4,.After raduation from the University of
Miami Little took p a d u a t e courses a t
~ o l u m h i aUniversit and The American Theatre
Wing before returnTng to central 111inais in .the
sprlng of 1957 to look for a theatre l o c a t ~ o n
Not havin succeas locating a suitable theatre
i n . any of &e lar er cities in downstate Il!-
nors Mr. Lrttle leeid& to lease the movre
houie .in his native Sullivan. Since the openine
of Brwadooa on J.uIy 3, 1957, Mr. Little has
presented 112 major product~onl--both playa
and musicals-featuring many outstanding stars
and supporting casts from Broadway. Hollpaood.
T V and Opera. The first scanon ran nine
w r k s and had an attendance of 8006. The
Little Theatre-On The Square was 'open for
twenty-four weeks last year and had an at-
tendance of 80.000. .a most gratifying in-
crease! The Little ~ h i a t r e - 0 ~The Square alse
has a Children's Theatre wbich presents pro-
ductions for yeun audience8 on Saturdays dur-
ing late June, fuly and A u ~ u s t . Mr. Little
strongly believes that stock should be a prov-
i n x - y u n d and workshop for young talent to
deve op as actors-tingera-dancers and technicians.
Thirty outatanding apprentices are accepted each

dents who have come from most every mate

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. . .Who's Who in the Cast BRIGID O'BRIEN (Cindy) made, her profes-
sronal debut w ~ t hher parents In T ~ m eOut For
Ginrer a t the Canal Fulton ,Theatre in Ohio.
While in her teens she organlred her own lemt
P A T O'BRIEN (Walter Davis) ham been enter-
taining audiences for more than forty yeara- company of talenteh youngsters of the nei hbor-
emerging as an outstanding performer in seven hood, The K ~ d sNext ,Door, and drrectea and
fields-s+age, motion pictures, radio, television. starred in such productions as The Boy M e n d .
night clubs, lecturing and recording. A long-time Music Man, and Peter Pan. She has just recent-
movie favorite. Mr. O'Brien has 110 screen
credits which include starring roles in such ly sold the title of her company to the song
group The K ~ d sNext Door.. Bri id wrote and
well-known movies as The Story d K w t e Rock- direc(ed such shows as The Ktds #ext Door And
How RTheegyardGsre~w oBTr' ohaedwKryid, sanNdeTxtheDKorodrs Give
ne. Fightlng Father Dunne. Bombardrer and The Their Next
F ~ g h t l n g69th. HIS roles. whlch have been num- Door Brrng Back Vaudev~lle.She has been fea-
erons and varied include every type from gang- tured rn musical and dramatic productions a t
ster to priest in 'movies from Angels With Dir- Immaculate Heart Collcge, in Rough Stuff, a
ty Faces to Some Like If Hot. I n 1959 he was Children's Show on tour, and in the telefilms
nominated for an Academy Award for his hril- of The Hour Of St. Francis and Documentary
liant performance in The Last H u r r d On Immaculate Heart College.

On television he. starred In the popular Har- ROBERT GWALTNEY (Clarence Cahill) has
rigan and Sons seves and has appeared as guest a long list of theatrical credits including ap-
star on nea-ly all major shows includinq The
Jrck P.aar .Show, E d Sul'ivan. Johnny Carsen, earances with Bert Lahr in .Burlesque, Burgess
The Vlrgtman and The Red Skelton Show. In Rderedith in The Silver Whrstle and Burl Iyes
1958 Mr 0 ' ~ ; i e n returned to Broadaa to cre- in The Man Who Came To Dinner a t leadlng
ate the' starring role in Miss ~ ? n e r y - ~ e a r t s theatres throughout the country. On television
which won hrgh prarse from the crit~ca.Pat aqd he has been seen with Melryn Dou.glaa and
his talented wlfe. Eloise. have been much rn Teresa Wrlght on The Arnerlcan Herltage ser-
demand at all the leadine stock theatres through- ies and with Dane Clark om The United States
lut the countrv and havb starred in a variety Steel H w r . At the Little Theatre-On the Square
~f plays includinq Our Town, Time Out For Mr. Gwaltney has been featured with Linda
Ginger. Father Of The Bride, and Holiday For Darnell, Marie Wilson, Pat O'Brien, Edward
Lovers. Everett Horton Margaret Truman and Joe E.
Brown. I n 196i Bob was associated with the
Because of his endurinc popularity, his inter- Miami Beach Deauville Hotel and appeared in
est in and concern for his fellbw-man, Pat
0 ' ~ r i c nis one of his profession's most awarded roductions of The MUSIC Man and Call Me
citizens. I l e has been honored a s an actor, as &adam. Bob's roles last season jneluded Mr.
an intellectual, as a sportsman. as a hwnani- De Plnna in You Can't Take It W ~ t hYou. Cap-
tarian. and is a two-time winner of the coveted tain Brackett in South Pacific, Florenr Zie.
Fathei of the Year Award. feld, Jr. in F u m y Girl, Rev. Dr. Lloyd In ~ 1 4 :
Wif3 Father, and Vintue in The Odd Couple.
An author as well am an actor, Pat's auto-
biography. The W ~ n dAt My Back. is in its HELEN MALONE Charlotte Cahill) appeared
seventh printtng and has been a beat seller m Sulllvan opposlte kantos Ortega in You Can't
throughout the country. Take I t Wlfh You last season. Miss Malone
first appeared here In 1959 in The Student Prince
ELOISE O'BRIEN (Norma Davis) was just and has returned for appearances in Bloomer
beginning a career as a talented actress when Girl with Margaret Hamilton, Kind Sir with
she met and married the sbtrouthggalipnpgeayroiunn^ginIrtihshe Rosemary Priuz, and Never Too Late with Andy
actor in 1931, They were Devine. Helen has appeared at all the theatres
Chica o company of Broadway and Pat t court- in the Chica o area in a variet of shows In-
ship %egan the day they met. During the 37 cluding ~ w t f ~ yMye Fancy a n 8 Lady I n The
years srnce her marrrage. Eloise ha& made a Dark. She was b u ~ yin radio for twenty years
successful career of belng a wife and mother. during the "good old days" of radio soap opera.
The O'Brien's have four children and six grand- Helen toured with Dennis O'Keefe in the pre-
children. Broadway try-out of Never Too Late and has
played the role of the middle-aaed expectant
The professional reunion of this devoted pair moiher a t many theatres throughout the coun-
was Pat's inspiration. Eight years ago he suc- try. Recently Miss Malone has been busy mak-
ceeded in persuadin Eloise to return t~ the ing commercials for Schlitz, United Air Lines
stage to la his wife in Drpry Lane's produc- and completed a movie for Consolidated Edi-
tion of %atxer Of The Brrde. The O'Briens son, in which she played six roles.
have a peared together all over the country in
Time But For G~nger.Holiday For Lovers. Ah- RICKY ROSS (Woody), a native of Massil-
sence Of A Cello, Never Too Late Our Town lon, Ohio. comes to Sullivan with the O'Briens
Dear Ruth, and Love And ~ i s s e iTheir firs; after appearln with the production of What
appearance as a team at the Little Theatre was Did We D o # r o n ~ ? at. the Canal Fulton Thca-
in Dear Ruth in 1963 and in 1965 they appeared tre in Canal Fulton Ohio. He also has appeared
here in Love And ~ i k s e s ,a show which they al- as Mr. McAfee in )Bye Bye Birdie. Talented in
so played a t the Piccolo Playhouse for Guy S. manv fields. Rickv is a choir soloist and will
Little, Jr. Immediately before comin to Sulli- go io Hawaii .this fall fo; a n a t i & a i speech
van the O'Bricns layed a s u c c e s s ~ len age contest Rtcky IS makln hrs profess~onaldebut
me;t of What Did 6 e Do Wrong? at the 8anai in w h i t Did We Do d r o n g ? and aim s to con-
Fulton Theatre in Canal Fulton, Ohio and later tinue his career a6 an actor andI singer in pro-
this year, they will have an extended engagement fessional theatre.
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