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1950s

April 1954
The Heiress

The Heiress

Written by Ruth and Augustus Gietz
Directed by Donald B. Wilson

CAST

Mary Jane Dean as Maria
Ed Barron ... Dr. Austin Sloper
Edith Lee ... Lavinia Penniman
Shirley Bickford ... Catherine Sloper
Hilda Chalzel ... Elizabeth Almond
Harrison Dann, Jr. ... Arthur Townsend
Mary Edwards ... Marian Almond
Keith Horton ... Morris Townsend
Jane Wilcox ... Mrs. Montgomery
Louise Street Smith ... April Millstream
Russel Meiswinkel ... A Coachman's Voice
     
CREW
Setting designed and executed by Gertrude Hoffman and John Grybos
Central portrait painted by Mrs. Harold Roberts
Production Manager ... Nayte Schoonover
Assistant Production Manager ...

Dorothy O'Herron

Stage Manager ... Vera Proko
Assistant Stage Manager ...

Ruth Ann Thoren

Scenery Painted by ...

Jay Butts, Helen Luden, Allyn Hoffman, Ruth Wholeben, John Cassidy, Stephen Hoffman

Construction Chief ...

Stewart Zimmerman

Set Construction and Stage Crew ...

Harold Gardner, Jay Butts, Edward Rogus, Fred Morgan, Kenneth Blodgett, Lloyd Thoren

Lighting ...

Bocchino, Saccone, Laidlaw

Wardrobe Mistress ...

Lucy Van Duzer

Wardrobe ...

Lillian Rydberg, Robin Blodgett, Doris Forsyth, Anna May Babcock, Sharon Wilkinson, Faith Whittier, Gayle Carpenter

Make-Up Mistress ...

Faye Epstein

Make-Up Crew ...

Charlotte Tuberty, Mary Lee Morken, Madelyn Wallace, Fran Hart, Ernie Friedman, Helen Butcher, Thelma Murdock, Dorothy Laidlaw

Property Mistress ...

Marilyn Wheeler

Property Crew ...

Eldora Miller, Helen Payne, G. Elliott Presby, Ruth Wholeben, Nayte Schoonover

Staff Photographer ...

James Steck

Press Agent ...

Keith Horton

House Manager ...

Mrs. George Knietsch

Ushers ...

Gail Norman, Anna Marie Rossi, Sharon Wilkinson, Barbara Koch, Marilynn Wellington, Madeline Ehlman

Assisting Front House ...

Ernie Friedman, Art Wellington, Wally Ehlman, George Knietsch, Nayte Schoonover, James Garner, Harvey Goodsight, Nate Epstein

Hospitality ...

Mrs. Helen Butcher

Program Editor ...

Madeleine Ehlman, Robin Blodgett, Wally Ehlman

Cover Artist ...

George J. Knietsch

Program Business Manager ...

Betty Craine

     
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Flowers ...

Hoffman Nurseries, Rudy's Greenhouses Inc.

Flower Arrangements ...

Jay Parker

Costume Assistance ...

Elmira College

Lorma Craft Antique Shop
Fairfax G. Steele, Antiques
Dream House Furniture Co.
Robinsons Second Hand Store
Elmira Furnitue Exchange

The furniture, pictures, and rugs, together with the decorative accessories and lamps have been generously loaned by the above establishments. Mr. Willson wishes to bring to the attention of the membership that their cooperation makes it possible to stage our productions with the artistry our technicians aim for.

 

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Also in this section...

"Notes of a Twenty Year History"
(1964)

"A Researched History of Elmira Little Theatre, Inc."
(2004)

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