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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying!
book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser
April 6-8, 1967
Saint Clair Intermediate School Auditorium
"How To Succeed" was the first production of the new St. Clair Theatre Guild in the spring of 1967. The group had been founded and chartered the previous fall. Don Weber and Helen Gonzalez co-directed the debut show, with Don also playing the lead role of J. Pierrepont Finch and Helen supervising (and playing piano) in the pit orchestra.
The Guild had its origins in several performing groups in the St. Clair community during the early 1960s, including the St. Clair Music Study Club and the "Youth For Understanding" International Student Exchange benefit shows. Many of the members of the "How To Succeed" debut cast had been involved with those groups, who put on Broadway variety revues (including selections from "The Music Man," which was still playing on Broadway at the time) and operettas like Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado."
Of special note is the cast listing for one Brian Moss as Peterson: Brian is the only current member of the Guild who was part of its initial production.
| J. Pierrepont Finch |
DON WEBER |
| Rosemary |
CAROLE STABLEIN |
| Book Voice |
BILL BUELL |
| J.B. Biggley |
BUD IRISH |
| Bud Frump |
DARRYL REGAN |
| Smitty |
PAULA DOWNING |
| Hedy LaRue |
STEPHANIE MENO |
| Miss Jones |
LIBUNA JONES |
| Bratt |
JOHN COBB |
| Twimble |
LOREN MOSS |
| Womper |
ROBERT McLEOD |
| Gatch |
MURV HUSTON |
| Miss Krumholtz |
JANE JOHNSON |
| Jenkins |
DICK MALLWITZ |
| Tackaberry |
GEORGE ROBERTS |
| Peterson |
BRIAN MOSS |
| Toynbee |
DENNIS BENGTSON |
| Ovington |
JOHN COSGROVE |
| Matthews |
BILL MAISEL |
| Davis |
HARVEY MARIER |
| Johnson, Cameraman |
FUZZ FERGUSON |
| TV Announcer |
BOB STRONG |
| Policeman |
JOE CHAPUT |
| Judge |
GERALD EMIG |
| Girl |
DONNA WEBER |
| Office Boy |
ALLAN LaVIGNE |
| Henchmen |
DON MacDONALD, DICK PAULY |
| Scrubwomen |
AVIS COBB, ELLEN MENO |
| Chorus |
ESTHER BONNICI, LAUREL EWART, DIANA GALLAGHER, BELINDA LOOMIS, ROSALIE LOPATKIEWICZ, IVY VANTROOSTENBERGHE, ED BAARS, JOHN IRISH, BRIAN MOSS, LARRY MOSS, TOM RZONCA, JIM SCHERBARTH |
| Dancers |
BETTY ACHESON, LIZ CORDEN, JANE JOHNSON, JOE BATES |
PRODUCTION STAFF AND CREW
| Directors |
DON WEBER & HELEN GONZALEZ |
| Production Coordinator |
OLIVE McCALLUM |
| Lighting Designer |
BILL BUELL |
| Scenic Designer |
PATTI STOCKHAUSEN |
| Costume Designer |
ELLEN MENO |
| Master of Properties |
FRED TYLER |
| Make-up Artist |
JAN GIBSON |
| Audio |
JOE IRWIN |
| Choreographer |
LYNN ATKINS |
| House Manager |
BARBARA BUELL |
| Ticket Chairman |
BARBARA McLOUTH |
| Lighting |
DAVE LOPATKIEWICZ |
| Sets |
DENNIS BENGTSON, BILL BRANT, DALE DRISCOLL, BILL KENYON, ALLAN LaVIGNE, CAROL LaVIGNE, PAT MONAHAN, LOREN MOSS, JAN STARBUCK, JOE STOCKHAUSEN, JEAN THOMPSON, CAROL TYLER, FRED TYLER, MARK TYLER |
| Costumes |
MRS. LAWRENCE ARISON, MRS. JOHN COSGROVE, MRS. GRANGER EWART, MRS. R. JOHNSON, MRS. H.B. LOOMIS |
| Props |
CAROL LaVIGNE, CAROL TYLER, MARK TYLER |
| Make-up |
BETTY ACHESON, LORRAINE BEAUDOIN, SHIRLEY BRANDT, NANCY CAPPS, MARION HOCK, CHRIS KLIEMAN, MARY LINTON, JAN STARBUCK, BOB STRONG, RUTH STRONG |
| Audio |
ST. CLAIR HIGH SCHOOL AUDIO-VISUAL CLUB |
| Reeds |
DORM LANE, BRENDA MEIER, DARWIN REEVES, BOB SCARFF, JACK STUBBS |
| Brass |
GORDON CAMPBELL, BOB DUNDAS, BOB GUNN, FRANK JAHN, JIM LAY |
| Percussion |
ELIAS BALLESTERO, DON VINCENT |
| Piano |
HELEN GONZALEZ |
Review from the April 7, 1967 edition of the Port Huron Times Herald,
written by Family Living Editor Barbara Ann Beeler
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