UCLA Department of Music & the Committee on Fine Arts Productions
Present
Little Mary Sunshine
Book, lyrics and music by Rick Besoyan
UCLA’s Musical Theater Workshop
John Hall, Director
January 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8:30pm
January 23 at 1:30pm
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
A note from the director
Rick Besoyan’s Little Mary Sunshine is one of the most successful musical satires of this century. The original production of 1959 ran 1,143 performances, and its star, Eileen Brennan, played to rave notices. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Mr. Besoyan examines the operetta style of the days of Rudolf Friml and Victor Herbert. The plot, music and the staging all seem to evoke that innocent time when good triumphed over adversity, and a happy ending was guaranteed box office. The obvious machinations of the plot and silly situations of the action make us laugh, but, I hope, the production also gives a smile of fond remembrance for a time, now gone, when life upon the wicked stage was simple, diverting and meant only to entertain. Jeanette and Nelson, wherever you are…we love you truly. – John Hall
The Time: Early in this century.
The Place: The Colorado Inn, high in the Rocky Mountains.
ACT ONE
Scene 1: The Colorado Inn
Scene 2: The Garden
Scene 3: Behind the Inn
Scene 4: The Colorado Inn
Scene 5: Point Lookout
Scene 6: The Inn
ACT TWO
Scene 1: The Inn
Scene 2: The Gate
Scene 3: Chief Brown Bear’s Tepee
Scene 4: Cora’s Bedroom
Scene 5: The Primrose Path
Scene 6: The Indian Burial Ground
Scene 7: The Gate
Scene 8: The Inn
Chief Brown Bear (Chief
of the Kadota Indians)
Ted Faye
Corporal “Billy” Jester
(a Forster Ranger)
Kim Rozenfeld
Capt. “Big Jim” Warington
(Captain of the Rangers)
Chris Carothers
Mary Potts (proprietress
of the Colorado Inn)
Shawn Daywalt
Mme. Ernestine von Liebedich
(an opera singer)
Kelley Palmer
Nancy Twinkle (Little Mary’s maid)
Kyra Hider
Fleet Foot (an Indian guide)
Alan Muraoka
Yellow Feather
(Chief Brown Bear’s son)
Scott Meckling
Gen. Oscar Fairfax, Ret.
(a Washington diplomat)
Mike Pniewsky
Young Ladies from the Eastchester
Finishing School for Girls
Cora
Michelle Ramos
Henrietta
Carmel White
Gwendolyn
Kimberly Evans
Blanches
Kathy Miller
Maud
Zina Goldrich
Mabel
Pauline Lepor
Pam Fischer
Sarah Grossman
Devorah Moos
Martha Swartz
Donna Lisa Valencia
Young Gentlemen of the
United States Forest Rangers
Pete
Erik Knutsen
Slim
Keith Hoshal
Tex
Robert Pederson
Buster
Charles Anderson
Hank
David Schreier
Tom
Stephen Wittner
John DeKelaita
Daniel Leanse
Paul Townsend
Violin
Harout Baharian
Jolie Einem
Nancy Henderson
Vernon Humphries
Eric Maitles
Shirley Marcus
Michelle Nardone
Andrew Picken
Mike Ramos
Jay Silverman
Roger Soffer
Daniel Zuckerman
Viola
Bob Hancock
Hugh Neely
Heather Porter
Cello
Adrienne Grossman
Mark Oka
Carolyn Reynolds
Julie Silverstein
Young-Sun Song
Bass
Mark Kamradt
Flute
Lisa Kappel
Yvonne Yoder
Oboe
Reggie Daniel
Marilee Woodson
Clarinet
Richard Hoyt
Dan Lucas
David Schorr
Sharon Weingart
Bassoon
Cynthia Pearce
Bill Wheelock
French Horn
Mat Matsumune
Jay Hull
Michael Mertens
Alyson McLamore
Trumpet
Larry Grace
Paul McGhee
Erik Rose
Mike Sachs
Trombone
Alex Iles
Mike Zadravec
Harp
Kathleen Moon
Percussion
Pablo Helman
Stage Director
John Hall
Conductor
Lucas Richman
Scenic and Lighting Design
Michael Fontana
Costumes
Judith Grant
Musical Preparation
Joan Colman
Lucas Richman
Stage Manager
Mike Buckley
Properties
Robert Deman
Choreographer
Ricka Glucksman
Program/Poster Design
Robin Weisz
Publicity Coordinator
Kathleen Moon
Auditorium Manager
David Downs
Technical Director
Jim Bates
Wardrobe
Edythe Johnson
Musical Numbers
