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| Season Poster by Steven Rydberg. |
1976 - 1977 Season
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Goldilocks and the Three Bears & Little Red Riding Hood (also Regional Tour)
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Cinderella
The Dream Fisher
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Lionel Bart's Oliver!
A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme
Summer Theatre Institute: Three Can't Fit in a Rickshaw
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Cinderella
The Dream Fisher
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Lionel Bart's Oliver!
A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme
Summer Theatre Institute: Three Can't Fit in a Rickshaw
Minnesota Renaissance Festival Italian Bakery
PLEASE BE ADVISED that co-founder and artistic director John Clark Donahue, as well as a number of staff and/or school faculty members of the theatre (actor/instructor Jason McLean, for one) have been convicted and/or charged with criminal and/or civil crimes of sexual abuse of minors. In winter of 2019, in civil court, the Children's Theatre Company was also found guilty of negligence in these matters which occurred during the time period of the 1970s and 1980s (and probably earlier). Consequently, please be aware that the images and links within this blog include the contributions and participation of certain minors who were victims/survivors/witnesses of sexual and emotional abuse and residual trauma, as well as certain adult perpetrators, enablers, and/or former victims.
PLEASE BE ADVISED that co-founder and artistic director John Clark Donahue, as well as a number of staff and/or school faculty members of the theatre (actor/instructor Jason McLean, for one) have been convicted and/or charged with criminal and/or civil crimes of sexual abuse of minors. In winter of 2019, in civil court, the Children's Theatre Company was also found guilty of negligence in these matters which occurred during the time period of the 1970s and 1980s (and probably earlier). Consequently, please be aware that the images and links within this blog include the contributions and participation of certain minors who were victims/survivors/witnesses of sexual and emotional abuse and residual trauma, as well as certain adult perpetrators, enablers, and/or former victims.
Mark Twain's
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Adapted for the Stage by Timothy Mason
Directed by John Clark Donahue
Scenic Design by Dahl Delu
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
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| Bain Boehlke as Mark Twain |
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| Sean McNellis as Tom Sawyer |
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| Becky Thatcher's picnic. Foreground dancers: Barry Goldman and Sue Batchelor |
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Original Music Composed and Orchestrated by Steven M. Rydberg
Directed by Gene Davis Buck
Scenic Design by Gene Davis Buck & Jay Bush
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck & Deborah L. Rusnock
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
Scenic Design by Gene Davis Buck & Jay Bush
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck & Deborah L. Rusnock
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
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| Gerald Drake as Jack, Wendy Lehr as Gwendolen, Sara Schimke as Cecily, Patrick McNellis as Algernon |
Goldilocks and The Three Bears & Little Red Riding Hood
Directed and Choreographed by Myron Johnson
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson
Scenic and Properties Designs by Steven Rydberg
Costume Design by Joseph S. Rusnock
Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols
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| Poster Art (detail) by Steven Rydberg |
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| Mary Ann Raymond as Goldilocks, Barry Goldman, Carl Beck, and Karlis Ozols as The Three Bears. |
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| Nance Duffy as Little Red Riding Hood. |
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| Myron Johnson, Nance Duffy. |
CINDERELLA
Adapted for the Stage by John B. Davidson
Directed by Bain Boehlke
Choreography by Myron Johnson
Scenic Design by Edward Haynes
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
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| Sara Schimke, Thomas Olson. |
THE DREAM FISHER
Written and Directed by John Clark Donahue
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Steven M. Rydberg
Scenic Design by Donahue and Don Pohlman
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
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| Poster Art by Steven Rydberg |
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| L to R: James Sewell, Bain Boehlke, Katy Lasley. |
William Shakespeare's
ROMEO AND JULIET
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Steven M. Rydberg
Directed by John Clark Donahue
Scenic and Costume Designs by Jack Barkla
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
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Poster Art by Steven Rydberg |
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| Sara Schimke as Juliet, Patrick McNellis as Romeo |
Music Excerpts by Steven M. Rydberg:Capulet Recorders:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/g6ym9ahel969wmc/Romeo_%2526_Juliet_-_Capulet_Ball_Recorders.mp3/file
Lute 1:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ma4vuupys5c3hhr/Romeo_%2526_Juliet_-_Lute_1.mp3/file
Lute 2:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1i8bgie9ypp01w9/Romeo_%2526_Juliet_-_Lute_2.mp3/file
Lute 3:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/335lmc908alvo4i/Romeo_%2526_Juliet_-_Lute_3.mp3/file
Lionel Bart's
OLIVER!
Directed and Choreographed by Myron Johnson
Scenic Design by Dahl Delu
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by Jon Baker
A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme
Written and Directed by John Clark Donahue
Music Composed by Diane Cina Sherman
Scenic Design by John Clark Donahue
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols
Italian Bakery ("Casa de Allegri Panini")
and Commedia dell'Arte
at Minnesota Renaissance Festival
Redbook Magazine, December, 1976
