Children's Theatre Company (CTC) and School of Minneapolis Alumni Archive: SEASON 7: 1971-72

The Children's Theatre Company

of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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.

1971-72 Season

Robin Hood: A Story of the Forest
Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood
Peter and the Wolf & The Ugly Duckling
Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology
Sleeping Beauty
Hansel and Gretel
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal
The Cookie Jar
The Sitwells at Sea
Madeline and the Gypsies
An Evening of Leonard Cohen
A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme (an Homage to Rene Magritte)
Hang On to Your Head (International Tour)
Potpourri
Commedia dell'Arte
Renaissance Festival

Robin Hood: A Story of the Forest

by Timothy Mason
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Hiram Titus
Directed by Bain Boehlke

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Stephen Ayers

Karlis Ozols as Little John, Guy Paul as Robin

Music by Hiram Titus, Lyric by Timothy Mason

Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology

Linda Walsh Jenkins, Ken Williams, Guy Paul, Debbie Tice, Julie Williams, Barbe Larson,
Jean Boone, Karlis Ozols, Gerald Drake.

Debbie Tice, Ken Williams.

Peter and the Wolf & The Ugly Duckling

Myron Johnson, Cynthia Guzy

Sleeping Beauty

by Richard Shaw

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson

Directed by Gene Davis Buck

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

Wendy Lehr as Beauty

John Jenkins as The Ogress, Myron Johnson as The Prince.

Playbill Cover Illustration by Steven Rydberg.

Illustration by Gene Davis Buck.

Hansel and Gretel

German Text by Regina Waldman

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson

Directed by John Jenkins

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

Poster Art by Steven Rydberg

PR Photo: Matthew Brassil, Wendy Lehr, Paula Dornisch.

Gerald Drake as Narrator

Gerald Drake, Garry Q. Lewis

Matthew Brassil, Wendy Lehr, Mary Ann Raymond, Guy Paul

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's

The School for Scandal

Directed by John Clark Donahue

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Hiram Titus

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

PR Photo: Liz Keagy as Lady Teazle.

Illustration by Steven Rydberg.

The Cookie Jar

Written, Directed and Choreographed by John Clark Donahue

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

Please visit "The Cookie Jar" blog post for additional material.

Ken Williams as Winde

Matthew Brassil, Wendy Lehr, Bridget McNellis.

Eric Hohn as Bubble, Kim Livingston as Black Eyed Pea.

L to R: Wendy Lehr, Jim Stowell, Barbe Larson, Chris Mulkey, Guy Paul, Patrick McNellis,
Kim Livingston, Eric Hohn

John Jenkins, Eric Hohn, Bill Dovali, Kim Livingston

The Sitwells at Sea

by Gar Hildenbrand

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Steven M. Rydberg

Directed by John Clark Donahue

Bain Boehlke as Edith Sitwell.

Madeline and the Gypsies

Based on the book by Ludwig Bemelmans

Adapted for the Stage by John Clark Donahue

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Hiram Titus

Scenic Design by Jack Barkla

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

Mary Ann Raymond as Madeline

Guy Paul

Audio clip (Entire production dubbed from video):

Featuring Bill Dovali as Narrator, Patrick McNellis as Miss Clavel, Mary Ann Raymond as Madeline, Matthew Brassil as Pepito, Liz Keagy as Gypsy Mother.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/l31uv086sy936nl/Madeleine_%2526_the_Gypsies_1972_audio_dub_from_video.mp3/file

A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme(an Homage to Rene Magritte)

Written and Directed by John Clark Donahue

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson

Scenic Design by John Clark Donahue

Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck

Lighting Design by Karlis Ozols

Please visit blog page for additional material.

Wendy Lehr, Barbe Larson, Cyn Byrne

Bain Boehlke as Mr. Owen, Matthew Brassil, Jeffrey Siegel

L to R: Susie Peterson, Sean McNellis, Chris Mulkey, Gerald Drake, John Jenkins,
Norma Schneider, Barbe Larson, Wendy Lehr, Bain Boehlke

Variations on a Similar Theme

(An Homage to Rene Magritte)

"I'll See You"

Guy Paul, Bain Boehlke

"Two Birds"

Wendy Lehr, Linda Walsh Jenkins, Bain Boehlke

Wendy Lehr, Linda Walsh Jenkins, Barbe Larson, Bain Boehlke

"The Costume Box"

Ronn Tice

A Shoe

Chris Mulkey, Guy Paul, Hiram Titus, Ken Williams,
Gerald Drake, Bain Boehlke

Timothy Mason, Gerald Drake

The Red Shoes

Wendy Lehr, Bain Boehlke, Karlis Ozols

Helen Deltz

Holly Larsen, Chris Mulkey, Wendy Lehr, Gerald Drake

Hang On to Your Head
&

Potpourri

Stephen Ayers

Ed Wujciak

John Jenkins, Gerald Drake

Timothy Mason, Myron Johnson

Front Row, L to R: Matthew Brassil, Matt Baker, Steven Rydberg, Kim Livingston, Bill Dovali,
Maureen Teefy, AudreyAnn Thompson, Paula Bormes, Sara Schimke, Ronn Tice, Garry Q. Lewis