Behind the Stage Door of the Hampton Playhouse - 20th Season 1968


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-- 20TH SEASON 1968 --
1968 20th SEASON
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SHOWS
LOVE IN E FLAT, (photo), (photo)
WHAT DID WE D0 WRONG
NINETY DAY MISTRESS
THREE MEN ON A HORSE
EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN
THE STAR SPANGLED GIRL
BACHELORS HONEYMOON,
(name changed), (photo)
LIE DOWN ... LET'S TALK,
(name changed)

CAST
Zina Jasper
Rena Reap
Jo Flares Chase
Tom Forel
James Gallery
Robert Mastrant
Marie Denser, (returning
after nine years)
Margaret Linn
Elek Hartman
Louis Beechner
Frank Savino
Victoria Zussin
Marie Wallace
John Vari
Alex Reed (returning
after 5 years)
Nina Varela

DIRECTORS
Charles Bowden
Altred Christie

DESIGNERS
Sets - Robert Hoppe
Lights - Den Coleman

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Don Coleman
Bruce Snyder - assistant

STAGE MANAGER
T.L. Boston

This was Vickie Zussin's first season at the playhouse. Vicki was a wonderful zany character lady, and was featured in many shows in the following years ...
Frank Savino, a popular leading man/character actor, made his first appearance at Hampton this season also. His wife, Aida Berlyn, became one of Hampton's favorites.

BACHELOR'S HONEYMOON was the Hampton title for the Broadway show LULLABY that had brought comedy favorite Mary Boland back to the Great White Way. Company members for this season included among others, Sarah Christie, Olga Morosoff, Johnnie Gould and Gari Vari.

Marie Wallace remembers ...
"Of course, I'll never forget playing with John in THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. And he'll probably never forget the moment when, in character, I sat on stage at the sewing machine and he delivered his line. I went completely 'up', couldn't think of a thing to say and finally blurted out, 'No comment!'. Poor actor -- he looked at me, repeated his line and I, very boldly, looked him straight in the eye and blurted out, 'As I said, NO COMMENT!!!' The play came to a standstill and by then I was breaking up, was lost forever, so I just ran offstage, asked the stage manager what my next line was, came back, sat down, and said it. We went on from there and had a good show and I hope he's forgiven me by now."

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