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"Central Illinois' Onl? Professionul Equity Drama and Music 7%er;tre" I Sixth Season + June 26th Throueh August 19th. 1962

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Guy S. Little, Jr. Presents

Eddie Bracken in "The Tunnel of LoveY June 26th through July 1 st, 1962

Guy S. Little, Jr. PRESENTS

E D D I E B R A C K E N "The Tunnel of Love"

A COMEDY BY

Joseph Fields and Peter De Vries BASED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME BY MR. DE VRlES

WITH

Jerry Ellis, Cynthia Towne, Jsrili Little and Lynn Colby Directed by JEFF WARREN

Scenery and Lighting Designed by ANDREW CREENHUT

Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager THOMAS HElNO HERBERT O'DELL

ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE

C A S T Augie Poole ----------------------------,, ,,,, -,--- EDDIE BRACKEN lsolde Poole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J E R L LITTLE Dick Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JERRY ELLIS Alice Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LYNN COLBY Estelle Novick .................................... CY NTHIA TOWNE Miss McCracken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L A ALLEN

The action takes place i n Westport, Connecticut, i n the studio of Augie Poole 4 converted barn.

ACT ONE Scene I

An afternoon in mid-June. Scene II

The next day.

ACT TWO Scene I

Three months later (September). Scene I1

Six months later (March). ACT THREE

One month later (April).

Production Staff For Mr. Little Technicians ......................... .Jeff Gillen Box Office . . .................... .Judy Sickafus,

and Linda Mullins Sharon Spencer and Inis Little

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ERRY ELLIS opens the 1962 seaaon a t the b rand a s Dick Pepper in T H E TUNNEL O F LOVE and will remain wtth the company to

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Ing and music a t the University of 1 450 E. Penhing Rd. Minnewta before starting a theatre career in New York. Since then he has studied directing at the American Thea- tre Wing a n d mder Lee Stra?- burg, famous dl-

ortunity of a arin o posite Ethel Merman as kenneth in C X ~ L %ADAM. Jeff was then engaged to create the same role In the London production of CALL ME MADAM and remained In England to lay the leading role in WED- DING IN PAR!'. R ecently he ap~eared in the New York revival of LEND AN EAR and associated with Carol Charming's revue, SHOW GIRL. In addition to directing a11 the pmduc- tions at the Grand during the paat two su... mers, Jeff has appeared in a variety of roler c!uding Captain Dick in NAUGHTY MARI- ETTA, Nat in TAKE ME ALONG, Damlo T H E MERRY WIDOW and Wanq T a In FLOWER DRUM SONG. This part wlnter Jeff appeared with Margaret Whiting in CALL ME MADAM for eight weekr in Boston and in New Jersey and just before returnin to Sullivan, he directed r roduction of DOW# IN T H E VAL- LEY off-%roadwa; at the Actors' Pla~house. HIS roles at the and this summer wtll in- clude The Klnp in T H E KING AND I and Har- old Hill in T H E MUSIC MAN.

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Who's Who in the Cast.. . E D D I E BRACKEN (Augie Poole) is one of the most versatile stars in show business. Mr. Bracken has been starred on Broadway, televis- ion motion pictures and. in fact he has spent hi; life in every phase of the h;siness. Eddie was born in Astoria. New York. He made his theatrical debut a t the a p of 4 when he won a cute babies contest. At five. Eddie sang the soprano =lo in his school play. "Ooqd Shig Levianthan," scoring a big hit. At nine h ~ s talents as an entertamer won him a contract'with the American Sound Studios in New York. Soon after he went to the Coast for the first time to join the "Our Gang" moppets, appearing in a series of the well-known comedies. Harborin yen for pictures. Eddie left home at 16 with ti: ~ r e n t s ' best wishes and 20 cents in his pocket.

etermination plus an u raised thumb finally enabled him to reach H ~ B ~ ~ ~ ~ . On his first night there he slept under a tree not far from Hollywood Blvd. and Vermont Avenue, shivering through a chill October night. Three months later, after numerous unsuccessful attem t s to crash studio gates. Bracken returned to groad- way, landing a small ar t in T H E LADY RE- FUSES. For ten montRs after this, Eddie played the messenger boy in a revival of T H E DRUNK- ARD. Roles followed in LIFE'S TOO SHORT. SO.PROUDLY W E HAIL and IRON-MEN, after whlch he portrayed the commandant In BROTH- ER RAT. At this time. Eddie was also writing comedy material with George and Jack Ho e for their brother Bob Hope. In the summer or1919 Eddie joined the Bass Rocks Mercury Group a( Gloucester. Mass.. graduatin from the stock company to TOO MANY G I ~ L S , on Broadway. His smash hit (he introduced the song. "I Didn't Know What Time I t Was,") brought offers from all the major studios and Eddie accepted Paramount's offer. During his stay in Holly- wood. Bracken created some of the finest and funniest comedy performances ever caught on celluloid in such films as T H E MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, HAIL T H E CONQUER- ING HERO HOLD THAT BLONDE LIFE W I T H HENRY. HAPPY GO L U C ~ Y and SUMMER STOCK. Eddie made over 35 films in Hollywood and then returned to the legitimate stage. He performed in SEVEN' YEAR ITCH starred in WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER and played the immortal cockroach "Archie" to Eartha Kitt's "Mehitable" in the musical comed SHINBONE ALLEY. At the present time, h r . Bracken is kept busy making

guest appearances on many of the top comedy and drama television shows.

JERILI LITTLE (Isolde) has a peared in 22 musical productions at the Grand &rin the past five summers. At the University o f Illinois. #t;ERafyred op osite Peter Palmer in

and in tRe Miami area she starred ennett in T H E LADY'S NOT FOR BURN- tk& and in MY THREE ANGELS. In New

erili a peared a t David Ross's Fourth :t%t thes t re %afore comin to Sullivan in 1957 to open the first season at &e Grand as Meg in BRIGADOON. Audiences in this area have en- 'oyed erili in a variety of roles includin Essie In RdDHEAD Nellie in SOUTH P&IFIC with Bruce ~ o d t e . Belle in TAKE M E ALONG with Annsmary Dickey, Katie in A TREE GROWS I N BROOKLYN with Margaret Ham- ilton and Gladys in PAL JOEY with Ruth War- rick. This reison phe will be seen as Rose in BYE BYE BIRDIE and Marian in T H E MUSIC MAN.

CYNTHIA TOWNE (Estelle Novick) returns to the Grand this season to a pear in T H E TUNNEL O F LOVE and as faura in T H E GLASS MENAGERIE. Miss Towne is re- membered by local audiences for the variety of roles she created at SUMMER OF MUSICALS in 1957 when she appeared as ane Alhton in BRIGADOON. Soph~a in ROBERTA ahd Helen in WONDERFUL TOWN. Off-Broadway has claimed much of Cynthia's time during the last few years as well as radio. T V and motion pic- tures. The past three summers she has been appea-ing at the Keweenaw Hayhouse in Calu- met. Michi an under the direct~on of her hus- band, Paul Barry, who was also a member of the $om any a t the Grand in 1957. Cynthia's roles In Alumet have included Stella in A STREET- CAR NAMED DESIRE Gittel in TWO FOR T H E SEESAW. 0pheli; in HAMLET. Rita in WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? and Cheri in BUS STOP . WILMA ALLEN (Miss McCracken) is makin her stage debut at the Grand i n T H E T ~ U N N E ~ O F LOVE. Wilma is a natlve of Ind~ana and a graduate of Indiana State College in Terre Haute. She has taught commerce at Tuscola High School for 14 years, directed many variety shows and is the mother of two children.

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