Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Resident Theatre Needs Your Help

This article appeared in the June 2011 issue of KC Stage

Rich Piland of Fairfield, Ohio, is building a complete history of productions done at the Resident Theatre (the old Jewish Community Center) from 1932 to 1983. Needed are full cast lists (names and parts played) for about 15 shows done in the 1970s. He currently has 209 shows listed and wants to complete the list of performers and designers. He can be reached at richpiland@aol.com. Here is the list of productions which need cast lists, parts played, reviews from newspapers and scans of any relevant photos, if possible:

Cast List Needed
Lucky Sam McCarver (May 3-5, 1933)*
The Dybbuk (Nov. 25-29, 1933)*
The Front Page (Dec. 9-15, 1945)
My Heart’s in the Highlands (Nov. 5-15, 1951)
La Ronde (Jan. 23-Feb. 7, 1971)
Streetcar Named Desire (Oct. 14-31, 1971)
Scuba Duba (Feb. 29-Mar., 1972)
A Thurber Carnival (May 11-21, 1972)
Man in the Glass Booth (Feb. 24-Mar. 14, 1973)
The Trial (Mar. 25-Apr. 11, 1974)
Irene (Oct. 29-Nov 12, 1978)
Funny Girl (Oct. 20-29, 1079)
Dracula (Dec. 7-16, 1979)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Jan. 19-28, 1980)
Inherit the Wind (May 7-15, 1983)

Review Only
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (Jan 18-Feb 2, 1975)
The Magic Show (Feb 19-23, 1975)
The Good Doctor (Oct. 18-26, 1975)
The Lion in Winter (Feb 7-15, 1976)
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (Mar 20-28, 1976)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Oct 29-Nov 12, 1977)

Cast List and Review
The Miracle Worker (Dec 13-21, 1975)
Ten Little Indians (Sep. 11-19, 1976)
Fiddler on the Roof (Mar 12-20, 1977)
Finishing Touches (May 7-15, 1977)

*He has the cast for both of these but not the parts played.

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