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<show id="s1988a">

<performing_organization> Actorsingers </performing_organization>
<title> Mack and Mabel </title>
<year> 1988 </year>
<dates> May 13-15 </dates>
<venue id="Elm"> Elm Street Auditorium </venue>

<related_shows>
  <prior id="s1987c" />
  <next  id="s1988b" />
</related_shows>

<art>
  <program_cover src="pix/s1988ac.gif" />
</art>

<credits>
  <by type="book"> Book by <writer> Michael Stewart </writer> </by>
  <by type="lyrics"> Lyrics by <writer> Jerry Herman </writer> </by>
  <contract-info> 
    presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. 45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010
  </contract-info>
</credits>


<cast title="Characters">
  <R> <ch name="Eddie, the Watchman" />  <w> Jim Freedman </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Mack Sennett" /> <w x="shepard-b"> Brad Shepard </w> </R> <!-- program book: Brad Sheppard -->
  <R> <ch name="Lottie Ames" /> <w x="clark-l"> Lisa G. Clark </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Ella" /> <w> Martha Levesque </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Freddie" /> <w> Mark Hand </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Charlie Muldoon" /> <w> Jeremy Catland </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Wally" /> <w x="tumpney-s"> Shawn Tumpney </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Frank Wyman" /> <w> Robert Michael Wright </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Mabel Normand" /> <w> Lisa Albright </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Mr. Kleiman" /> <w> Bob Addiss </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Mr. Fox" /> <w x="coutu-m"> Maurice Coutu </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Iris, the Wardrobe Mistress" /> <w> Pauline Landrigan </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="William Desmond Taylor" /> <w> Lowell Williams </w> </R>
  <R> <ch name="Chorus Players" />
    <w x="andress-c"> Carl Andruskevich </w>,
    <w> Susan C. Holtshouser </w>,
    <w x="bechard-s"> Sue Bechard </w>,
    <w> Lori Jeffery </w>,
    <w x="cormier-c"> Cheryl Cormier </w>,
    <w x="kasok-d"> David Kasok </w>,
    <w x="holland-m"> Martha Daniels </w>,
    <w> Beth Landry </w>,
    <w> Susan B. Demers </w>,
    <w x="ducharme-a"> Annie Lyons </w>,
    <w x="douville-j"> Joy Douville </w>,
    <w x="miller-d"> David Miller </w>,
    <w x="ducharme-d"> David Ducharme </w>,
    <w> Diane Nolan </w>,
    <w> Linda Felcyn </w>,
    <w x="obryant-d"> Donna O'Bryant </w>,
    <w> Suzanne Foti </w>,
    <w x="polan-s"> Stan Polan </w>,
    <w> Leslie Glow </w>,
    <w> Gregg Price </w>,
    <w> Michelle Golden </w>,
    <w> Pat Ross </w>,
    <w> Barbara Graham </w>,
    <w x="rusomanis-t"> Ted Rusomanis </w>,
    <w> Maureen Hall </w>,
    <w> William J. Smith </w>,
    <w x="holland-j"> Jed Holland </w>
  </R>
</cast>

<p>
  <b> 
  The Actorsingers would like to dedicate this program to the memory of Arlene Annis,
  one of our founding members, who recently passed away.
  </b> 
</p>

<staff title="Production and Technical Staff">
  <R j="Director"> <w> Tim Robinson </w> </R>
  <R j="Music Director"> <w> Dan Murphy </w> </R>
  <R j="Choreographer"> <w x="soucy-c"> Carrie Frontiero </w> </R>
  <R j="Dance Captains"> <w> Mark Hand </w> and <w> Joann Palermo </w> </R>
  <R j="Audition Board">
    <w x="coutu-s"> Shirley Coutu </w>, chairperson;
    <w> Karen Lewis </w>,
    <w x="lovering-k"> Kathy Lovering </w>, and
    <w> Betty Callahan </w>
  </R>
  <R j="Stage Manager"> <w> Michael Berger </w> </R>
  <R j="Assistant Stage Manager"> <w> Warren Stewart </w> </R>
  <R j="Production Managers">
    <w> Pauline Landrigan </w>
    <w> Lori Jeffery </w>
  </R>
  <R j="Lighting Designers"> <w x="schneider-d"> Dennis Schneider </w> and <w x="mcallister-j"> John McAllister </w> </R>
  <R j="Lighting Crew"> <w> Sue McIntyre Robinson </w> </R>
  <R j="Set Designer"> <w> Laurie Chadbourne Nowicki </w> </R>
  <R j="Props">
    <w> Deb Baker </w>, chairperson;
    <w> Jean Rogers </w>,
    <w x="mcallister-j"> John McAllister </w>,
    Imagitex
  </R>
  <R j="Ads">
    <w> Bernadette Melton-Plante </w>,
    <w> Brian Landrigan </w>
  </R>
  <R j="Stage Crew, Painters and Construction">
    <w x="jeffrey-d"> Don Jeffrey </w>, <!-- program book: Jeffery -->
    <w x="lovering-k"> Kathy </w> and <w x="lovering-b">Bob Lovering </w>,
    <w x="cormier-m"> Marc Cormier </w>,
    <w> Dan Oulette </w>,
    <w> Lee Ann Oulette </w>,
    <w> Erin Ackerman </w>,
    <w> Sue Morin </w>,
    <w> Bob Labrie </w>,
    <w> Stephanie Morin </w>,
    <w> Kathy Marchi </w>,
    <w> Kirk Rogers </w>,
    <w x="barton-m"> Melinda Barton </w>,
    <w> Paul Soucy </w>,
    <w> Kevin Riley </w>,
  </R>
  <R j="Hair"> <w> Regina Napolitano </w> and Crew </R>
  <R j="Publicity">
    <w x="lovering-k"> Kathy Lovering </w>, chairperson;
    <w> Bob Addiss </w>,
    <w> Tim Robinson </w>,
    <w> Jean Rogers </w>,
    <w> Pamela Smith </w>,
    <w> David Olmstead </w>,
    <w x="camp-t"> Tom Camp </w>,
    <w> Peter Brady </w>
  </R>
  <R j="House"> <w x="mcallister-l"> Linnie <!-- sic program book, for Linnea? --> McAllister </w> </R>
  <R j="Ushers">
    <w x="schneider-k"> Kerry Schneider </w>, chairperson;
    <w x="siglin-a"> Ann Mitchell </w>,
    <w x="bolen-g"> Grace </w> and <w x="bolen-f">Frank Bolen </w>,
    <w x="smith-g"> Gloria Smith </w>,
    <w> Betty Callahan </w>,
    <w> Linda </w> and <w> David Olmstead </w>,
    <w> David Adler </w>,
    <w x="camp-t"> Tom Camp </w>,
    <w> Sharon Elliot </w>,
    <w> Karen Lewis </w>,
    <w> Dianne Albright </w>,
    <w> Andrea Swanson </w>,
    <w> Fred Larson </w>,
    <w> Yvonne Freedman </w>,
    <w> Kim Hamel </w>
  </R>
  <R j="Afterglow">
    <w> Linda </w> and <w> David Olmstead </w>, chairpersons;
    <w> Jean </w> and <w> Kirk Rogers </w>,
    <w> Karen </w> and <w> David Lewis </w>,
    <w x="lovering-k"> Kathy Lovering </w>,
    <w> Brian Landrigan </w>,
    <w x="camp-t"> Tom Camp </w>
  </R>
  <R j="Tickets"> <w x="liljeberg-j"> John Liljeberg </w> and <w x="badeau-b"> Betty Badeau </w> </R>
  <R j="Subscriptions"> <w x="coutu-s"> Shirley Coutu </w> </R>
  <R j="Newsletter"> <w x="liljeberg-j"> John Liljeberg </w> and <w x="clark-l"> Lisa Clark </w> </R>
  <R j="Rehearsal Refreshments"> <w x="pelletier-d"> Dan Pelletier </w> </R>
  <R j="Ticket Outlets">
    The Book Rack,
    The Country Bear,
    The Little Shoe Store,
    Party Time
  </R>
  <R j="Special Thanks to">
    <w> Dave Lawrence-sound </w>,
    <w> Bob Addiss </w>,
    <w> Phil Ackerman </w> and
    <w> Ben Dibble </w>
  </R>
</staff>

<synopsis title="Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers">
  <act ix="Act 1">
    <s ix="Scene 1"> <set> The Sennett Studios, 1938 </set>
      <n> <t> Movies Were Movies </t> <w> Mack </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 2"> <set> The Brooklyn Studio, 1911 </set>
      <n> <t> Look What Happened to Mabel </t> <w> Mabel, Wally, Charlie, Frank and Grips </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 3"> <set> Mack's Office, Brooklyn </set>
      <n> <t> Big Time </t> <w> Lottie and the Family </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 4"> <set> En Route to California </set>
      <n> <t> I Won't Send Roses </t> <w> Mack </w> </n>
      <n> <t> I Won't Send Roses (reprise) </t> <w> Mabel </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 5"> <set> Los Angeles, 1912 </set>
      <n> <t> I Wanna Make the World Laugh </t> <w> Mack and Company </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 6"> <set> On the Set </set>
      <n> <t> I Wanna Make the World Laugh (reprise) </t> <w> Mack and Company </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 7"> <set> The Orchid Room of the Hollywood Hotel, 1919 </set>
      <n> <t> Wherever He Ain't </t> <w> Mabel and the Waiters </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 8"> <set> On the Set </set>
      <n> <t> Hundreds of Girls </t> <w> Mack and the Bathing Beauties </w> </n>
    </s>

    <intermission> Intermission </intermission>
  </act>

  <act ix="Act 2">
    <s ix="Scene 9"> <set> Mack's New Office </set> </s>

    <s ix="Scene 10"> <set> Studio Early Next Morning </set>
      <n> <t> When Mabel Comes in the Room </t> <w> Company </w> </n>
      <n> <t> Hit 'em on the Head </t> <w> Mack, Kleiman, Fox, and Kops </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 11"> <set> A Pier, New York </set>
      <n> <t> Time Heals Everything </t> <w> Mabel </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 12"> <set> "Vitagraph Varieties of 1929" and the terrace of William Desmond Taylor's Home </set>
      <n> <t> Tap Your Troubles Away </t> <w> Lottie and Girls </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 13"> <set> Mack's Office--then Mabel's Home </set>
      <n> <t> I Promise You a Happy Ending </t> <w> Mack </w> </n>
    </s>

    <s ix="Scene 14"> <set> The Sennett Studio, 1938 </set>
    </s>
  </act>
</synopsis>

</show>
