The King and I
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on “Anna and the King of Siam”
by Margaret Landon
Performed
April 13-16, 1966
at
The State College Senior High School Auditorium
Production Staff
| Director | Robert Bays, Jr. |
| Production Manager | Robert H. Breon, Jr. |
| Music Director | Marion Reed |
| Choreographer | Patricia Salema Bays |
| Set Design | Jeffrey Moss |
| Technical Director | John Prettyman |
| Costume Supervisor | Sandra Klein |
| Costumes | Barbara Marder Florence Rowlands Susie Hess Myrtle Williams Dorothy Dix Betti Henry Elanor Wettstone Lillian Beward Inez Tesi Caroline Inman Mary Higashida Lillis Berry Betty Meserole |
| Properties Manager | Adele Haugh Joanne Orr |
| Properties | Marti Lindsay Bill Shoemaker Michelle Orlando Janette LeFrancois Dotty Dunkel |
| Makeup Manager | Sylvia Strause |
| Makeup | Colene Johnson Marilyn Adams Peg French Pat Johnston Ellen Breon Frances Lanser Nancy Saulsbury Jane Barnes Teri Williams Regina DiInaldo Debbie Roose Maxine Hartswick Ann Lykens Ann Yerg Beth Gordon Gretl Yeager Sally Brewer Dick Porter Linda Trotter Linda Smutzer Dottie Krecker Missy Williams |
| Lights Manager | Bob Harris |
| Lights | Ben Marsh Nick Bubash Rick Wood John McComb |
| Set Construction | Ellen Gorlow Richard Gorlow Michelle Orlando Kathy Seyda Pat Johnston Robert Schaeffer Ed Strause Jean Cameron Lani Beck Robert Kendig Marti Lindsay W. Alec Rose D. Franklin Cox Pam Klaban Phebe Fritz |
| Publicity Manager | Bill Ackerman |
| Publicity | Judy Rife Nick Carter |
| Poster Design | Jeffrey Moss |
| Program Editor | Mary S. Neilly |
| Tickets and Box Office Manager | Cynthia Campbell |
| Tickets and Box Office | Pat Wilson Mary Neilly Virge Neilly Pat Vaughn Betty Houser |
| House Manager | Cynthia Campbell |
| House | Becky Gamble Debbie Rider Susan Sturken Connie Fraenkel Dotty Blazosky Karen Shaw Sally McClusick Debbie Noyes Mike Morse Steve Simkins Betsy Suhey Kathy Suhey Dotty Dunkel Gretchen Ludwig Sally McNichols Joanne Droege Pam Klaban |
About the Show
The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951 with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brenner in the leading roles, received high praise from the critics, and ran for 3 years. Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times described it as “an original and beautiful excursion into the rich splendors of the Far East done with impeccable taste by two artists and brought to life with a warm romantic score.” John Chapman of the Daily News called it “a boldly and handsomely different kind of musical play.” The story of a Victorian English lady who goes to Siam to serve as tutor to the King’s numerous progeny was first told in the book, Anna and the King of Siam, by Margaret Landon, published in 1944. In 1946 the book was made into movie with the same title and starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison. The movie version of The King and I was made in 1956 and starred Deborah Kerr and Yul Brenner.
The Cast
| Captain Orton | Adrian Lanser |
| Louis Leonowens | Douglas Specht |
| Anna Loenowens | Kay Gamble |
| Palace Guards | Dick Craig Bill Cloninger |
| The Interpreter | Bob VanderMeer |
| The Kralahome | Maurice Henry |
| The King | Richard Wentz |
| Lun Tha | Jeffrey Moss |
| Tuptim | Louise Williams |
| Lady Thiang | Pat Pemberton |
| Prince Chululongkorn | Raul Zimmerman |
| Sir Edward Ramsay | Richard Wieand |
| Uncle Thomas | LaRee Carriker |
| Little Eva | Jackie Hoover |
| Topsy | Nancy Gorlow |
| Eliza | Lynn Hoey |
| Simon of Legree | Jane Holtzer |
| Angel-George | Kathy Klein |
| Dogs | Rise Deutch Peggy Schaefer |
| Buddha | Bob VanderMeer |
| Royal Princes and Princesses | Pené Shoemaker Seldon Smith Karen Higashida Patti Brunner Eric Helleberg Alice Bubash Eileen Beward Tom Sulkowski Katie Lanser Leanne Czekaj Cindy Bressler Elizabeth Dance Dianne Roulston Karen Dawson Kim Dance Cindy Carriker Angie Intorre Ann Cox Howard Triebold Laurie Wettstone Douglas Myers Steve Myers Zev Trachtenberg Dick Kozak Jim Howell Laurie Williams Karen Cole Meredith Helleberg Patrick Morse Mary Elizabeth Lanser Jim Reber Barbara Breon |
| Royal Wives | Debbie Gamble Patty Kneebone Laurie Friedman Susi Lupton Luanne Russell Marge Morse Marti Lindsay Janet Hargleroad Elizabeth Specht Phyllis Shearer Phebe Fritz Jane Bower |
| Royal Dancers | Cori Smith Amy Lehman Ellen Gorlow Ann Risheberger Carolyn Gebhard Roxanne Williamson Dianne Truscott |
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