Play Happy Birthday

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Bay Village Historical Society

2024.17.06

2024.17.06

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Play "Happy Birthday"

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2024.17.06

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Bay Players present HAPPY BIRTHDAY **BY *ANITA LOOS 25th season p.1 Anniversary Memories... On this our Silver Anniversary, memories..."Little Old Red School House"...Whatever became of the beautiful patchwork quilt curtain?..."It looked like a stained glass window with the stage lights up full behind it." "It was made from many scraps from many of the players' sewing boxes. My husband claimed he saw one of his favorite ties in it."... Such names as Margaret Glendenning, Louise Fuerster, David Jaeger, Louise Ross, Bea Chase, Cornelia and Arthur Korney, Marie and Fred Dutton, Dave and Bonnie Zeiser, Dottie and Bill Haywood, Wilmot and Bessie Chapman, Ruth and Wells Raymond, are only a few of the many names that all players remember for the start they gave to this drama group... We now have members from Lakewood, Rocky River, Olmsted Falls... p. 3 From Our President... Arlene R. Tibbetts p. 5 Comments from the Women's Committee... p. 7 A word about our workshop... p. 9 Bay / Village / Players / Fall Production Twenty-fifth season 1952-53 First Production "Happy Birthday" A play in two acts / by / Anita Loos Under the direction of / Eugene Davis Setting and Lighting Designed by Dick Abell Rocky River High School Auditorium Friday and Saturday Evenings at 8:30 o'clock October 31 and November 1 p. 11 About the Play p. 13 Cast (in order of appearance) Doris Wagner Charline Miller J.Dutton Ashcraft Jack Robinson Isabelle Fletcher Dave Rattray Peg Payton Jayne Robinson Barbara-Ann Swearingen Jeanne Davies Jack Roeder George Earl DeMorse Mick Isabel Bricker Ann Randolph Hugh Thurnauer Helen Bennett Jack Kilgore Bob Tibbetts Gershom M.M.Barber Act I and Act II p. 15 For this production (those who assisted) 68 names listed for various jobs, some more than once. p. 17, 19, 21 Cast Chat p. 23 Our Director p. 24 Property Credits... p. 25 On Costuming the Play Numerous companies and businesses listed who supported the play. They are indexed on p. 28. SUMMARY A hit of 1947 Broadway season, Happy Birthday was produced starring Helen Hayes in a Tony Award-winning performance. Anita Loos, fondly remembered for her classic of the flapper-era, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has fashioned this comedic fantasy of the meek librarian who has a night on the town. Shy and inhibited Addie Bemis works in a Newark library and has fallen in love with an unsuspecting bank teller. On the ruse of discussing her modest savings, she braves a cocktail bar in order to meet him away from work. When she takes the first drink of her life (and quite a few more), she sings, dances and becomes the life of the party. The bar becomes an iridescent wonderland. Bottles light up, the cash register plays music, street clothes become dazzling costumes, and strangers become beloved friends. And before the night is through, Addie has vanquished a romantic rival and won her beau. Read less - HISTORY Happy Birthday was first presented on Broadway by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on October 31, 1946. It was directed by Joshua Logan and starred Helen Hayes who won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress for the role. https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/4359/happy-birthday-loos

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Mick, DeMorse

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Robinson, Jack

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Tibbetts, Bob

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Barber, Gershom M.M.

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Bennett, Helen

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Bricker, Isabel

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Davies, Jeanne

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Earl, George

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Kilgore, Jack

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Miller, Charline

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Payton, Peg

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Randolph, Ann

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Rattray, Dave

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Robinson, Jayne

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Roeder, Jack

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Swearingen, Barbara-Ann

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Wagner, Doris

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Davis, Eugene

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Ashcraft, J. Dutton

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