Alas, as seems to be my custom, I have no actual photographs of this production. these frame grabs from the very short video-taped excerpts are all I can offer as proof of this very creatively staged classic:
Working outdoors posed challanges. Some nights were still and quiet. the chirping of the crickets seemed to add an ambiance to the play...On other nights, the wind would channel down the hill and blow straight past us and down to the lake behind. On those evenings, Nothing we actors said traveled very far in front of us...in the direction of the audience! Very Challenging Theatre!!
LISSA ROGERS as Mirandolina, with DICK HARRIS, JAMES MAYNARD, JOHN MURPHY...
and...PETE TAMEZ, seen below. LISSA & PETE had starred together in THE BILLY CLUB PUPPETS five years earlier on this same stage. DICK HARRIS would perform with THE HIP POCKET for another 30 years until his passing.
Working with DICK was always interesting. I remember that JOHN MURPHY and I really rehearsed our parts to make a maximum effect on the audience...but we both paled next to the natural effort of Mr. Harris...he stole the show, and not for the first or last time.
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