Home Photo Galleries   • 2000-2009   • 1990-1999   • 1980-1989   • 1970-1979   • 1969   • 1968   • 1967   • 1966   • 1965   • 1964   • 1963   • 1962   • 1961   • 1960   • 1950-1959   • 1949   • 1948   1969 The Science Fair II The Twenty-Second Year: May 2 and 3, 1969 Producer: John Hedlund Co-Producer: Joe McClure Director: John Campbell Original Script: Walter Cash Script Revision: John Campbell, John Hedlund, Joe McClure, Joe Nixon Musical Director: Bob Adolphe Choreographer: Jacqueline Larson Set Design: Cliff Prothero and Frances DaFano Program/Poster Art: Cliff Prothero By Jill Benone: Once again, a student demonstrates the Time Machine at the Science Fair and he and Mrs. Feefack are on their way. They visit George Washington, the men rowing the boat and Benjamin Franklin. Quick move to a Damsel in Distress, Sir Lancelot, the horse (front and back are credited) and Sir Galahad. They segue to Egypt and encounter Mark Antony with Cleopatra, her slaves and guards, and move on to a caveman and cavewoman (the dinosaur has a voice in this version and sketches illustrate a fairly elaborate, articulated dinosaur was built.). Onward, backward, or sideways they go to Noah and Mrs. Noah who are having trouble with talking animals, encounter Chicken Little, a wolf, and Nero and his guards. They zip over to St. George and the dragon, and check in with Ferdinand, Isabella and Columbus. They then move on to William and Billy Tell and drop in on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (in those dresses and wigs). There is a charming and semi-serious scene with Abraham Lincoln on a Civil War battleground, complete with battle effects. As the travelers arrive back before they left, no one believes their story. The Ancient Lovelies, listed as "Fathers’ Follies Alumni" end the show with the Can-Can. The show ushers are listed by name, which I interpret as house control. Oddly, there is no "principal" character listed. There is a complete script, scenery breakdown, and light/sound fx list, along with Cliff Prothero’s set design sketches and models. This is a very good script calling for some rather sophisticated staging, easily modified.