Home Contact Information Photo Galleries   • 2000-2009   • 1999   • 1998   • 1997   • 1996   • 1995   • 1994   • 1993   • 1992   • 1991   • 1990   • 1980-1989   • 1970-1979   • 1960-1969   • 1950-1959   • 1949   • 1948   1994 Curses! Foiled Again! (Another Woodlands Mellowdrama) The Forty-Seventh Year: June 3 and 4, 1994 Steering Committee Chairman/Follies Producer: Bob Ibaven Steering Committee Treasurer: Ian Clark Writer/Director: Jill Benone Musical Director: Steve Hill Barbershop Quartet Coach: Jim Raycroft Choreographer: Melinda Prentiss Set Design: Bobbie Wortmann Program/Poster Art: Jim Duke And GCC Theatre Guild Technicians By Jill Benone: Almost all backstage and technical staff were now GCC student members of Theatre Guild, trained on the new equipment. They were immensely cooperative. Follies paid an honorarium of $50.00 to each, and invited them to the Cast Party: an impressive display of collegiate/community cooperation. Janice Hanada became VW principal. Computer expertise led to the demise of the paste-up parties. Mike Lichtman became "Schoolmaster Lichtman, a beloved pedagogue". The billboard girls were "Miss Glendale of 1900" and "Miss First Runner-Up of 1900". There were no credit slides. The amnesiac "Hoppy Toad" became the equally amnesiac "Aloycius Sippy" (his future wife will be "Mrs. Sippy"), while honest Councilman Goodfellow, his daughter Daisy, Dick Daring, and Trusty Steed remained, as did Miss Esmeralda Tree (and the lye fat gag). Boss Plaid, was a crooked politician, aided by The Big Sting and The Killer Bees. ("Nacho Guacomole" had become politically incorrect.) The girl was still tied to the train tracks, rescued by the hero and his horse. The little schoolhouse was part of the set. A program note described the little gold [schoolhouse] charm "presented to those VW wishes to honor". The music remained the same, although "Cigarettes and Whiskey" was replaced by Achy Breaky Heart". "Les Grandes Ballets du Follies des Peres" was danced to "Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder" after "Dance of the Hours".