Produced by Nat Karson
Directed by Mary Hunter
Choral and Musical Director—Hugh Ross
Associate Conductor—Gerard Samuel
Choreographers-Katherine Litz, Paul Godkin, Hanya Holm
Pianists—John Lesko, Jr. and Mordecai Sheinkman
Production devised, designed and lighted by Nat Karson

SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS

Choreography by Katherine Litz

CAST

The Parson Richard Harvey

Susanna (The Dancer) Katherine Litz

Susanna (The Singer) Sheila Vogelle

The Cedar From Lebanon Sharry Traver

The Little Juniper Tree Ellen R. Albertini

The Handmaidens Margaret Cuddy, Barbara Downie

The Elder (Moe) Frank Seabolt

The Elder (Joe) Robert Trout

The Angel James R. Nygren

The Ladies and Gentlemen of The Congregation The Singing Ensemble

The Scene: A revival meeting. The Parson takes his sermon from the story of Susanna and The Elders as found in the Apocrypha.

WILLIE THE WEEPER

Choreography by Paul Godkin

CAST

Singing Willie Robert Lenn

Dancing Willie Paul Godkin

Cocaine Lil Sono Osato

The Singing Ensemble

Dancers:
Cecile Bergman, Nora Bristow, Mary Ann Cousins, Sandra Lipton, Iona McKenzie, Rosa Rolland, Jack Warren Konzal, James R. Nygren, William Weaver, Walter Stane, Richard Goltra, Charles Yongue.

The Scene: The Action Takes Place in Willie’s Untidy Mind.

Episode I Rich Willie

Episode II Lonely Willie

Episode Ill Famous Willie

Episode IV Baffled Willie

Episode V Super-Willie

Episode VI Self-sufficient Willie

Episode VII Lover Willie

THE ECCENTRICITIES OF DAVY CROCKETT
(as told by himself)

Choreography by Hanya Holm

CAST

Davy Crockett Ted Lawrie

Sally Ann Barbara Ashley

Indian Chief Lorin Barrett

A Backwoodsman Carl Luman

The Mermaid Betty Abbott

The Comet Olga Lunick

Brown Bear William A. Myers

Ghost Bear Robert Baird

John Oldham
Sung By William Ambler
Danced By John Castello

Ann Hutchinson
Sung By Gertrude Lockway
Danced By Sharry Traver

Nathaniel Bacon
Sung By Eddie Varrato
Danced By Frank Seabolt

Grace Sherwood
Sung By Arlouine Goodjohn
Danced By Barbara Downie

Nathaniel Turner
Sung By Arthur Friedman
Danced By Beau Cunningham

Friends and Neighbors The Singing Ensemble

Dancers

Ellen R. Albertini, Margaret Cuddy, Barbara Downie, Sharry Traver, Beau Cunningham, John Castello, Frank Sea bolt, Robert Trout, Spencer Teakie.

The People assemble to celebrate the memory of Davy Crockett. In the terms of his own tall tales they recall his exploits; his youth, courtship, and marriage; how he built a living house in the wilderness; how he fought the Indian Wars; how he hooked a Mermaid; how he saved the world from Halley’s Comet; how he went to Congress and left it; how he died at the Alamo and became a legend.

The Singing Ensemble for Ballet Ballads

Sopranos * Arloulne Goodjohn Barbara Lewis Frances Joslyn Marian C. Covey Dea Carrol Manya Kanty
Altos Carol Nason Ethel Madsen Gertrude Lockway Jane Flynn Estelle Moss *Joan Bartels
Tenors Harold Michener * M. R. AIch Farrold Stevens Eddie Varrato Douglas Martin Kenneth Renner
Basses * Bernard Zwarg Robert Baird * David Vogel Lorin Barrett * Arthur Friedman * William Ambler
On September 22, 1954, Ballet Ballads opened at the Berlin Festwochen with Riding Hood Revisited in its world premiere as Act I followed by Susanna and the Elders and Willie the Weeper as Acts II and Ill.
Riding Hood Revisted was first performed in the United States as Act I of Ballet Ballads at the East 74th Street Theatre on January 3, 1961. Act II was Willie the Weeper and Act Ill was The Eccenticities of Davy Crockett.

RIDING HOOD REVISITED

choreography by Mavis Ray

CAST

Mrs. Nature Lisa Brummett

Clouds Alice Scott, Lorraine Roberts, Sallie Bramlette

DragonFly Dounia Rathbone

Riding Hood Veronika Miakar

Good Humor Man Gregg Nickerson

Viennese Wolf Buck Heller

Granny Dianne Nicholson

The Dancers (portraying Trees, Flowers. Animals, and Skyscrapers)

Pauline de Groot, Betty de Jong, Ellen Graff, Phyllis Lamhut, Fred Herko, Steve Paxton, Bob Powell, Jon Rager, Dounia Rathbone, Robert Helloway;

The Singers (portraying Trees, Flowers, Animals, and Skyscrapers)
Sallie Bramlette, Dianne Nichols, Lorraine Roberts, Alice Scott, Ted Bloecher, Derek de Cambra, Ted Lambrinos, Gregg Nickerson, Ed Zimmerman, Abbe Todd