Junior Show - Class of 1963

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE - CLASS OF 1963 PRESENTS ONCE UPON A PARK Authors - Mary Jenness, Mary Misch Chairman of Show - Mary Kamerling Director - Mrs. Debra Koff Freedman Literary Advisor - Miss Virginia Ridley     Technical Director - Elizabeth Burton Business Manager - Constance Woodruff Stage Manager - Libby Hazen Technical Advisor - Mr. Oliver E. Allyn
Mob: The Park People Cynthia Curtis Barbara Smith Katherine Beckman Susan Brown Joan Cox Genya Currens Diane Demont Margaret Ferry Lea Fitzhugh Patricia Hunt Judith Austin Deborah Gross Miu-Hing Ho Carol Hoffman Ann Kotting Stephanie Krass Fern Mautner Elizabeth Meehen Susan Medinger Ann Newell Katherine Owre Janet Pippitt Linda Roach Carol Sheldon Anne Stephenson Joan Synnott Emily Tucker Kathleen Vreeland	CAST Louis Elaine Cox The girl Constance Congdon Harry, the bum Karen Kayser The Artist Sandra Kenyon Sam Weed Marjorie Plante The children:     Pamela Sarah Clark     Daphne Cynthia Rapp     Frederick Corneilla Flickinger     Scott Jennifer Macdonald The Nannies Sasha Anthony, Sara Panks Harriet Halphire Susan Williams The Wasting Waisters:     Sadie Penny Zweighenhaft     Zelda Rayna Rosenberg     Mabel Emily Miller Foster J. Ferguson Margaret Westgate Frances Ferguson Dianne Carneval Preston Harrington-Carter Anne Meigs Richard Cravenheart Julie Touchette Magnolia Barbara Heymann "Meery Ann" Lydia Wood Anita Hester Lindabury Miss Vea Ment, Euthusiasm Expert Anne Staplin Miss Millicent Morton, Salt Superior Elizabeth Knorr Miss Selma Savor, Flavor Manager Elaine Langen Miss Bunsen Sabrina Coffey The Four Thieves Judith Robin, Diane Willis, Lydia Wood, Lorie Yokel Mrs. Wolf Arlene Anderson The Housewives Mary-Ellen Carey, Patricia Farley	MUSIC Chairmen Lillian Kemp Elizabeth Randall Mary Bartholomew Sally Fleet Ann Kotting Ann Newell Gretta Powers Susan Schaenen Susan Williams Lyrics Jane Bruce Sabrina Coffey Nancy Donahower Susan Fickel Lea Fitzhugh Suzanne Howells Elaine Langen Susan Masland Anne Meigs Susan Medinger Pianists Lillian Kemp Susan Masland Cover Roberta Thomas
THE PLOT: Once Upon A Park is a fantasy about a not-at-all ordinary little Girl whose magical seeds produce a peculiar, but delicious fruit. The turnberry strawnips, which mysteriously spring up wherever she is, have a marked effect on the morale of the Park People, and a disastrous effect on the sales of Ferguson Frozen fudgesicles. Foster J. Ferguson, the cigar-smoking, confident executive decides not to eliminate his competition but to consolidate - to mass-produce and freeze the now-popular turnberry strawnips. But the chemist's report, which indicates that the fruit defies freezing and the Girl's refusal of his offer to buy her out send him into a rage. Furious, he sends for a tranquilizer, which, however, puts him to sleep. In a dream, he imagines himself the King of Fergusonland. The Girl, summoned to the palace, tells an amazed court that only certain people can grow them. In spite of his ominous dream, Ferguson remains undaunted. He sends four employees to the park to steal the plants so that he can subject them to scientific analysis. After vigorous effort, the thieves tear the plant from the earth, only to flee in terror when it shrivels up and dies. Meanwhile, it looks as if Ferguson might triumph in the end after all. The Girl learns that she must leave; with no one to grow the seeds, there will be no more turnberry strawnips. But to the relief of the Girl and the delight of everyone - except of course Foster J. Ferguson, the kindhearted park guard Louis discovers that he has the power to make the seeds grow. And so the strange and wonderful fruit continues to flourish in the park.