The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1956 July

Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1956 production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe".

Cast includes: Jospeh Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith (an Old Silver Miner), Richard Wentworth (Saloon Bartender), Walter Cassel / Clifford Harvuot (Horace Tabor), James Duffin (Jacob), Joseph Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith / James Duffin / John Miller / Edward Reams / Neil Webester (Sam / Bushy / Barney / Bill / Associates of Tabor), Frances Bible / Martha Lipton (Agusta), Leyna Gabriele / Dolores Wilson (Mrs. Elizabeth (Baby) Doe), Marilyn Winters / Patricia Kavan (Kate / Meg / Dance Hall Entertainers), Joyce Maiselesen (Samantha), Joseph Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith (a Clerk at the Clarendon Hotel), Richard Wentworth (Albert), Sylvia Anderson / Claire Jones / Cecelia Lomo / Judy Volkowitz (Sarah / Mary / Emily / Effie / Old Friends of Augusta), Eldon Breford / John Heiden / Patricia Kavan / Marilyn Winters (McCourt Family), Beatrice Krebs (Mama McCourt), Harrison Boughton / Stanley Burk , Michael Livingston / Donovan Wold (Four Washington Dandies), Joseph Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith (Father Chapelle), Richard Wentworth (Footman at the Williard Hotel), Joseph Folmer / Joseph Fried / Alan Smith (Chester A Arthur), Gayla McRae / Nita Roberts (Elizabeth / Silver Dollar / Children of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor), Joseph Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith (A Leadville Dignitary), Lawrence Davidson / Norman Treigle (Williams Jennings Bryan), Joseph Folmer / Howard Fried / Alan Smith (Stage Doorman of the Tabor Grand theater), Richard Wentworth (A Denver Politician), Chrous (Dance Hall Girls / Guests at the Clarendon / Baby Doe's Family / Foreign diplomats at the wedding / Miners and Miners wives); Sylvia Anderson / Beverly Evans / Patricia Kavan / Cecelia Lomo / Mary Lou Randall / Judy Volkowitz / Dee Ward / Marilyn Winters (soprano), Lillian Armijo / Claire Jones / Anne Thorgrimsen (contralto), Harrison Boughton / E.J. Breford / John Miller / Edward / Larry Tuveson / Donovan Wold (tenor), Stanley Burk / James Duffin / Michael Livingston / Neil Webster / John Heiden (bass).

Production staff includes: Hanya Holm (stage director), Edwin Levy (co-director), Donald Oenslager (costume / scenic / lighting design), Emerson Buckley (conductor), Roger Dexter Fee (chorus master), Klaus Holm (scenic / assistant to Mr. Oenslager), Patton Campbell (costume / assistant to Mr. Oenslager), Robert Ackart (stage manager), Ellen Terry (assistant stage manager), Ann Shaw (costume mistress), Michael Arshansky / Herbert Fyler (Hairdresser / make up artists), Tony Calvi (master electrician), Tommy Seymour (master carpenter), Frank Gates (master of properties)