The Solid Gold Cadillac
Presented by the Wakefield Drama Department and Thespian Troupe
at the Wakefield High School Auditorium, Arlington, Virginia
at 8 pm on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 November 1965
with the following cast:
Mrs. Partridge..........................................Patty Van Winkle
Big Ed McKeever.......................................Randy Nesseler
T. John Blessington...................................Buzz Christiansen
Clifford Snell.....................................................Roger Coles
Alfred Metcalfe...............................................Bill Newman
Warren Gillie.................................................Richard Rivera
Miss Shotgraven......................................................BJ Lilly
Mark Jenkins..................................................Alex Lindsey
Miss L'Arriere.................................................Jan Nesseler
Narrator....................................................Andrew Tenney
Miss Logan...................................................Diane Hickey
AP, UP, and INS..............................................Dan Adams, Mitch Morehead, Lee Betton
Parker, Brookfield, and Evans.................Steve Alexander, Harold Bock, Mary Ann Peden
Little Old Lady........................................Bobbie Daniels
Newsboys.........Rich Schneider, Jim Jacobs, Jeff Tillman, Bill Kaffenberger, Kevin Mannix
Solid Gold Chauffer......................................Jim Jacobs
DIRECTED BY MRS. MORA SHELL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN MANNIX
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PLOT SUMMARY: (From the 1966 Starstone Yearbook) Narrated in fairy tale form, the play involved the rise of a little old lady, aided by an industrious businessman, to the top of a multi-zillion dollar corporation. When the naive spinster, Mrs. Partridge, enters big business, the corporation dealers try to cover up their swindlings by giving her the nonexistent job of "Stockholders Relations Director". Mrs. Partridge's sincerity soon gains the confidence of many stockholders. Big Ed McKeever helps Mrs. Partridge expose the swindling corporation directors and soon the nasty old directors are fired.
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The above is a view of the actual program distributed at the performances.
From left to right: Jim Jacobs, Bill Kaffenberger, Rick Schneider as the infamous newsboys which took the place of the stage screen with newspaper headlines that the script called for.
A scene from the boardroom: left to right is Richard Rivera, Bill Newman, Roger Coles, and Patty Van Winkle.
Randy Nesseler as Big Ed McKeever directs traffic in a tense scene.
Above is an article from the Wakefield High School "Signal" newspaper about the play.
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