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Playwright

Oscar Hammerstein II

Performance Dates

May 9-11, 1968

Creative Team

Musical Director - Anthony Ginter

General Director - Charles Dodrill

Choreographer - Joanne VanSant

Choral Directors - Lyle Barkhymer & Glenn Daugherty

Costume Designer - Petie Dodrill

Designer-Technical Director - Fred Thayer

Synopsis

The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs. He attempts a robbery to provide for Julie and their unborn child; after it goes wrong, he is given a chance to make things right. A secondary plot line deals with millworker Carrie Pipperidge and her romance with ambitious fisherman Enoch Snow. The show includes the well-known songs "If I Loved You", "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Disciplines

Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Keywords

College Theater, Otterbein University Theater, Drama, Musical Theatre

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