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DRAMATICS STAFFjOH N Sot I RRSjEA N COLLETTEDramatists Present Three Light Comedies•A.S. U. I. dramatists were on their toes this year,presenting three popular light comedies, underthe direction of John F. Sollers and Miss JeanCollette."No Mother to Guide Her," by Lillian Mortimer,played a two-night run early in November,plus a performance for Navy men. DirectorSollers put his "dramatis personae" through arugged training period to turn out one of thegayest a nd purposely "corny" productions everstaged at Idaho.Marian Wilson, Marcia Kimble, and DrexelBrown headed the female cast, and KennethLemon, Edward Dalva, Ralph Joslyn, andBates Murphy topped the male cast of this''I'm going to marry your daughter or else- "production.Other cast members were Betty Detweiler,Meredyth Bowler, Pete Kalamarides, ]. T.Peterson, Guy Wilson, and Ed Ghormley.Assisting Director Sollers were Gene Roth,Beverly Bistline, and Ellen Cox.Came the Christmas snows and the dramaticsdepartment brought its second smash hit of theseason, "Green G row the Lilacs," by LynnRiggs. Under the direction of Miss Collette,this frontier story unfolded before a fascinatedaudience in mid-December.Leading roles were played by Gene Roth,Jean Rosebaugh, Margaret Bacon, Evan La­Follette, Patricia Pugh, Jack Muller, WintonWood, and Delmar Bodker. Beverly Bistline,Bob Leeper, Jerry Riddle, and Weldon Coleassisted the director.High lights of the production were squaredances and the 23-man cowboy chorus.It was early April when the dramatists played"Ring Around Elizabeth," by Chari Armstrong.This was the first production in which DirectorCollette used a double cast. With each performancesome characters were replaced by doubles.Meredyth Bowler played the leading role ofE lizabeth, who suffered a severe attack ofamnesia, knocking twenty years off her memoryand allowing her to beat her own daughtersto their men.Other performers included Elaine And.erson,Mary Brown, E lizabeth Benny, Virginia Barrows,Mary Kay Drumheller, Jean Rosebaugh,Jacqueline Morefield, Ann Norman, DrexelBrown, Jim Watson, Joane Hunter, Dick Ryan,]. T. Peterson, Don Bullock, and Guy Wilson.122