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University Players Present
HOTL
BALTIMORE
NOVEMBER 11,12,14
at 8:15 PM
LITTLE
THEATRE
ADMISSION FREE
Good Luck
Opening Night
The Compass
and
Modern Languages Department
SHCW
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“THE HOT L BALTIMORE”
TO BE PRESENTED AT
ECSU
“The Hot 1 Baltimore,”
Landford Wilson’s award-
winning play will open the
current drama session of the
University Players at
Elizabeth City State
University .The comedy-
drama will have a three
performance run scheduled
for November 11th,12th,and
14th,Thursd ay, Friday, and
Sunday evenings at 8pm in
theLittle Theatre,located in
the G.R.Little Library on the
ECSU campus.
Winner of the New York
Drama Critics Circle
Award,‘‘The Hot 1
Baltimore”became an ac
claimed television series in
the mid-1970s.The play,which
deals with zany and colorful
residents of a run-down
hotel,was considered “an
unbeatable winner” by the
New York Times. “A war-
m,intelligent,wonderful
evening in the theatre,”
proclaimed the Village Voice.
The ECSU production is
being directed by Shawn
Smith,an assistant professor
and head of the University’s
drama program.Smith,a
former professional actor,has
appeared on Broadway in
“Moonbirds” with Wally Cox
and in several off-Broadway
productions with such
notables as Dustin Hoff
man,Bonnie Frankli’n,and
Joan Rivers.He has taught at
North Carolina Central
University and the University
of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Several Elizabeth City
residents will be seen in
major roles.Ed Duke,head of
the French division at EC
SU,will portray the craggy
Mr.Morse.Duke is well known
to local audiences for his
acting with Albermarle
Players and the CCA
Satyrs.He was seen recently
as Major Ketchun in“The
Oldest Living Graduate.”K.C
Harney, a Northeastern High
School graduate and an ECSU
junior,will appear as
Mr.Katz,the hotel manager.
Other major roles will be
played by Editha Perkins as
the Girl,Emory R. Seipio as
Bill Lewis, Burdette Johnson
as April Green,Tannya
Hemingway as Jackie,Ricky
Lee Jones as Jamie,Nell
McCollough as Millie,Gary
Wayne Savage as Paul
Granger,Tracy Hoggard as
Suzy’s John,Michael
Nickerson as the Cab Driver,
and Richard E. Forte as the
Delivery Boy.
While the play is both funny
and sad in its portrayal of
contemporary America, the
language of the script makes
it unsuitable for children. The
settings and lights for “The
Hot 1 Baltimore” are being
designed by David Raper,
and Kenneth L. Lanier is
production stage manager.
Admission is free. For
seating information call the
University Players office at
335-3436. #
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Tannya Hemingway as
Jackie, Vera V. Patillo as
Mrs. Belotti, and Ricky Lee
Jones as Jamie, rehearse a
scene from “The Hot 1
Baltimore.”