FD-340 receipt for Cricket Theatre play program 'The D.B. Cooper Project' from Minneapolis (164-81-1A 679) with the program

Document date 23 April 1979

Part 87pages 54–585 pagesDB Cooper-38402–38406

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 87 pp. 54–58 (DB Cooper-38402–38406), Form, dated 23 Apr 1979, serial SE 164-81-1A (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-87%3A054-058

FD-340 REV. (6-14-77)

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Field File No. 164-81-1A [circled: 679] OO and File No. ______ Date Received 4/23/79 From Minneapolis (NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR) (ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR) (CITY AND STATE) By ______ (NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)

To Be Returned [ ] Yes Receipt Given [ ] Yes [X] No [X] No

Description:

Play program "N.B. Cooper Project"

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[guess: Rel] [guess: Rels] 8/01

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DB Cooper-38402

THE D.B. COOPER PROJECT

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By John Orlock Directed by Lou Salerni

World Premiere

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THE CRICKET THEATRE

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DB Cooper-38403 164-81-1A (679)

THE CRICKET THEATRE STAFF

Producing Director ........................................ Bill Semans Artistic Director .......................................... Lou Salerni Business Manager .......................................... Marcy Dowse Audience Development Director ............................ Penny Pray Administrative Asst. ...................................... Betsy Husting Production Stage Manager .................. Kimberly Francis Kearsley Asst. Stage Manager ....................................... Norbert Een Costumer .................................................. Christopher Beesley Technical Director ........................................ Phillip Billey Master Carpenter .......................................... John Walchuk Electrician ............................................... Mark Carlson Scenic Technician ......................................... Thomas Hamilton Lighting Operator ......................................... Shelley Warren Lighting Technicians ...................................... Shelley Warren Michael Vennerstrom

House Manager .............................................. Sherry Day Farnsworth Intern - Stage Management ................................. Kurt Daw Photographer ............................................... Craig Litherland Works-In-Progress Director ..................... Sean Michael Dowse

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THE CRICKET THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President .................................................. Preston Townley Vice-President ............................................. Barbara Steinbergs Secretary .................................................. Joan Capen Treasurer .................................................. Richard Johnson

Beverly Bajus William Joyce Douglas Baker Dean Koutsky Gladys Brooks Barbara Longfellow Russell Brown Frank MacDougal Donald Bush Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Beverly Chalfen Franklin Pass Winthrop Eastman Polly Kingman Penney Gerald Erickson Paul Schultz Judy Erpelding William Smart John Fenn Michael Swirnoff John Goetz Wayne Thell Sheldon Halpern Patrick C. Wells Mark Haukohl Richard Windhorst

Accountant: Richard Thorsen Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne

Legal Counsel: John H. Stout Fredrikson, Byron, Colborn, Bisbee & Hansen

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DB Cooper-38404

THE D.B. COOPER PROJECT

(a musical fantasy based on a hijacking myth)

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Book and Music by John Orlock Directed by Lou Salerni Music Directed and Arranged by Jimmie Martin Dance Sequences Choreographed by John Command Set Designed by Thom Roberts Costumes Designed by Christopher Beesley Lighting Designed by Phillip Billey Properties Designed by Bob Davis

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The Cast

Aaron Tarkus ............................................. Don Amendolia Benjamin Winwyte .......................................... Fred Thompson Betty Tarkus .............................................. Jane Murray George Lietzel ............................................ Clive Rosengren Naomi Cottages ............................................ Camille Gifford Luke Tarkus ............................................... Clive Rosengren Margaret (Mardi) Cottages ................................. Dolores Noah

There will be one intermission

Time and Place: South 4th Street, Camden, New [guess: Jersey] 1971 ... and other times and places

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Musicians Piano ...................................................... Jimmie Martin Drums ...................................................... Scott Simpson Auxiliary Keyboards ....................................... Joannie Simpson Harp ....................................................... Jeanne Ekholm

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Songs

Act I Act II

Ben's Song .................. Ben You Got to Get it Where You Can ..... Sunday Football ... Ben, Aaron, George Naomi, Ben, Aaron Flying Down to Havana ...... Company Guaranteed ............... Ben, Aaron Betty's Waltz ................. Betty This is My Sister ........ Mardi, Naomi The Father Song ......... Aaron, Luke The Quiet Noise ................. Mardi Aaron's Song .................. Aaron The Last Song ..... Mardi, Aaron, Luke

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A production of THE D.B. COOPER PROJECT was part of The Cricket Theatre's Works-In-Progress Series 1977-78.

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The Playwright

The former Producing Director of Boston's Calliope Theatre, John Orlock came to Minneapolis in 1975 after two years on the faculty of the Department of Theatre and Film at Pennsylvania State University, where he was a member of their professional acting program. Currently, he teaches acting at the College of St. Thomas as well as at The Theatre Studio in Minneapolis. He is also a working Resident Playwright with the Playwrights Lab, and in that capacity has conducted a number of writing workshops both locally and at colleges throughout the country. Mr. Orlock's work as a playwright has been published by Baker's Plays, with productions Off-Off-Broadway and at major regional theatres. INDULGENCES IN THE LOUISVILLE HAREM, which received its Area Premiere at the Cricket Theatre last season, will be produced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer. His play about baton twirling, THE FLEECE, toured throughout England in spring of last year. THE D.B. COOPER PROJECT is his first musical. In August, 1979, Mr. Orlock will assume his duties as the new Literary Manager for The Cricket Theatre.

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Smoking permitted in the lobby only. No food, drink or cameras are permitted in the theatre. Latecomers will be seated in their appropriate seats only at scene breaks at the discretion of the management.

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DB Cooper-38405

The Cast

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DON AMENDOLIA (Aaron) is making his third appearance at The Cricket Theatre having previously been seen as He in AND WHERE SHE STOPS NOBODY KNOWS and as Harry in A TRIBUTE TO LILI LAMONT. He has appeared as a guest artist at Actors Theatre of St. Paul and has performed often at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre where he has played Ben in THE SUNSHINE BOYS, Camille in A FLEA IN HER EAR, Sancho in MAN OF LA MANCHA and has just concluded a seven month run as George in SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR with Jane Murray. At The Guthrie Theatre Mr. Amendolia portrayed Ernest in DESIGN FOR LIVING and Mr. Fezziwig in A CHRISTMAS CAROL. In addition to acting Mr. Amendolia is a former Associate Producer for N.E.T. Television and Casting Director of A.T. & T. Films. He was also the Road Manager for Joey Heatherton and the Off-Broadway Treasurer for the production of EL GRANDE DE COCA COLA.

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CAMILLE GIFFORD (Naomi) returns to The Cricket Theatre from Los Angeles where she lives with her novelist husband, Thomas Gifford. Other Cricket performances include roles in AND WHERE SHE STOPS NOBODY KNOWS, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, 6 RMS RIV VU, PROMENADE, THE SHADOW BOX and RED ROVER, RED ROVER. Most recently she was seen as Margaret in The Cricket Theatre's production of MOURNING PICTURES and in a staging of THE CHERRY ORCHARD in Los Angeles. In a departure from acting, Ms. Gifford this season directed productions of THE MANDRAKE and ANDROCLES AND THE LION for Actors Theatre of St. Paul.

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JANE MURRAY (Betty) is making her first performance at The Cricket Theatre. Locally, she has been featured at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre as Amy in COMPANY, Sharon in FINIAN'S RAINBOW, and has just completed a year's run in SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR. During The Guthrie Theater's 1976-77 season, she portrayed Mrs. Molloy in THE MATCHMAKER, Mae in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and Nurse Sweet in THE NATIONAL HEALTH. At Guthrie 2 she played Rona in KENNEDY'S CHILDREN. Originally from Los Angeles, Ms. Murray has just finished work on her first screen appearance in which she narrated a sequence for her father's soon-to-be-released film KEN MURRAY—SHOOTING STARS.

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DOLORES NOAH (Mardi) has previously been seen at The Cricket Theatre as the Servant in PROMENADE and as the Singer in this season's production of MOURNING PICTURES. Other acting credits include major roles in GUYS AND DOLLS, OH! COWARD and COMPANY at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Ms. Noah has also appeared with the Detroit Grand Opera Association where she sang lead roles in Kurt Weill's DER JASAGER and Donizetti's IL COMPANELLA.

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CLIVE ROSENGREN (George/Luke) has become a familiar face on The Cricket Stage having previously appeared in twelve Cricket productions. Among the roles he has played are Sgt. Cokes in STREAMERS, Joe in THE SHADOW BOX, L.D. Alexander in THE LAST MEETING OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE MAGNOLIA, and Harry Bales in THE SEA HORSE. This season he portrayed the King in SORT OF A LOVE SONG and Teddy in A BREEZE FROM THE GULF. In addition to his work at The Cricket, Mr. Rosengren has acted with The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Michigan's Meadow Brook Theatre, The Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Seattle's Cirque Dinner Theatre. Locally, Mr. Rosengren has appeared at Actors Theatre of St. Paul and Mixed Blood Theatre where he played Willy Loman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN. He was most recently seen i.: Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's production of LOOT in the role of Truscott.

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DB Cooper-38406

Serials: SE 164-81-1A