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| Directed by Gerda Brown |
| March 28 - April 7, 1962 |
 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs was directed by Gerda Brown, the Grand Dame of Eugene Theatre, in the spring of '62. This production starred VLT regulars and many new faces.
This play, by American playwright William Inge, is about family conflicts during the early 1920s in a small town near Oklahoma City. The drama centers on Rubin Flood, who loses his salesman job. While searching for a new job, he must deal with his wife, Cora, who shuns intimacy and mistakes his joblessness for stinginess, his shy daughter who prepares for her first dance and his pre-teen son who runs to his mother instead of dealing with bullies. In addition to the themes of modernization (i.e., not enough demand for horse harness, and the impending arrival of the oil industry), Inge's characters all face one set of demons or another on their way to the play's conclusion.
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Cast List |
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Production Staff |
Rubin Flood |
Gene McIvor |
Cora Flood |
Mary Pack |
Sonny Flood |
Spencer Barton /
Curtis Danielson |
Reenie Flood |
Susan Pack |
Flirt Conroy |
Penny Fischer |
Lottie Lacey |
Gerda Brown |
Morris Lacey |
George Northam |
Sammy Goldenbaum |
Ken Slayton |
Punky Givens |
Keith Johnson |
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Director |
Gerda Brown |
Assistant Directors |
Junelle Fleming |
Jean Poull |
Stage Manager |
Carole Wexler |
Set Design |
Ken Poull |
Set Construction |
Ken Poull
Eyler Brown
George Herbert
Virgil Parker
C. John Anderson
René Pons
Irene Pons
Arthur Pullen
Lois Newman
Madeline Christenson
Evelyn Caniparoli
June McGlyns
Ina Puustinen |
Light Crew |
Ken Griffith
Robert Harland
Fred Himsworth |
Sound Crew |
Roger Houglum |
Costumers |
Ruth Fischer
Julia Hebert |
Makeup |
Helen Jones |
Properties |
Gene Herlocker
Sylvia Cuthbert |
Publicity and Programs |
Jean Poull
Lou Weinrich
Gene Herlocker
Jackie McClure
Sally Thoenig |
House Manager |
Fred Himsworth |
Box Office Manager |
Dorothy Scott |
Hospitality |
Betty Jones |
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