The Rainmaker

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Event The Rainmaker
Venue The Playhouse, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 1966
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression-era America, the play tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. Then confidence trickster Starbuck shows up …
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ron Barrow Actor Sheriff Thomas
Valerie Cleary Actor Lizzie Curry
Allan McDermott Actor Jim Curry
Colin McNeill Actor Noal Curry
Les Milnes Actor Bill Starbuck
Burt Nisbet Actor File
Harry Steenson Actor H.C. Curry
Merv Jarvis Director
Natalie Ellis Front of House
Marie Harbott Front of House
Pamela Pow Front of House
Ted Loftus Lighting Designer Lighting and Sound
Phillip Morrow Lighting Designer Lighting and Sound
N Richard Nash Playwright
Beverly Fraser Properties Officer
Mary Murray Properties Officer
Audrey Larsen Script Controller
Ron Barrow Set Designer
Harry Steenson Set Designer
Ted Loftus Sound Designer Lighting and Sound
Phillip Morrow Sound Designer Lighting and Sound
Gordon Elliot Stage Crew
Graham Smith Stage Manager
Peggy Ford Wardrobe Assistant
Text Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 202609