NTID Theatre History: Celebration: November 1976

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Celebration: 1976

Celebration is an avant-garde fable played on bare platforms, masks serving as the primary costumes, and a score played by a nine-piece band instead of a full-sized theater orchestra. There are four main roles (a narrator, a young woman (Angel), a young man (Orphan), and a wealthy old man (Rich)) and a chorus, the Revelers, who play various roles. "At the musical's core is the struggle between youth and old age, innocence and corruption, love and ambition, and poverty and wealth, as Angel decides if she would be better served by her feelings for Orphan or Rich's willingness to fulfill her every dream.

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Color Photos #1

Left to Right:

 Ed Kelly (Orphan)
 Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)Left: Ed Kelly (Orphan) Right: Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Front: 
Michael Lamitola (Potemkin)
Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Front:  Michael Lamitola (Potemkin) Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Right to Left:

Ed Kelly (Orphan)
Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Right to Left:  Ed Kelly (Orphan) Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

On the floor:

 Ed Kelly (Orphan) 

On the floor: Ed Kelly (Orphan)

Left to Right:

Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)
Michael Lamitola (Potemkin)
Ed Kelly (Orphan)
Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich) Michael Lamitola (Potemkin) Ed Kelly (Orphan) Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Color Photos #2

Left to Right:

 Ed Kelly (Orphan)
Michael Lamitola (Potemkin)Left to Right:   Ed Kelly (Orphan) Michael Lamitola (Potemkin)

Front: Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Front: Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Left: Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Right: Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Left: Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)  Right: Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

Michael Lamitola (Potemkin) and Cast Members Michael Lamitola (Potemkin) and Cast Members

Left to Right:

Ed Kelly (Orphan)
Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Left to Right:  Ed Kelly (Orphan) Yvonne Vuksich (Angel)

Left to Right:

Unknown actor (??)
Michael Lamitola (Potemkin)
Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)Left to Right:  Unknown actor (??) Michael Lamitola (Potemkin) Harry Woosley (Edgar Allen Rich)

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