Comedy. 3 acts. By Philip Barry. Adapted from an original play by Eleanor Golden and Eloise Barrangon. 6 males, 7 females. 2 interiors. Modern costumes.
This gay, light, frothy comedy was first produced by Jed Harris at the Empire Theatre in New York where it found a ready audience. The story concerns a number of New England college girls in general and one, Alexandra--called Alex--Benson in particular, who finds it very difficult to attract young men of any description; primarily because she feels that she looks very much like a horse with a fly up its nose, which as a matter of fact, she doesn't at all. Alex sets her heart on Sam Thatcher, a Yale man who has turned against college and regimentation to set off for Russia with a free-thinking, free-living, rebellious companion oddly called "The Lippincott," who knows everything about women except how to get along without them. When Alex can't seem to get very far with the courtship by herself, her girl friends decide to take the matter into their own hands to secure Sam for the sad and bewildered Alex. They conspire to make Sam jealous as well as interested in things other than communism, Russia, and candid cameras, and to raise Alex to the rank of belle of the ball. Sam, a sad funny figure the world over, finally capitulates under the ministrations of the many females, and he and Alex elope to the great delight of Alex's gang.
"_Spring Dance_ is a bright and amusing comedy, splendidly adapted, in cast, subject matter, and its collegiate background to students of high school and college."--American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
"I recommend _Spring Dance_ to any theatre that is still selling entertainment."--H. Miles Heberer, Director, The Manhattan Theatre, Kansas State College.
"Its youthful spirit and gay wit made it more than just good entertainment. Other Little Theatres will doubtless find, as we did, that the casting will give them a chance to capitalize on the natural popularity of young and enthusiastic actors."--Gordon Giffen, Director, Little Theatre of Duluth.
_Spring Dance_, when offered by colleges, high schools, or Little Theatres, draws extremely enthusiastic audiences.
Comedy. 3 acts. By Theodore Packard. 4 males, 3 females. Interior. Modern costumes.