Mountaineer Playhouse, Thousand Clowns, 1971, photo 4

This image shows the Mountaineer Playhouse performing the play "A Thousand Clowns" at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the summer of 1971. Actor Robert Ink can be seen sitting on actor Terry Greiss's shoulder, holding a banana while looking at a television set. The Mountaineer Playhouse was a community theatre company established in the summer of 1971 by Professor Ed Pilkington in the Department of Speech and Theatre. Working primarily out of Chapell Wilson Hall, built 1938, the group performed summer productions using local professional actors and student interns. This image appears in the July 1, 1971, edition of the "Watauga Democrat."

Students

Student Activities

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Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 36, Mountaineer Playhouse F2, C14.2.6.6.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1971

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Appalachian State University. Mountaineer Playhouse

Chapell Wilson Hall (1938)

Series 9 -- Performing Arts

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