Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian University, 1982 Page: 42
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'The Rainmaker'
Ted Starnes directs"The Rainmaker," the first Dinner
Theatre production of the year, featured
the directing abilities of Ted Starnes,
associate professor of drama. Starnes, who
first joined the ACU faculty in 1970,
returned in 1979, after serving for three
years as director of theater at Pepperdine
University in Malibu, Calif.
The romantic comedy by N. Richard
Nash, set in the late 1920s in a droughtridden
Midwestern state, centered on the
Rainmaker's visit to the Curry family
farm. Starbuck, the rainmaker and traveling shyster who came to town, was played the stage was well-set for romance and
by Kevin Weems, a senior drama major comedy. Starbuck, dressed entirely in
from Temple. black, entered the Curry home and promThe
story began with the return home of ised to send rain within 24 hours. Although
the Curry daughter, Lizzie, played by Lizzie and the family were unwilling to
Donna Hester, a part-time post-graduate trust him at first, he eventually gained Lizstudent
from Abilene. A summer-long zie's love and the respect of her father and
drought plagued Lizzie's father's and brothers.
brothers' ranch, while a drought of love But as the 24-hour period ended, with no
left shy, plain Lizzie unmarried and on her rain in sight, a defeated Starbuck prepared
way to becoming an old maid, much to the to leave the family and Lizzie. And as the
dismay of her brothers, Jimmy and Noah. Rainmaker left the ranch, the thunder
But when the Rainmaker came to town, rumbled and the rain began to fall.42 - Dinner Theatre
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