May 1969 Operation Sidewinder published in Esquire.
DS Arnold Weinstein -black students come to Shep house.
OLan becomes pregnant.
Married on Nov. 9 at St. Mark's Church Theatre Genesis by Rev. Michael Allen. Bill Hart was best man. Patti Gaul "very sweet wedding, very Sixties, description. They were talented, hip and loved each other." Double ceremony with actors Walter Hadler and Georgia Lee Phillips.
Poland reports on tables of acid. Live on 6th Street downstairs from the room with Bill Hart.
Unseen Hand December 26, 1969 at La Mama.
Later Albert Poland, producer moves the show to Astor Place Theatre directed by Jeff Bleckner from Yale. OLan is in Srpintogasmics(?) by Wilhelm Pevyn. A breakthrough instead of cartoon characters with cliche dialogue we get the "mythical essence of familiar pop-culture figures in language flavored with his own distinctive lyricism."
Lee Kissman as Old Blue. From 20 to 30 years old, Shep creates separate vocabularies qne(?) ways of speaking for each character. See Willie's rap in relation to Tooth and Lucky in Godot.
The Holy Ghostly written as a companion piece for a college tour of Melodrama Play. O'Horgan directs with environmental theatrics with Ben Vereen in the cast.
Father son relationship
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