Friends – 2

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LANFORD WILSON, his stepsister Judy
Wright, and MICHAEL WARREN POWELL.

Unidentified, Ms. Wright, MICHAEL, and me.

Cino-heavy early party of Circle Rep.

R. to L.: LANFORD WILSON, unidentified, and Lanford’s
constant companion, Roy London.

Above, DORIC WILSON in a social situation familiar to us all: marching among strangers made friends by shared belief. Probably 1969. Bill Duffy (later Duff-Griffin) sits with Mary Lou, Eloise, and JAYNE HARRIS, who reads the February 1968 Journal.

Dixie Gilbert and constant companion CHUCK GOLDEN, Goodman Theatre, 1958.

Playwright MARY MITCHELL and LINDA ESKENAS at La Mama during rehearsals of TOM EYEN’s Frustrata, the first “Cino at La Mama” Production, March, 1965. Photo by JAMES D. GOSSAGE.

1965: MARY BOYLAN, BOB DAHDAH, H.M. KOUTOUKAS, in the lobby at some benefit for the Caffe Cino. Photo by JAMES D. GOSSAGE.

WALTER HARRIS and lighting man Don Katz, La Mama, in one of the situations where we all socialized most often–waitingto be called to work during rehearsals (of TOM EYEN’s Miss Nefertiri). Photo: JAMES D. GOSSAGE.

GORDON and JOYCE TRETICK, Show Business critics, taking a break from making us famous.

1966: Pianist JIM LEEDS, DAVID CHRISTMAS, and BERNADETTE PETERS crown waiter NICK with a Dames at Sea tinfoil star.

1964: F. STORY TALBOT, unidentified actress, director Chuck Windsor, unidentified actor, ELIZABETH SHANKLIN, and JOE CINO shooting a commercial behind the Cino. Photo, MILTON WYATT.

Poet ESTHER TRAVERS who gave readings in her apartment next door, with JOE DAVIES.

LANFORD WILSON, Unidentified, and NEIL FLANAGAN at a performance of Incidents in the Cino, June, 1964. Neil is on a two-week break between productions of Lanford’s The Madness of Lady Bright. From the background of a photo by PETER MOORE.

LUCY SILVAY and ROB THIRKIELD, 1968.

CHARLES STANLEY, DEBORAH LEE

KENNY BURGESS and SOREN AGENOUX at 1967 Obies.

ELLEN STEWART and me, in front of La Mama, E. 4th St., NYC, 1969.