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  • Composer, JACK FREDERICK KILPATRICK The music for Unto These Hills was written, appropriately, by a Cherokee Indian born and reared in Cherokee Country at Stillwell, Oklahoma, the great-grandson of a Cherokee who fought in the Confederate Army. At Redlands University in California, Kilpatrick first attracted attention as a music student, and soon after graduation he became staff composer for the Oklahoma State Symphony, later winning a scholarship from the National Institute of Arts and Letters for study at the McDowell Colony in Peterborough, N. H. He is now a member of the music faculty of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. This 41-year-old composer already has written more than 125 major works, including symphonies, suites, concerts, and choral music. Kilpatrick also wrote the music for The Bell and The Plow, another historical drama written by Kermit Hunter and produced in 1954 at Tucson, Arizona. His works in recent years have been performed by more than 40 symphony orchestras in all parts of the United States as well as by the Radiotjanst Symphony in Stockholm. He is married to a Cherokee and is the father of three boys, age seven, nine and twelve. The score for Unto These Hills is an arresting combination of the modern style with the strangely beautiful mood of Cherokee history. Heard in its proper setting in the brooding shadows of the Great Smokies, it recreates the tragedy, the triumph, and the nobility of the composer's ancestors who marched from the mountains to Oklahoma in 1838. Associate Director and Choreographer, FOSTER FITZ-SIMONS Endowed with talent and versatility, Fitz-Simons is that rare craftsman who can—and does—"double-in-brass" with equal ease and skill. This is his fifth season as associate director of Unto These Hills. In addition, he is choreographer and will again play the role of Major Davis. He also was choreographer during the 1952 season. A member of the faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina, his experience in the theatre includes several years as a member of the dancing company of Ted Shawn. For several seasons he was choreographer and principal dancer for The Lost Colony, thrilling audiences with his brilliant interpretation of Uppowoc, the medicine man. He is a talented actor, as well as director, and during past seasons with Unto These Hills has contributed his wealth of experience in handling certain of the crowd scenes as well as the dances. In 1950 he spent a year in New Mexico with his family, studying the great tribal and ceremonial dances of the Pueblo, Navajo, Apache and Plains Indians. He is the author of Bright Leaf, a best- selling novel that became a movie of the same name. Technical Director, DONALD TREAT The technical direction of Unto These Hills is again in the capable hands of Donald Treat who has won wide acclaim for his work with the Playmakers of the University of North Carolina. He also is playing the role of Sam Worcester. Treat took over in 1954 as technical director after being with the drama three years in the role of John Ross and as assistant technical director. He is a native of Waterbury, Connecticut, where he participated in high school dramatics. After three years at the University of Connecticut, he transferred to the University of North Carolina and joined the Playmakers. He was graduate assistant to the technical director there while working on his Master's Degree in dramatic arts. He is the recipient of the Playmakers Master Award for technical work. He served two and a half years in the Navy during World War II and as a Naval Reserve was recalled for a period of activity from April, 1951, to February, 1952. His wife, Barbara, is a dancer in Unto These Hills, and they make their home at Chapel Hill. Four
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