Word: colker
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...riche junkyard magnate, comes to Washington to "buy himself a senator," bringing in tow his empty-headed mistress, an ex-showgirl named Billie Dawn (Sarah McClusky). Deciding that Billie needs a little polishing up in order to "fit in" with the Washington social scene, Brock hires Paul Verrall (Jerry Colker), an earnest young writer for The New Republic, to be her tutor...
...supporting roles are generally well-handled--with one glaring exception. The character of Paul Verrall, as written, is fairly unappealing--self-righteous and stuffy--but Jerry Colker succeeds in making him unbearably obnoxious. His face is frozen into an expression of supreme smugness, broken occasionally by a smile of self-satisfaction. He delivers his lines stiffly and in such patronizing tones that one wonders why Billie doesn't slap him instead of kissing him--or at least exclaim, as Brock does at one point, "Don't give me them Harvard College expressions on your face...
...pyrotechnical display that Bill insists be seen by the whole group. His insistence, coupled with the desires of Pat and Pam Stone's Jill to separate from the group, provide the degree of conflict necessary for the rest of the play's actions. Meanwhile, on the periphery, Jerry Colker beachcombs his way through the role of Frank, who joins Pat's and Jill's dissension, which leads to the destruction of the five's opening cameraderie...
Freshman Jerry Colker, who recently paid his own way to the Ivy gymnastics championships at Dartmouth, succeeded Rizzo as coach. But he is faced with the same financial problems as his predecessor...
...Colker said Dorsey took the money but told Colker and Lily that he would have to talk to the four other coaches. Dorsey and the coaches from Lowell Tech and the University of New Hampshire opposed Colker's participation while Lily and Kenyon Jones, the Dartmouth coach abstained, Dorsey said...