dᵻɹˈɛktɚ dʒˈeɪ. dˈɑːnəld bˈætʃəlɚ, fˈækəlti ɐdvˈaɪzɚ tə ðə stˈuːdənt dɹˈɑːmə klˈʌb mˈæsk ænd dˈæɡɚ, wʌz ɪmpɹˈɛst ænd ɡˈeɪv hˌɪm ðə ɹˈoʊl ʌv blˈʌntʃli, ɐn ˈæntaɪɹoʊmˈæntɪk swˈɪs sˈoʊldʒɚ.
Director J. Donald Batcheller, faculty advisor to the student drama club (Mask and Dagger), was impressed and gave him the role of Bluntschli, an anti-romantic Swiss soldier.