The murals embodied the culture, art, and history of the community. The audience files out, but some linger in hopes of meeting the actors.
Compliments fill the room.
Everyone is awed by Eugene O' Neill's play, The Emperor Jones. That was not Carnegie Hall nor the American Theater, but an unpretentious community theater in which playwrights like O'Neill launched their careers. O'Neill started his career before the Great Depression with his play Annie Christie. When the depression struck, O'Neill, along with many other playwrights, found himself out of work. This gave O'Neill a chance to preserve his theatrical skills and later produce popular plays, like Strange Interludes, and win a Noble Prize for his work.