The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-16
LOCAL ACTORS
WILL PRESENT
THREE PLAYS
Ihe Dramatic Arts Club of Co.
lumbia Will Give an En-
tertainment on
Wednesday.
TICKETS ON SALE SOON
Yearly Public Program Is Plan
ned-Students Are Not
Eligible for Mem
berskip.

The Dramatic Arts Club of Columbia
which will present two one-act plavs in
The University Auditorium next Wedres.
Gay evening. has a three-fold purpose for
ITS organization; the stimulation Of in
terest in dramatic art: bringing 10 Co.
iumbia amateur and professional compan-
les OF merit; and the production Of PLAYS
formally and informally by local people.
The membership of the club includes fac
ulties Of colleges and the University and
residents Of Columbia who are moi stu
dents. Student organizations in the col.
leges and the University cooperate but
do. NOT duplicate membership.
AT present the officers Of the club are
as follows: President, ]. E. Wrench:
vice-presideni, Mrs. E. R. Clark; libra
rian. F. VI. .Tisdel; secre'arv-ireas1re-.
L r. Clark; council. II. {. Bill. r. N.
Dewey, Miss Mama [. Forbes. Mrs. A.
Ross Hill, Mrs. ]. Z. Thornton and Miss
Harriet J. Trappe.
The club aims to give one local Der.
formance by an oui-of-town COMPANY
each term. Extra public performances
not included in this regular yearly pro-
gram will be given whenever the oppor,
tunity presents itself. H1wcve-. these
are not included in the price Of ibe sea.
son tickets, which is s. a year OF 30
Term. giving the holder a reserved seat
TO all public performances and a refund
in case Of omission Of any scheduled plav.
The price of single tickets is 81 for re-
served seats and so cents for general ad.
mission at local public performances. and
sl.S0 for reserved seas and rs cents 70.
general seats at outside public perform
ances.
In addition TO these public perform.
anees, there will also be several private
performances open to members only.
which will be given under the auspices
Of other groups At leas. two such per
formances are now being arranged. Al.
tendance 10 them will be limited to Cub
members and members Of the grOsp CIV
ing the performance
Season. tickets for the performances
are on sale Saturday morning at $50 at
the Missouri Store. Ninth street and Con.
ley avenue. and al the Allen Music Sore
9l2 Broadway. Individual reserved seats
for The Bank Account and The Flor.
ist Shop. the two plays to be given next
Wednesday viii be on sale Monday morn. 4
ing at $3.50 at the same stores.
The two PLAYS 10 be presented ,om5r
low evening by the Dramatic Arfs Clvb /
are The Florist Shop" bv -Winifred /
Aawkbridge ana The Bank Account by 4
Howard Brock. The central figure Of (
The Florist Shop" is Maude, the florists
sood-looking bookkeepcr. She knows how
TO capitalize sentimeui. Her voice -drips
with sympathy and draws trade 10 The 4
smazement and delight Of the Jewish pro.
prieior. Incidentally Maude brings 10 a
climax a beloted marriage. The Bank |
Account works up pathetic situation /
evet the fifteen years savings Of a strug. /
fling bookkeeper
{ The outcome Is domestic nisunder. !
stshd;ns and tragedy. Both plsys are
rs proouet ci ne harvard ~ Workshop, \
a trzll experimental thester connected 4
With the dramatic work Of Harvard and /
Radcliffe They show the characteristics 4
q The Little Iheaier movement, espec. H
ii,ly Is !. has. been developed in connec.
tc- vt.h he p-ay.w-;t;sg co--.s of Her.
ya-d Eriver,;,y, s,.6s t,-ous by p.of.
Ceosgs ?. Rske... Sc=e ot The ra.t 81 =.
nihesa, modern American plays have
been written by playwrishis trained by
Professor Baker
The committees OF the club are: STAGE
]. E Wrench assisted b. Pat
tersOn Balm. H. Ii. Charlton. F. Dunlap.
Scenery: II. 5. BID, H. F. Major.
Costumes: M-s. Guy L Noyes Ms.
ees-Ss -n--vcc. NJ M-.ios.c ,e-es.