The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
Central Plans q Dramatic
Performance In Open Air

Terra flrnYa viii bc the stage. the
trees and the grass the stage proper
Ties and the sky the limit in so far
as the seating capacity is concerned
Whcn the members OF the dramatic
art department Of Central high
school climax their years work with
Shakespearean play IN Central
park TINS spring. Although definite
plans have not as yet been made.
the giving OF an out -of-door pcr-
tormanCc OF some ono Of shake
speare,s plays. preferably MidsunS
Iner Nights Dream, Is assured. the
TACT that students at the University
OF Tulsa are making similar plans
Tor similar performance have
made II necessary that thnse IN
charge at Central mako sure that
there ~ no conflict of either dates
or performance
Tho year just past has beCn one
OF the busiest and most successfui
that the department has ever had
Miss Isabel Roman said the other
DAY IN discussing plans for this
spring. Indeed, IL is not at all time
ly TO be giving a resume of the
years work as vet. because the
spring program Is most ambitious.
ana includes full schedule. The
outdoor performance will be the
iirst OF it's Kind outside OF pascants,
ana Will probably be given early i'm
May, April has boen set Tor the
performance Of she Stoops To Con-
puer;' April 1G is the tentative date
Tor THE Fortune Hunter" aud
there VIII be two short plays given
after school hours before tho rnd OF
The semester, Miss Roman stated.
The Little Princess" will probably
be one Of these. although this has
not been definitely decided. The
annual senior play will be given
the Thursday and Friday Of tho last
week before commencement: noith-
or the play nor the members of the
cast have been selected as yet.
Method of Choosing Cast.
One OF the most interesting things
about the dramatic art department
is the method Of selecting characters
for casts: Miss Romans plan has n
two-fold value In that it stimulates
interest by it's competitive and in
tonsive Character and gives every
person in the class an equal oppor-
tunity for studying the play When
"a performance is to be given. every
member of the class studies "A role,
members OF tho cast are not chosen
until perhaps n fortnight before the
date set for tho performance, and
then the choice ~ made by anNacad-
emizod application Of the old but
eternally good theory OF the sur
viyal OF the fittest. Pupils giving,
the best reading are assigned the
parts. Thus every one is given an
equal chance and no preconceived
idea of the ability OF any one pupil
can influence tho decision made
solely on the basis Of demonstrated
ability.
Far from confining Itself to any
one class Of play. it has been tho
aim OF the department I'm its work
20 give the pupils an opportunity TO
study the best examples of various
types of plays: for instance, the re-
ligious, the standard. the classic. the
comedy, the modern, the historical
play have all been exemplificd in
the work done this past year by the
department. The theator, Miss Ro-
nan pointed out In discussing her
work, IL being recognized more and
more as an institution: this chang
ing attitude OF the layman is being
brought about by the simplicity. the
naturalness and the right idealism