The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-19
LITTLE THEATER
MOVEMENT ASTIR
Mrs. Faun Freeborn Is
Godmothering Play
Idea in Tulsa
GENESIS EXPLAINED


The Little Theater movement IS
astir In Tulsa.
Let Mrs Fmn Freeboru of the
American Association os University
Women, who are godmotherinR the
then in our midr, tell about It,
"Noting tho increasing interest in
this citv Ia the Lite Theater move
mcnt. the American Association OF
University Women has seized upon
this opportunity to try out the idea.
A. A. g. W. viii present the fjttle
Theatcr Players M the high school
auditorium Dcccmbcr I'm three one
act plays Both Tarkugtou's The
coat story Yates comedy The
Land OF Hearts Desire and sup
pressed Dcgircs,' Satirlcal comedy hy
George COuKc and susan Gaspell II
i9 hoped that the attempt VIII reveal
TO us that TULSA is ready for the
Little TheAter, ana inHt hereafter
gifted ana Interested Tuls7rR VIII
flock to lend their support 70 this
movement You never know until
you investigate Just who are among
us who knew that besides four
trained theatrical coaches We have
IN our midst the past director OF
great uuivrrSity'a Little Thrdtoy' an
actor OF 10 years big play expert
ence, ana enough trained musical
talent to produce a large opera, not
TO mention artists with remarkable
stagecraft geniusf Tusa has and
does in this as In other directions
The gcnlsls of the Little Theater
movement is sketched by Mrs. Free
born as follows;
"The Little Theater is the young
est scion of tho drama family but
~ 1. Ia "a T,tl Il at
tanned n position of national impor-
tanoe Already 1t meets so many
needs and performs 40 many sery-
ices that It is difficult 20 credit the
fact OF It's recent conception.
THE Little Thcater developed I'm
communities so remote from Board
way that they seldom if ever were
favored with professionally produced
plays Some wise mortal revolving
from amateur thcatriCals, yet de-
manding drama, dared to suggest
that the worth. while plays be played
by local talent without pay, the
actors giving their services for the
pleasure OF It, However. from the
first trained directors nave @oached
these plays and az might be expected
quite n few gifted actors have dis
covered themselves or been discov-
cred. the most notable perhaps being
Eugene o'Neii, who found himself
with the Provinctown Players. Gil
more Rrown of The Pasadena Com
munity thcater Is a gifted producer.
and several playrights OF genius
could also be added to this list.
But primarily the Little Theater has
two purposes; first, 20 give to a
community which could not other
wise have them the really worth
while plays. and, second TO fur"
nish opportunity for the enjoyment
OF the histrunic art Certainly In
these two capacities II is an un-
riValed community service,
"All unwlttingly tnis movement
has raised the standard Of amateur
dramatics everywhere Time was
when our high school presented
six Cups Of Chocolate, The Village
schoolma'rnl' or The Tail and the
Tin edifylug neither themselves nor
their audiences A. all the HGisanS
know, now they attempt IT Pays to
Advertise Clarence or Monsieur
Beaucaire' or even The Servant In
the House much TO their own honor
and the delight OF the community
The type of play and the standard OF
production Is the gitt OF the Little
Theater movement Which is the
blessing OF hundreds of Communi-
ties ali over the United States