Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
DRAMA GUILD LAYS
PLANS FOR SEASON
Group to Be incorporated
Soon as Preliminary to
Broadening Field.

The Community Drama Guild of
Washington will be incorporated soon as
a preliminary to the broadening of Its
activities. It was announced last night
Under the terms Of the new charter
the guild will have the following definite
purposes: To assist members of the
community who are seeking cultural
development through the drama; to
promote the use of Government-owned
buildings and grounds for educational
and recreational development of the
drama, and to obtain funds for the
carrying out of the general purposes of
the guild, provided that the associa ton
shall continue as a n-proflt-making
body.
The certificate of incorporation is to be
signed by Cuno H. Rudolph, Judge Mary
O'Toole and william s. Corby, consti-
tuting the board of trustees: members
Of the board Of governors, Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest. executive secretary;
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director of
the Once of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks, and Miss Sibyl Baker, direc-
tor of the community center depart
ment.
Program to Open November IA.
The guilds program for the coming
Winter will open with the presenta-
ton at Mckinley Auditorium Novenf-
Der IA and Is of George Kelly's satir-
ical comedy, The Torchbearers." The
production will be under direction of
Denis e. Connell. The cast virtually
has been completed and renearsals will
begin soon.
The one-act play tournament which
formed an outstanding feature of the
guilds activities last year viii be re-
peated late in January with finals at
Mckinley Auditorium February Z.
On February % and March L a nov
city is planned by the guild, probably
taking the form of classical revival.
The second annual drama conference
Is to be held the first week IN April.
with distinguished speakers taking part
in the discussions. The climax of the
conference will be the production of an
experimental type of drama.
Out-of- Doors Production.
The final event of the guilds season
Will be an out-of-doors production of
one OF the classics at the Sylvan Thea
ter June IS and 81.
Season subscription tickets NAV be
ordered at the Offices OF the Drama
Guild IN the Franklin Administration
Building, at SIS each. emitting the hold
er to two reserved seats for all 1929-3O
productions by the Drama Guild. Res
.ervations may likewise be made now
for The Torchbearers Reservations
may be made also at T. Arthur Smiths
Bureau, both for season and for single
performances.
The Community Drama Guild An
nounces the following committees:
Membership - Mrs. Fulton Lewis,
chairman; Mrs. Merit o. Chance, Cliff
lord K. Bergman, Miss Fay L. Bentley.
Mrs. Grace Hayes Riley and Mrs. Karl
Fenning.
Business-Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith,
chairman; Mrs. Frederic E. Harrington,
Miss Lillian v. Keathley, James Otis
Porter, George T. O'Dell, Ralston Lyon
and Miss Sibyl Baker.
Play recommendation j. Minor
Dorey, chairman: Mrs. Alfred Brooks,
Frederick G. Oechsner. John JAY DAILY.
Mrs. William j. Peters, Mrs. Miriam
Bangs Hilton, Will Hutchins, Lee SOM
ers. Miss Mabelle Jennings and Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith.
Community co-operation-Mr. Peter
A. Drury, Miss Aline Solomons Mrs.
Florence Keys Willard, Miss Betty Rids-
dale and Mr.. De Witt C. Croissant.
Casting committee-Maj. Philip Hayes,
chairman; Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw.
WIS. Aloci1 odBSS, mIS. 0aVlQ huSnner,
Miss Anne Ives, Rev. J. l.. Kilkenny,
Rev. Earle Wiley and Capt Ray C.
Montgomery.
Play production-William F. Baker,
chairman Miss Caroline Mckinley,
Miss Ethel T. Prince, Harold Snyder,
James E. Lamb. Robert M. Miller and
others to be announced later.
Costumes. p. s. Neigh. chairman:
Miss Mildred Merrill, Mrs Rose Cow
erneur Hoes, John D. Long and Marie
Moore Forrest.
Publicity-Bess Davis Schreiner.