The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-31
Tournament
To Be Held
At Church
First Annual Religious
Drama Meet Is
Announced.

IL IN rt1GAo III IIl6 1ISb dIlIudI re
~ ligious Drama tournament, to
be fostered by the Sutherland Play
ers on the week end of Nov.
and g, at the Sutherland Presby-
terrain church, Twenty eighth and
Bellefontaine streets, will be &C.
cepted up to and including Oct. IS,
! it is announced by Virginia Bracket
Green, chairman of the tournament
and scenic and costume director of
the players.
Considerable interest has already
been manifested in the preliminary
announcements of the tournament,
which were issued last week to all
local dramatic, church conferred
groups. Preliminary entries have
already been made by the IIVington
Mummers of the Irvington Presby-
terrain church; the Capital Players
of the Capitol Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church; First Baptist
church; Traub Memorial church;
West Washington Presbyterian
church, and Calvary United Breth-
rem church.
The initial nine or ten entries will
comprise the tournament schedule,
for only three plays of not more
than forty-f1ve minutes playing
length can be presented at one per-
Torrance. If the plays entered do
not last this specified number OF
minutes, more plays can be pro-
duced in the tournament. Positions
for the Friday night, Saturday after
noon and Saturday night perform
ance will be drawn by the commit
tee and announced later.
All three sessions of the tourna-
ment will be open to the public. Sew
eral judges, well-qualifled and COM
petent in the grading of play pro-
duction, will be announced later, and
will view and grade the plays and
players independently of each other
Awards to be offered by the
Sutherland Players who, of course.
are not competing in the tourna-
ment, will be presented at the close
of the Saturday night performance.
The production, receiving the high
est number of grade points, will re-
ceive a suitable trophy and cash
prize Of $25. AS second prize,
$500 in cash will be awarded.
The prize-Winning play will be
presented at the Sunday evening
service of the Sutherland Presby-
terrain church, on Sunday, Nov. 10.
In sponsoring this first annual re-
ligious drama tournament, the
Sutherland Players are recognizing
the recent trend of church-centered
dramatics, and are providing q me-
dunn for all such groups in the city
to exchange ideas, relating to re-
ligiouS drama production, and in
utilizing limited facilities therefor.
The last several years have seen the
attention of the public focused upon
the value of religious dramatics as a
regular activity in the program of
the church and throughout the state,
many producing groups hav-
ing been organized right in the
church.
The Sutherland Players have
played four successful seasons, each
including six secular plays and one
outstanding dramatic revival. Their
fifth consecutive season will be
opened the last of September with
A. E. Thomas "Just Suppose" and
also in September revival of 1.-THE
Prodigal Son" will be presented.
The tournament committee, head
ed by Mrs. Green as chairman, an
ncunces that competing groups in
the tournament may use as scenic
equipment only the neutral-toned
draperies, provided by the players,
and that the electrical equipment
of the players will be available to
the participating groups also. The
minimum of properties are to be
used and are to be furnished by the
visiting players, as well as any in
oidental music needed. The director
and stage director of each group
must arrange with Mrs. Green as
soon as possible concerning the nee
essary properties and the handling
thereof.