The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-13


how deeply she has been hurt
Marcia, who is interested IN anna
,.ur dramaties. goes TO the try
our, of the Stageersft Guild to
try for q part in the new play.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER ii
The Stagecraft Guilds casting
committee awaited the ambitious
talent of the village in the BoooS
Neck community auditorium. A
few early seekers of roles were
seated. in various conditions OF
nervousness. through the auditor
ium itself, while the seven mem
hers OF the committee had with
drawn TO a private room TO pass
the time until S:l5 o'clock, when
tryouts were 20 begin.
One committee had chosen the
play: the casting committee woH!G
people il: another committee hao
the task Of selecting, also from
the membership, an amateur dl-
rector; still another would create
the scenery and costumes. Such
was the democracy OF the Guild
Annual elections were intended TO
keen the committees fresh. WITH
four plays q year scheduled, q
member of the Guild might well
be in turn an actor, director,
stagehand and designer in one
l2-month.
Mike Bradford, who worked for
a New York newspaper and had
few gods, addressed his six
fellow members Of the casting
committee after finding by his
watch that 10 minutes must pass
before the evenings lsbors could
begin. -,
"Thcre are 81 parts in this
cheese of a show" ne SAID,
"courting clear Down to the brat
in the third act who says Yes;
father twice and No, father
once. I'll laugh rauciouSly II on
~ 26 people show up tonight
There was no response, but
Mike needed none. -,
az figure" he continued, "tnat
9s per cent Of all contestants IN
this sort OF bilge arc 100 per cent
rotten actors to start with, ana
since the bylaws allow the cast
ing committee only this one eve
niny TO finish off the Job, there
won't BE- much Sclectivlty IN
VOWED. The only work in any
event will be sponging OH OUT
self respect afterward.
Miss Sellers. the chairman, wao
laugh; English in the high seh0ol'
volunteered q defense Of the dig-
pity of the Guilds aims. MISS
Sellers continually volunteered
for variety of endeaSor III
Bobbs Neck.
.SWhy, MIR. Bradford" she said,
smiling with some coyness 70
cloak the scolding she intenoea
20 give this agnostic, you don :
really feel that way about II, OF
course! II you did, you wouian
have become n member OF the
Guild in the first place, or have
permitted yourself TO be elected
10 our committee in the second
place
ats these family memberships
that aid me wrong" sighed Brad
ford. Dues, ) bucks a head, III
for the family. Ny wife took
family membership and she put
nv name on the application. That
made me a member. And since /
suppose everybody lodges these
idiotic committee jobs, someone
picked on me and put my name
on the ballot az the last election
and here | am. while Joan, the
cause Of il all, sits a. home IN
comfort. Pardon me. Forgot
was speaking 20 the members OF
the committee.
Il Just know you're teasing.
aid Ms Sellers, Uho Ene" tnat
~ saH't-
-Yss. ma'ara," said Bradford.
We'll. cone On. judges. Let's get
.vt .hsre ard get j. over Win.
w lear Joan. hon I'd love 70
sraaek Vsu rizht an the Jaw.
Two hogrs sUffiesd for an
elimination FspisW % me talents
~ she 81 Candidates 0ho mad ap-
noarsd sor Ihs cryouts. With Miss
Setl.rs on the stage giving tnefn
knsx o. saY and actions 70 per,
,>,rs While the other members oil
be COMMITTEES. scattered our
f,.n. xrAAsd them. Two hours
snI ,see the grades we're tailed,
80. eh<,s.n we're announced ano
80 larkIsss Departed, and the
s.nroiitss and the selected per
ssns assembled anew Tor the aei''
sns assignment Of roles.
For this purpose the members
~ The committee gathered on the
siage and compared notes, oeca'
sionally calling some person W
Soy n further tryout. II was de'
Oiled immediately and unanl-
mously that the part of Bully NC
0uire should 20 to Ralph Hanson
Jr., whose father had trotte"
home from the station in an III
ad,ouate overcoat few hours
before. Ralph. Jr.. was known
fayorably TO his contemporaries
In the village. and to his elders ne
was that awfuny nice Hanson
boy" The Slo which had paid
for his family's membership IN
the Guild was money ne had
earned-as he earned all that was
spent on himself. a. every sort OF