Evening star., 1936-04-27

" " the race, the SCuQentS OF
' the Studio of Theater Arts
are Just about ready for their presen-
tation tomorrow and Wednesday
nights at the Wardman Park Theater
Of Sidney Howard's ''The Late
Christopher Bean" Constance Con-
nor Brown has had the boys and girls
working, too, and by now they prob
ably have some 80 rehearsals behind
them.
Betty Rice is to play Abby, the
cheerful underdog who befriended
Chris Bean and from whom all the
rest tried to get the paintings made
valuable by the critics discovery" of
Bean 10 years after his death. Others
in the cast are Elinor Evans, Ralph
Howenstein, Louise Shaw, Dorothy
Bolton, James Kelley, Frank West
brook, Karl Gay and Robert Duke.
The setting was designed by Miss
Brown and Mr.. Westbrook, assistant
director Of the studio, and constructed
by members OF the student body.
George Washington University's Cue
and Curtain is to present its produc-
ton of Lennox Robinson's "Is Life
Worth Living?" (also known as
Drama at Inish'O at the Wardman
Park Theater. This is the first time
this season the group has played at
this spot, though a number Of last
years hits, the latest being "R. U. r"
last Spring, were presented there.
Milton Freedman, Sue Slater, Ed
ward Stevlingson and Eva Kailey have
the leading roles in the satire on the
effects of its drama fare on the little
town of Inish. Elaine Cooper, Ruth
Brewer, Robert Walker, Austin Gattis,
Ben Candland, Tom Wayde, Earl Bur-
ton and Bill McCallum are others in
the cast, and Director Marvin Beers
has limited that he's pretty well pleased
with the whole group.
Dates of production are May 8
and q.
The sophomore class Of the Marjorie
Webster Schools will present the
gypsy play, "Once in a Lifetime"
the evening of May 9 at BIS o'clock
at the school. The Glee Club and
folk dance class will provide the
colorful atmosphere to background the
gypsy scenes.
Florence L. McCracken. dean Of the
dramatic department, selected the cast
and is directing the play. The players
will be Nan Smith, Connie Fowler,
Jean Klein, Mildred Rawlings, Ruth
Eadie, Mary Harris, Elizabeth Howard,
Janet Stratton, Dorothy Ramsay,
Mary Wells, Vivian Hickey, Miriam
Snyder and Dorothy Reid.
Scenery of the production has been
produced by the class in stage design,
under the direction of Wilda Kill
bourn.
Robert A. Halsted is directing "a
Full House." three-act comedy, to be
presented tonight and tomorrow night
by the St. Gabriel Players of the
Church. The play is to be done in
the school auditorium, Webster street
and Grant circle, and the curtain is
scheduled for BIS pm.
The cast includes Margaret N
Smith, Edna Mae Brown, Helen White,
Ruth Nordstrom, Harry Lewis. Joe
Anselmo, Thomas Gowen, Paul Ward,
Ann Miller, Leona DUNN, Glenn Ash
ley, Jimmie flanagan and Bob Lamb.
The Columbia Players stage crew
is happy these days. The boys and
girls remember the 13 scenes of
Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model"
and the two-level set for Sailors of
Cattaro," and grin with relief. They've
one set only to do for The Shining
Hour" to be presented by the group
May 20 and 81. Jane Lasater Rubey
is designing it and the crew is about
to get to work, bossed by Warren
Head.
The Columbians have another re-
lief from the last two productions,
too-the size of the cast. Sailors"
called for 13 men and extras, and
Nellie" for more than 20 players,
but The Shining Hour" requires only
six. The group insists those six
have to be super specials" though,
to be able to carry the entire burden
of the play, and then they promise
extra super specials" Names to be
announced soon. They've been re-
hearsing three weeks.
The Spring production of the Chill
dren's Community Theater, directed
by Helen I. Burton, will be Shake
speare,s Merchant Of Venice" to be
presented Wednesday, May 13, at
Roosevelt High School auditorium.
The boys and girls have been busy