Evening star., 1939-01-30

contest by which the Dramatic Gu
hopes to find some short dramas it.
can produce.
There is still time to enter the
one-act play tourney, if any men,
bers of the flock have been worried
about that. Groups already entered
include the Players Club of Central
Community Center in. John McMur-
rays THE Mennonites," the Lang
ley Lambs in Noel Coward's Hands
Across the Sea-" the Rock Greek
Players in His First Date" the Will
son Windjammers in "A Wedding"
the Roosevelt Players in Eddie
Meets the Family" the Buchanan
PIT. A. in white Iris" the Fellow
shippers in THE House Can't Build
the Barn." the Troupers of East
Washington Community Center in
Susan Glaspells "Trif1es," the
lexington Players in A. ]. Talbot's
'Lucrezia Borgia's Little Party" the
National City Players in The Lean
Years" and the Southeast Players
in Good Night, Please"
The Mormon Church Players, the
Falls Church Community Theater
and the Cue and Curtain Club also
will participate, but have not an
nounced their plays yet.
Not having been told, we assume
that the rules are the same as last
year; that entrants must be estab-
lished drama groups: that the de-
cision of the judges will be final and
that no players will be returned to
their owners unless accompanied by
stamped, self addressed envelope.
There are rules for the play
writing contest, too, the most i'm
portant, perhaps, being that all
one-act plays entered must be in
one act, with not more than a 30
minute production time. They
should be typewriter and double
spaced, too, if there are any young
playwrights in the house who do not
know that. The contest is open to
all Government employees, their rel
atives and friends, with the lim-
itation that contestants not en-
ployed in the Government must be
sponsored by some one who is, If
that's limitation.
The play-writing contest closes
March l at 4:3O pm, by which time
all plays entered must be in the
hands of Mrs. Wilma K. Often,
Room 3949, South Building, B. P. l.,
whatever B. P. I. might be. Our
first guess was Bureau Of Printing
and Ingraving, and then while we
were trying to figure what connec-
ton that might have with the De-
partment of Agriculture Dramatic
Club we remembered how to spell
engraving.
Will some one please tell a poor
dope what the B. P. I. is?
The calendar:
February and will find the
Pierce Hall Players involved at
Pierce Hall in the excitement of
Ceiling Zero" They, in fact, are
involved in a lot of excitement right
now, preparing the aviation drama.
There is a rumor that Director
Howard Wentworth is trying fran
tically to contact Enrol Flynn to
learn where Mr.. Flynn borrowed
the riding breeches. 1t seems that
Mr.. Wentworth needs not one but
five pairs of riding breeches with
which to equip the pilots of Ceiling
Zero" Bess Davis Schreiner always
used to want a dog to play in
Midsummer Nights Dream" to get
stories in the paper and now Mr..
Wentworth wants pants.
February II the Montgomery
Players take up the subject of mys-
terry, presenting Interference. by
Roland Pertwee and Harold Dear
den, at Leland Junior High School
in Bethesda. Denis Connell is di-
recting and the cast includes Ed
mund Soper, Margaret Buckley, Ray
Greely, Gail Richardson, Charles
Garlock, Patricia Albers, Marguerite
Sweet, Howard. Bandy. Edward