Smyrna times., 1941-11-06
STATE DRAMA
MEET NOV. 14-15
Sixth University Dramatic
Conference to Be Held at
Newark Next Week
TO GIVE SAROYAN'S PLAY

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Conference sponsored by the Uni
versity of Delaware Dramatic Cen
ter and the Delaware Dramatic As
sociation will be held in Newark,
on Saturday, November Is, it has
been announced by DR.. C. R. Kase,
the University Director of Dramat-
iics. Approximately 300 delegates
from nearly every school and COM
munity theatre in the state of Del
aware, as well as from groups in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New
Jersey, are expected to attend this
Conference.
To Present "Jim Dandy"
Outstanding feature of the Con-
ference will be pre-Broadway per-
formance of William Saroyan's lat
est play, Jim Dandy" by the E So
players. The play will be present
ed on Friday evening, November
IA, in Mitchell Hall, and again on
Saturday evening as a part of the
Conference program. This will be
the first time in the history of the
American theatre that play by a
prominent playwright and former
Pulitzer prize winner will be given
by an amateur group before it has
appeared on Broadway or been pre-
sented anywhere by a professional
theatre group.
To Hear Several Speakers
The principal speaker at the Con-
ference will be DR.. Garrett Lever
ton, of New York, one of the out
standing figures in the non-profes-
sional theatre. DR.. Leverton is
Educational Director for Samuel
French, Inc, and is former direc-
tor of the Northwestern University
theatre. Another prominent New
! Yorker, Miss Gloria Chandler, Di-
rector of Children's Theatre work
for the Junior League of America,
will also speak at one of the morn
ing sessions. Others on the pro-
gram include Miss Elizabeth Kelly,
of the Home Economics Depart
ment of the University of Della
ware, and a graduate of the Mar
garet Morrison College of Carnegie
Tech, who will give a lecture DEM
onstration of Stage Costuming, and
Mr.. George Henry, one of the abl-
est directors of school plays in the
state of Delaware and director of
the winning play, Death Take a
Holiday" in last years Play Fes-
tival Mr.. Henry will give a DEM
onstration of directing and will be
aided by students from the Dover
High School, During various morn
ing sessions there will be lecture
demonstrations on Costuming, Act
ing and Directing, Children's The
atre, Scene Design, and Makeup
by experts in these respective
fields.
Delegate Groups Formed
After the Conference luncheon,
the delegates will meet in various
groups to discuss special problems.
One of these four sessions will be
unique in that it will be solely for
students in secondary schools and
no adults will be admitted to this
meeting. The other three groups
will be for teachers, superintend-
ents, and directors in secondary
schools; directors and members of
community theatres; and students
and directors of college theatres.
Carefully prepared book exhibits
will include special collections of
books about play production pub
lished during the past decade, books
on radio plays and radio produc-
tions, and books on Children's The
atre work. Those attending the
Conference will also have an oppor-
tunity throughout the day to hear
the latest recordings of plays, dra-
matte readings and poetic selec-
tions, including large number of
the recent Cavalcade of America
programs. A father-daughter COM
bination will be in charge of ar
rangements for the Conference.
Mr.. G. Taggart Evans of Newark is
Chairman of the Conference Com
mittee for the University Dramatic
Association and his daughter, Miss
Virginia Evans, a senior at the
Women's College, is Chairman of
the Conference Committee for the
E So players.