Evening star., 1941-06-09


earning their sustenance in other fie
if they wanted to, who in fact. are.
actors and actresses, because they
want to be.
These are, if you haven't
recognized them, the players with
whom this corner is weekly con-
cerned, the local enthusiasts for
things dramatic, some seeking only
recreation, others seeking a stepping
stone to stage and screen. They
work during the day, even as you
and you, then turn to further work
at night, calling it the labor of love-
All this is brought on by an oc-
cupational survey of the cast of
George Washington Slept Here"
which opens the Cross Roads
Theater's summer season the eve
ming of Tuesday, June II. The daily
duties of these II actors and
actresses embrace more professions
than you ever saw representatives of
on one stage. The players come
here from Is cities in 8 States and
among their employers are three
private companies, six Federal
agencies and two District govern
ment departments. Their occupa-
tions: Salesman, recreation director,
stenographic pool supervisor, sec
retary, statistical clerk, teacher,
stenographer, editorial research
writer, housewife, student. attorney,
clerk, Office machine Instructor,
procedures analyst.
Catharine Ryan heads the cast of
&c. w. Slept Here" and veterans
of past seasons in supporting roles
are Peggy Johnston, Peggy Mans
field, Josephine Orendorff, Irma
Gordon, Forney Reese, Sidney Bass
Ter, Buel Patch, Allen Andrews and
Leroy Gaintner. Newcomers Cen
eva Helm, Robert Kirby, Don
Stutsman, Lynn Dali, Rayanna
Metz, James Gleason and Bobby
Walters complete the cast.
Entr' acte department: It will be
the tragic tale of Nellie Custer
Boone" making life brighter for
the tear -jerker addicts between the
acts of The Mountain Limited"
THE Mountain Limited" is, of
course, the play with which the
Roadside Theater opens the new
summer melodrama season a week
from tonight and Nellie Custer
Boone" is to be the entr'acte num-
Der, in the true Roadside tradition.
A ballad of the late '80s, it will be
sung by "Bibi" Osterwald, the Road
sides popular singing comedienne:
Betty Brunstetter, Norman Rose
ano Ted Tiller
Entracte history: The first was
the now famous version of shes
More to Be Pitied Than Censured,"
sung as between-act embellish-
ment to the first production of
Murder in the Old Red Barn" in
1884 Since then these affairs have
ranged from such dire tales of
tragedy as THE Fatal Wedding"
Fallen by the Wayside" and Those
Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out
to the lighter note provided by
Don't Swat Your Mother" Heaven
VIII Protect the Working Girl" ITS
the Syme the Whole World Over
and who Put the Overalls in Mrs.
Murphy's Chowder?"
X X X X
The Washington Civic Theater
has wound up its season with mo
statement" regarding activities
planned for next year. Leon Askin
will be back to direct the groups
plays when fall arrives, however,
and he and members of the govern
ing board are now working on plans
for the coming season.
Meanwhile, the newest activity of
the group Is the series of 13 radio
plays to be presented weekly over
WWDC, every Wednesday night at
$50 o'clock, by the Washington
Civic Summer Theater The first
was presented last Wednesday and
each of the subsequent plays will be
directed and cast by a different !
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