The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-30

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ring roles, notably "Once There
Was Princess" Mrs. Scot
taught at St. Mary's school ir
Raleigh, and later studied a
Stanford university. This report
er was interested to hear from
Mrs. Emmert, the director o1
the play, that when Mrs Scott
was reluctant to take the time
for the play and leave her hus-
band and very small son, the
other members of the cast were
so anxious for her to join them
that they one and all offered to
act as baby sitter for young
David
EILEEN"
my Sister Eileen" is por-
trayed by Carolyn Ballard, who
is a native Kansan, She toe
gained dramatic ex perience in
high school with leads in plays
such as June Mad" She con
tinued dramatic work at the
University of Kansas n d was
elected to membership in the
Thespians, national college dra.
matte society. She and her hus
band moved to Wilmington las
January.
Guerard Simkins plays th,
part of Mr. Appopolous, the ar
tistic a ndlord whose painting g
are as ambiguous as his name
is unpronounceable. Gueraro
will be remembered for III:
characteriZations in ID oug /
Girls" and Estate of the Union
He has been in Wilmington fol
nine years and last year was
elected president of the Thaliar
association.
Ted Glod is an interesting
member of the "Eileen" cast. Il
was he who received his first
little theatre experience in Eu-
rope, where he spent his youth
He will be remembered for his
portrayal of Father Nicholai in
dough Girls" in which ne was
sensational with his long beard,
chanting tremendously in au-
last Is years in Wilmington, with
thentic Russian. He haslived the
occasional visits to the land OF
his birth.
Acting as general male under
study and the good natured
reveler in the first act of the
play, Carl F'erger has had an in
teresting life. He halls from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, where he was as.
sociated with the little theatre
group, playing in "The Bishops
Candlesticks" and ''Ba Thane. .
He attended the University of
Cincinnati, La Sale u n iversity
and studied German at Heidel-
berg U iv sity. Mr.. Ferger
served as professional scout ex-
ecutive with the Boy Scouts of
America. During the war re was
in the European Theatre of Op.
erations. Now out of the Army
he is associated with his brother
in the landscape architect ousi-
ness in Winter Park.
Frank Emmert, who plays two
parts in "My Sister Eileen" was
a professional vocalist before
the war, singing from coast to
coast w tn Isham Jones and
Leon Belasco's orchestras. After
five years with the army, Mr..
Emmert is with the Star-News
in Wilmington and sings with a
local choir. incidentally, Frank
is very proud of his bit part as
a sand hog in the last few min
utes of the play, for as every
body knows, the sand hogs be.
long to an exclusive organization
and are very jealous of their
trade.
The policeman who actually
plays a policeman in "My Sister
Eileen" is 1t. Thomas Hughes
He has been active in Thalian
production for years, his best
known roles being in "Papa Is
All" and "Stop Thief"
Roy Harrell plays the part Of
LED Loomis, tn e "wreck from
Georgia Tech," famed in song.
He associated with the Wake
Forest college drama group and
since moving to Wilmington
from Burgaw, in several Thalian
Work Shop plays. Harrell boast
ed that he would know his lines
before anybody else in the cast
and he does!
1t. Col. Raymond E. Daehler
plays the part of Fletcher to
whom the Sherwood girls play
unwilling ing hostess in their Green
Wlch Village apartment. Colonel
Daehler was recently appointed
PMS&T of the ROTC at New
Hanover High school after a
tour of duty in the Pacific Thea
tre of Operations. He and Mrs
Daehler moved to Wilmington
from Nashville, Tennessee.