## CAST

(In Order of Appearance)

<table><tr><td>PURLIE VICTORIOUS JUDSON</td><td>Joseph Walker</td></tr><tr><td>LUTIEBELLE GUSSIE MAE JENKINS</td><td>Sylvia Peppers Mundy</td></tr><tr><td>MISSY JUDSON</td><td>Mary N. Wilburn</td></tr><tr><td>GITLOW JUDSON</td><td>Leroy E. Giles</td></tr><tr><td>CHARLIE COTCHIPEE</td><td>Arthur Siegel</td></tr><tr><td>IDELLA LANDY</td><td>Chassie Lynch</td></tr><tr><td>OL' CAP'N COTCHIPEE</td><td>Jim Standish</td></tr><tr><td>THE SHERIFF</td><td>Spurgeon Penn</td></tr><tr><td>THE DEPUTY</td><td>Calvin Zon</td></tr></table>

THE SETTING: The action takes place in the cotton plantation country of the Old South in the recent past.

## SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

### ACT I

Scene 1. Afternoon at the sharecropper shack of the Judson's.

Scene 2. Later the same afternoon at the business office of Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee's Commissary.

— Intermission —

### ACT II

Scene 1. A short while later at the Commissary office.

Scene 2. Two days later at the Judson's shack.

— Intermission —

### ACT III

Scene 1. Later that same night at the Judson's shack.

Epilogue Immediately following at Big Bethel Church.

WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

JOSEPH WALKER (Purlie Victorious) Mr. Walker is a veteran to the Washington community stages. He has appeared in Once in a Lifetime at the Arena Stage and in Little Foxes and Pullman Car Hiawatha at the Olney Theatre. His acting career began with the Howard University Players and since he has performed in 130 T.V. shows for the United States Information Agency. While completing studies for a graduate degree in Drama at the Catholic University of America, Mr. Walker portrayed the title role in the University's production of Prometheus.

SYLVIA PEPPERS MUNDY (Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins) A graduate of Howard and Columbia Universities, Mrs. Mundy is a biology teacher in a local junior high school. As Lutiebelle in Purlie Vicorous, she renders her first theatrical performance.

JIM STANDISH (Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee) Mr. Standish is a mathematician by profession and also an active member of the Congress of Racial Equality. In addition to his current role, he has appeared in A Doll's House at Montgomery Junior College.

LEROY E. GILES (Gitlow) Mr. Giles, who has a special interest in American Drama, is an English Instructor and the Director of Debate at Howard University. While an undergraduate student at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Mr. Giles appeared as Marc Anthony in Julius Caesar and as Finch in Home of the Brave. He was an honor graduate from Lincoln and has received a graduate degree from Yale University.

MARY N. WILBURN (Missy Judson) As a member of the Howard University Players, Mrs. Wilburn made the Scandinavian tour with that group in 1949. She has also participated in a summer program with the Washington Repertory Players and toured Negro colleges from Virginia to Texas. While a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, she appeared in student productions. Mrs. Wilburn is an instructor of German at Howard University.

ARTHUR SIEGEL (Charlie Cotchipee) At Swarthmore College, Mr. Siegel was active with the Little Theatre Club. He was seen in the Crucible and portrayed the title role in King Lear. At the present time, Mr. Siegel is on a research grant at the National Institutes of Health and in September will begin his second year in medical school at Harvard University.

CHASSIE LYNCH (Idella Landy) Miss Lynch was a member of the Howard University Players for six years, during which time she portrayed a role in a movie segment of Medea and appeared at

WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST—Continued

the Walter Reed T.V. Studio. She has also broadcasted for the
Voice of America and has been employed as an actress by the
United States Information Agency. With the Washington Theatre
Club, Miss Lynch appeared in Period of Adjustment.

SPURGEON PENN (The Sheriff) This is Mr. Penn's first appearance on the stage. He attended Howard University and is now employed at Fort Myer, Va. In addition to playing the Sheriff, Mr. Penn has contributed to the production of this play through his skill as a carpenter.

CALVIN ZON (The Deputy) A second year student at Davidson College, North Carolina, Mr. Zon's previous dramatic experience has been with high school and church productions. His special interest is in politics.

CAROLYN Y. FITCHETT (Director) Miss Fitchett is a teacher of English and Director of Dramatics at a Washington, D. C. high school. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in English at Howard University and the University of Chicago respectively. She received her training in Directing at Columbia University and in Creative Dramatics at George Washington University. For five years, she has directed students in productions on the high school level. As Dramatics Counselor in a summer camp and country club in up-state New York, she taught speech and drama to adults and children of all ages.

Among the children's productions that she has directed are *The Wizard of Oz*, *Snow White, The Emperor's New Clothes*, and *Rip Van Winkle*. Other productions include *Charlie's Aunt, Mrs. McThing* and the musicals *Annie Get Your Gun* and *Once Upon a Mattress*. In addition, she has directed numerous other plays, original skits, and talent shows, as well as organized a teen-age talent troupe in the District of Columbia, which for three years entertained patients in hospitals, persons in homes for the aged, and children in orphanages.

LOIS MITCHELL WAIR (Technical Director and Stage Manager) Mrs. Wair is an English teacher in the Alexandria, Va. school system. A Drama major at Howard University, she appeared in the University Players' productions of *The Moon is Blue*, *Finian's Rainbow*, *Air Raid* and *Bayou Legend*. With the same group, Mrs. Wair has designed costumes for *Pygmalion*, *Family Portrait*, *Summer and Smoke* and *Menaechmi*. Mrs. Wair's versatility and knowledge of many aspects of the theatre have made her an indispensable member of the production team for *Purlie Victorious*.

## About Washington CORE . . . .

"Freedom Now!" is the slogan of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Washington CORE, as does the twenty-one year old national group which charters it, seeks future interracial brotherhood through the active practice of brotherhood here and now. Mort specifically, CORE believes in direct action, after careful planning and evaluation, against specific discriminatory practices.

Since Spring, 1961, Washington CORE has concentrated on opening jobs hitherto restricted on a racial basis. After investigating the employment policy of more than 200 businesses to determine if they practiced merit hiring, Washington CORE gained the cooperation of almost 120 businesses to change their policies. Those eighty-six firms that refused to revise their policies were picketed. In this way, CORE has opened more than 2800 jobs to those who can qualify for them. The organization's attention has also been directed toward segregated housing in this area.

Washington CORE began with six members, but at recent meetings there have been over 200 active members in attendance. Now, just as before, the organization is supported by the zeal of its membership. For its vigorous efforts, Washington CORE has been awarded, within the past year, the prize for leadership in civil rights by the Federation of Civic Associations, the Twelfth Street YMCA, and the Capital Press Club. CORE's chairman, Julius Hobson, has also been cited for his leadership in civil rights.

## About Club Aquilas . . . .

Helen Cleveland

Carolyn Fitchett

LaGretta Lindsay

Sylvia Peppers Mundy

Nelda Perkins

Patricia Smith, Secretary

Janice Spencer

Delores Stephenson

Lois Mitchell Wair

Dorothy Waring, Treasurer

Laura Wiltz, President

Yvonne Wiltz

In October, 1960, seventeen young women organized for the single purpose of learning to play bridge. The name Aquilas, meaning "knowledge of many things," was adopted to describe the many talents and diversified interests of the group. Though the size of the group has diminished slightly and the bridge instruction per se has ceased, the club continues to meet bi-monthly on a social bridge basis.

Such a focus, however, does not minimize the Club's keen awareness of the stresses within our general community. The presentation of "Purlie Victorious" reflects our interest in effecting and maintaining a sense of human equality throughout our entire society.

We thank you, the public, for supporting our first civic endeavor.