·····~························ FACES A,nd FOOTLIGHTS. ~< ! -. ; '· { ' . :-. • . 1'. . ,' ' . ·". : ' by non Garner •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• It was Friday night. I walked up two flights of stairs and into the Audi– torium. Two Stun– ning.ly-clad girls met me with :t>r6g-1·arri.s. There were two dis– tirigl1ish ed rooking gentl~men.', also ;'ohe showed me to mY seat. Four minutes past 8:00 the lights. start:. ed dimming, ever so slowly, and bright foots Weht up. The curtains parted up– on· the setting of ·a room in an old house in England. That was curtaintime for "Ladies In Retirement". Six nervious but en– ergetic actors and actresses entered the stage at different times In the follo!i~[! or~er ;. ~~xie Smythe por- . tr ayi'frg · the character of Leonora Fisid!;i-Ieten Nave doing' Lucy, Lo'is 1 Benson giving her intei'})retation of Ellen Creed, Richard Walker imitat– ing the only male part of Albert Feather, two old aunts· char:tcterized by lVh\ty Lou Johnson, and Sally Croom, and Maxine Grady ta~ing the part of the old 'woman. Another ner– vous person was Miss Nelda Holton, director of the play. They all hel1)ed make the play a very enjoyable one. Th'iu1ks a lot. · ·'Did you know that the Campus Players are offering honors for the best actor and actress'? I am going to stick my neck out and risk' some contenders for these. One gii'l is off to an excellent start for mention. She has worked hard on two leading pro1t. ductions and has shown real p~ssibilities. Dixie Smythe is her name. A-nther girl whom I think will be on the list if she continues working 'and shbwing up as she did in this play is Mary Lou Johnson, howeve'r, she will have to try different pa'rts to prove she has the same zeal, interest; and ability she had in this past play. · · t've said a lot al>Out the cast of the . ' ·:~· '. . ' play: In doing so I have left out some of the most important ·people.. Who' do you think built the beautiful ' set; pounded down the props, spent week at· i·ehearsals helping the director prepare the cast, (the prompters)? How ab~ut costumes, lights, · pro– grams, tickets, publicity, make-Up? Could a play go on without th'ese? I !IY.II:J[IN .1.-"v u.A-- ~qr -s:w,t~'-"l:::r·u -~: ,{4dll'.l30!q e Sllq '1.1oneu aql H! U! a;red. There were other groups that_work– ed on the play that did~'t have their names on the pl'ogram. One was Ed Gurganus who painted the brick wall. Then th'ere Was the striking 'crew: Grover s'exson, Bob And~rson, Ray Usseiy, Johnny Brown. They ne~er get any thanks. CHATTER? CHATTER? CHAT– TER. Spring Operetta Is Set For 2-Day Run March 31, April 1 'Hearts And Blossoms' Has Cast Of 12 Plus 20 Chorus Members A musical comedy, "Hearts and Blossoms," will be presented in the college auditorium next Friday and Saturday nights, March 31 and April 1, at 8:00 p.m. This operetta in two acts by Lida Larrimore Turner and R. M. Stutts is under the direc· tion of Mrs Florence Jewell and Miss Eileen Snure. With the setting on the lawn of an American summer hotel, the plot revolves around a widow and her two daughters June, and Marie, and their problems and love affairs. It will be performed in costume. The cast is as follows: Mrs. Horace Manning, Jean Jewell; June, Vera Young; Marie, Bettye Kell; Matthew Brandon, Bili Cook; Phillip Brandon, James Walke•·; J~rry Higgins, Bob Mor-· t'ls; Ma!indy (o. young lady oi color 1, Dot Tulloss; Samson Bona– part, !a,J1 ebony hued bell boy l Ke.n Istre; Eileen. Helen Nave: Betty, Sarah Kerr; Bruce, John· ny Brown; and Bob, Glenn Boyd. A chorus of twenty members includes: Margaret See, Martha Woody, Wilma Rodgers, Joyce Burt, Helen Nave, Sarah Kerr, Elaine Hoover, Gena Chesshir, Carolyn Hovey. V!rglnja Mur· dook, Edna MC:Cullough, Ray Wright, Trlee Taylor, Ray He!'· ten, Johnny Brown, Glehn Boyd, Morgan Richat•dson, Jlmmy Ga.r· ·········~·············· ·· · · · · •••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Grca::;c paint, lip stick, rotw~ wig·::;, hoop sldrts, and girls, girls, g~i :s. Yon who have never been backstage at a pla.v cou1c1n't arlprcciate it to t:le i'ull– 'eJt extent. I vvas backstage ~:ll \Veek for ;,Little \Vomen". To sa:; that it \\·as fun wouU not do it justice. Enii•Ft1Jle, exciting, thrilling, and happy a;·c il few of the adjectives that expn:o.s my feeling toward the hig·h -school gang. They h~cve a s]1irit, pep, and enthus– iasm that needs to be can-ied ove1· into the college, Those lcicls knew wlutt they wanted and were willing to wol'l.:: for it, from the actgrs on down to the stage crews. Space doesn't permit me to take each seperat8 chal'acter and analyze it. One of the overall points was the actors' ability to get on the stage and p~t themselves into their part. Practi– cally every person was at e:tsc. The stag-e pictures were magnifi– ~ent. l\Iost every movement was graceful and formed a beautiful new picture in balance anct compm;ition. The1·e \Yere se,·eral excellent "'cenes, but Beth's dying scene was m~· fav– orite. Jo Ar,n Pickens ancl Patz? Grimmett ~ict a wonderful job of building up to a climax. It was one of the pt·etticst monologues I've l1eanl uite 8. vvhile. The scenes with the girls nncl J\h.l'mec were ver~· well 1tcd. ~ot to be forgotten nre t ]\larch aml P1·iss~·. They cerly marle a hit. Last hut not least e the boys. To play (and win) ball games all vve2k, build s8ts. cany on school v:Ol'k, he– rehearsing· fm· the plar they did very \vell. In my opinion, the stage setting was very nice. Vi.' ayland 'Wilkerson and his assistants did a very nice .iob on it. Eileen reports that she coulcl hardly tell them what to do. ' I loved the play, kicls. As eviclcnce, I sa\v it fiye times. However, don't become over-confident or snobbish. There were r;1enty of places that it could have been improYed. Yrm may feel tl1e s'ltisfaction, thoug·h, of hav– ing D. hard .iob clone well. Thi~:; g-oc.':' to everybody but especi– ally to the high school bunch. Don't ever los2 that youthful pep and that spirit of cooperation. Without it your lLll !.l fl .l~U... tf!_.f . \ U•LI.A 1 1J_ u.u:locJ,<J u\lt> '11111J•f'- JP1~ fll l:l.ur,1q i>Je s1u;,UJague.r.rv pue 'UOJ.!>V . . . i ·SO'PU! P!i• >{ilOfo,o "1S lr. ltJ.:lqq pmr !luq n OJ P:>! np;nps SJ apn ra.rcT (lla!SlllU V.JW.A •2 1 JLL) p;jum!UIUJ J P. .11 ~111 !'II! ~IIPJ
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