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RED MASK COMMITTEES( Continued)

TICKET DISTIUBUTION-Ray Foreman, chairman; Doris Lowenstein, JeanHenson, Ernest Paxton, Jack Linne, Jack Caughron, Donna \'Vhite,Lucinda Butler, Harold Smith, Charlotte Ellis, Mildred Towle, MarthaMoody, Everett and Marie Williams, Marcella Reilly and Bob Wright.

MEMBERSHIP-Harold Smitll, chairman; Margaret FitzGerald, Keith King,Lew Selby, Fred and Lucinda Butler, Bob WriO'ht, Charles and JeanHenson, Charlotte Ellis, Honore Ronan, Gene and Lois Barrick, Haroldand Barbara Judy, Barbara Maxwell Bailey, Alan Oster, Horace JuniorJenkins, Matt Jurczak, R. Cameron Snyder, Dr. Carl Gordon, Ruth Page,Curt Wire, Linis D. Prentice, Mary Ellen Bean, George Stott, Ken Clap-per, Len Adler, Hazel Lummis, Pat Smith, Ben and Joe Carson, BillBuchar, Kathryn Randolph, Dr. Harold Brownstein, Marvin Ehrlich, MaryCay Doan, Betty Linne, Lou Ann Linne, Chris Vandevanter Porcheddu.Louise Dettman, Dale Willard, Art Kolbrener, Howard Lewis and JackCaughron.

TELEVISION-Ilo!lorc Honan, c:hniflnan; Dill Dorn, Bill Buchal', LucindaButler and Bob \,Vright.

ENTEHTAIN.MENT-Mr. Hlld Mrs. Hobul't Cross.

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~ RED MASK PLAYERS )i ii Incorporated i· ii iI .i Presents )i iI .i as the third product'ion of Us eighteenth season ;i i· i! i( ~. .~ The Glass Menagerie 1I Ii ii A Play in Twc,Acts iI I

~ By TENNESSEEWILLIAMS ~i iI Ii ii Directed by KATHRYN RANDOLPH i~ By Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ~

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'1111e Stol'Y of the Play"Everyone should know nowadays the unimportance of the

photographic in art: That truth, life or reality is an organic thingwhkh the poetic imagination can represent or suggest, in essence,only through transformation, throllgh changing into other formsthan those which merely present i1appearance. These remarks arenot meant as a preface only to this particular play. They have to dowith a conception of a new, plastic theater which must take theplace of the exhausted theater of realistic conventions if the theateris to resume vitality as a part of our culture,"

Thus does Tennessee \Villiams explain the format of "TheGlass :Menagerie," his «memory play." In many respects, it is themost unusual drama ever presente,! by Hcd Mask Players.

The story is of four people and how their lives impinge oneupon another. It is told by Tom Witigfield, the son ... and the audi-ence sees through his eyes as he roereates a memory of his family.He sets the mood early with this observation:

«, .. I am the opposite of thJ stage magician. He gives youillusion that has the appearance 01 truth. I give you truth in thepleasant disguise of illusion .... B~ing a memory play, it is dimlylighted, it is sentimental, it is not r~alistic

We think you will agree that Ithis is thc American theater atits finest.-RB.W. I

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Red Mask Committees• • •

PLAY SELECTION-Jean 1{en~on,chairman; Ludnda Butler, Jack Caughron,Barbara Maxwell Bailey and Harold Smith.

CASTING-Jean Henson, chairman; Alan Oster, Ludnda Butler, CharlotteEllis and Bob Wright.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-Barbara Maxwell Bailey; prompters, Fay Langasand Margaret FitzGerald.

COSTUMES-Betty Cross, chairman; Jane Hose Acton, Jean Henson andMinna Brownstein.

PROPERTIES-Marcella Heilly, chairman; Mildred TO\vle, Eddie Roger~ andRay Stark.

STAGE FUHNISHINGS-Gloria Thompson Prentice, chairman.

MAKEUP-Joan Pritchard, chairman, and Euva BracewelL

STAGE MANAGEH-Dr. Ilnrold Brownstein; Floyd Miller, assistant.

ART DIRECTOR-Margaret FilzGerald.

SET CONSTRUCTION-Cuy Hulton.

STAGE HANDS-Guy Hutton and Ceorge llolyeros~.

LIGHTING-Guy Hutton.

SPECIAL EFFECTS-Dr. Harold Brownstein.

PROGRAM PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION-Malt Jurczak, Lorayneand Jane Rissman, Jean Henson and Charlotte Ellis.

SEATING-Charles Henson, chairman; usherettes, Chris Porcheddu, BettyLinne, Billie Kegley, Lorraine Forker, Jo Buchar, Carol Kesler, LoisBarrick, Ada Mary Castle, Barbara Powell, Marilyn Coolley, Linda John-son, Sue Bandy, Nancy Alwine, Patty Belton, Mary Lou Corman, NancyGregoire, Mickey Reid.

PUBLICITY-Alden Bracewell.

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President Robert B. Wright

Vice President ..... ...................... Jean Henson

Secretary-Treasurer . .Honore Honan

Lucinda Butler, Matt Jurczak, Charlotte Ellis, lIoraeeJunior Jenkins, Barbara :Maxwell Bailey, Jack Caughron,Lew Selby and Hussell Guin.

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Hed Mask Players gratefully acknowledges the generous assistancegiven by the following Rrms and individuals in the production ofTHE GLASS MENAGEIUE.

Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Penry Furniture Co.Woodbury Book Co.WDAN

Allen Electric Co.Curt and Hazel WireVern HeckButler The Florist

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The Glass 3fenagerieThe Cast

The Mother.. . Honore RonanHer Son ... . . , , Robert J. SmithHer Daughter Lou Ann LinneThe Gentleman Caller. , ....•..... Howard Lewis

SceneAn alley in 'St. Louis

PART IPreparation for a Gentleman Caller.

PART IIThe Gentleman Calls.

TimeNow and the Past.

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