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The fo un di ngpu rp os eof the Alcala Pa rk Pl ayers is that tho se in ter es tedin dr am at icar t may pu t
in to pra cti ce theory lear ne d in dr ama cou rses, with th e hope that a lov e fo r go od theatre, may be
fo st er ed ,which wil l en rich the know led geof his tor y and lit erat ur elea rned in aca dem ic cours es. To
st ar t off the yea r, Cr ai g Noe l, the res ide nt di recto rof San Diego'sOld GlobeThe at re , spok econcer n
ing the thea tre of toda y. Mr. No el empha sized the fact that parti ci patio n in dr am at ics,whether ama
teu r or pr of es sio na l,mu st be acc ompanied by co nstan teffort and pr ev ai lin g in tere st .He sta ted that the
gr ea test rewa rd in th ea tr ewo rk is the pe rso na lsen se of ach ievement ra ther than mo ne tar y remunera
tion or recogn ition . An ac tor, oractr ess, has a spi ri t ofde dic ationand a belie f in hi s, orhe r, wor k, and th is
expl ains the ha rd wo rk and long hours which are mor e tha n made up fo r with th e bu rst of ap plau se
at the end of a go od pe rfo rman ce .
Th e Alc ala Pa rk Pl ayers endeavor in al l the ir pr od uc tio nsto cr ea te the atmos ph er eof true thea
tre . Sc rip ts ar e ap proa ch ed first on the basis of the in terp re tatio n of th e imageryconnote din the lin es .
Improv isa tio n is the next ste p as the actr ess ana lyses he r chara cte r as to mo tives behin d the acti onand
wor ds , and acts ou t in her own word s the ch ar acte r'sresponse to va rio us si tuat ions .On ly af te r
th is is do ne is th e sc rip t memoriz ed an d po lis hed
for the final prod uc tio n.
The first pr esen tat ionwa s th e BISH OP 'SBEG
GA R on the Pr es iden t'sFeast. Thi s shor t play wa s
gi ven as chamber thea tre, th e stage devo id of scen
ery, and the act ion al te rn at in gbetween na rrat io n,
di al og ue and ac tio n. On No vembe r 20, and 21s t,
th e Pla yer s an d the Alc ala Masqu ersof the Men 's
Co lle ge pr ese nte dTHE LATE GEORGE APLEY,
a sa tir e on Boston soc iety in th e early dec ade s of
th e twen tie thcentu ry. For Re ve ren dMot he r'sFea st
Wish es , Febru ary 11 th , a ve rse read ing was pre
sente d which po rtr ay ed th e fo re sh adow ing of the
reali tie sof the New Co ve na nt,the liv ing sacr ifice ,
by th e off eri ngof bre ad and wi ne by Me lch isedec h,
an d the manna gi ven to the Jew s in the de se rt.
Th es e rea lit ies ga ve a de ep er un ders tand ing of the
da ily Sacrif ice of the Alta r and a more pr of ou nd
rea liz ati on of Ch ris t's Pre sen ce in the Ta be rnac le .
Oth er pr od uc tio ns ,in co nj un cti onwith the Mas
qu er swe re the orig inalmu sic al,THE GIR LFROM
HISPA NIOLA, on Februa ry 27, 28t h, and the Pas
sion Play on Palm Su nd ay .
The sp ri ng prod uc tio nwa s JANE EYRE.
E l l en H a w t r ee a n d
V a l e r i e C l a r k i n i n
t h e " R e c o g n i t i o n
s c en e f r o m ' ANA S -
TA SI A .' "
THE LA TE GE OR GEAPL EY :Bac k ro w :Pa ul Ves co, Ro sem ary Jo ne s,Eu gene De Fa lco, An
ne tte Van ie r, Fr ed Gun th er,Glo ry Mulle n,Ja ne t Beck, Don al dG ie si ng ;Fr on t Row : W ill iam
Am br e,Mary Kat hl ee nMur ph y,Ronal dR. Ho use , An gel Bo cchin o,Den ni sHal lora n,Ba rb ara
Jo rdan ,an d Robe rt Mad ru ga .Li nd a H ie tt mis sing.