5/18/2023 0 Comments Footlight theater michigan city![]() ![]() and Margaret Scott Oliver help make Hedgerow a reality. Those trained by Rose Schulman and Jasper Deeter include: Marlene Sanders (1st woman newscaster), Jan Silverman (Temple University Theatre Dept.), Virginia Vestoff, Keanu Reeves, Tyne Daley, Alfre Woodward, Olivia Williams, John Allen (founder of the Freedom Theatre), Gordon Phillips, playwright Leslie Lee, George Reinholt, novelist James Carroll, John Harvey (Harvey-in-the-morning) and Penelope Reed.ġ922 Jasper Deeter presents three plays at Guild Hall: TIME by Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook, FAME AND THE POET by Lord Dunsay and TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell.ġ923 Jasper Deeter returns from New York, bringing with him seven actors, blue cheesecloth, 16 light bulbs, some wood paneling, nine dollars, and the idea of an independent repertory theatre.Sydney Matchet, Grete Mylecraine, Herbert Walton, Eleanor Abbot, Dorothy Kite, Takashe Otha, Judge L. Sean O’Casey proclaimed “Long live the Abbey Theatre! Long live the Moscow Arts Theatre! And long live the Hedgerow Theatre in the state of Pennsylvania!” James Earl Jones’ father was also associated with Hedgerow as were most of the major African-American actors from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Playwright Christopher Fry was also associated with Hedgerow. Katherine Hepburn’s brother Richard wrote BEHOLD YOUR GOD, which premiered at Hedgerow. ![]() Many of Lynn Rigg’s plays premiered at Hedgerow (Rigg’s GREEN GROW THE LILACS became the musical OKLAHOMA!). Bella Spewack (who wrote KISS ME KATE) began her career at Hedgerow as Bella Cohen. Jasper taught him about the craft of playwriting. Langston Hughes wrote his play MULATTO at Hedgerow in the summer of 1928. George Bernard Shaw and Eugene O’Neill gave their plays royalty-free to Hedgerow to produce.
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