FREE SOUTHERN THEATER
NEW ORLEANS OFFICE BOX 2374 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
January 19, 19 PRODUCING DIRECTORS New York, New Yor Gilbert Moses John O'Neal
NATIONAL BOARD OF SPONSORS Adele Addison Steve Allen Lauren Bacall Mrs. Kenneth Montgomery James Baldwin Leonard Baskin 875 Bridlewood Rood Harry Belafonte Northbrook, Illinois Leon Bibb Theodore Bikel Tom Bosley Dear Lucy: Diahann Carroll Dorothy Dandridge Ossie Davis I just received word from New Orleans that they recei ved Ruby Dee Helen Gahagan Douglas your check. I don't know exactly what is going on in our Bob Dylan office down there so in case they don't do anything, (mostly James Forman Anthony Franciosa because we are in the process of moving again) please Odetta Gordon accept these hearty thanks. Gary Graffman Ralph Helstein Hal Holbrook As you can see, I'm still here in New York. For about two Len Holt Langston Hughes weeks now I've been doing research in the Schomberg Collection Mr. & Mrs. Russell Jell iffe of the New York Public Library—that's the library that has Gene Kelly John 0. Killens all the stuff about Negroes and Africans. Its a great thing Lincoln Kirstein to finally walk into a library that has something to do with John Lewis Viveca Lindfors oneself...I mean I get a real feeling of "racial*pride setting Louis Lomax there plowing through books written by Negroes (mostly that Daniel Melnick Robert Nemiroff I8d never geard of, learning ebout all kinds of things I Birgi t N i II son never knew—I'm concentrating on Negro Drama—Drama written Frederick O'Neal Mr. & Mrs. Patrick O'Neal by or about Negroes. From this, I will make selections of Geraldine Page materials that we can use in the South—either in workshop Joseph Papp Brock Peters with the community or for production or for readings. Its Judge Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. the only exciting studying I've ever done. Also reading Sidney Poitier Robert Pritchard Malcolm X's autobiography which is fascinating and T suggest Walter P. Reuther you get a copy and reed it. Also, I finally found a book Jason Robards Philip Rose store that specializing 1n Negro and African materials—got Theo von Roth a bunch of African plays for the theater to read and choese Robert Ryan Hon. William F. Ryan jjsfrom. Diana Sands Richard Schechner Madeleine Sherwood Judy Richardson 1s here and will be going to Columbia starting Frank Silvera Nina Simone in February. Just ran into her tonight 1n Harlem. Kim Stanley George Tabori Did you get my letter explaining why we couldn't perform any Rip Torn William Warfield thing at the end of February. They way our schedule will work, Nancy Wilson Shelley Winters we willdo fund-raising tour in November and December to those cities where there Chicago about what plans there are ^e6-aRP-S To or what kind of activity 1s being thought about. I assume that much of my talking was In vain. Hildette has not responded as of yet. Maybe you should give her a call? Hildette Rubenstein in Evanston. Please write soon to New York adress above love. ~D— KAy^AAUU YLAAJLA) UlAL^A