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Nashville Community Theatre: from the Little Theatre Guild NASHVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE: FROM THE LITTLE THEATRE GUILD TO THE NASHVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE A THESIS IN Theatre History Presented to the Faculty of the University of Missouri – Kansas City in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF ARTS by ANDREA ANDERSON B.A., Trevecca Nazarene University, 2003 Kansas City, Missouri 2012 © 2012 ANDREA JANE ANDERSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE LITTLE THEATRE MOVEMENT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: THE LITTLE THEATRE GUILD AND THE NASHVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE Andrea Jane Anderson, Candidate for the Master of Arts Degree University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2012 ABSTRACT In the early 20th century the Little Theatre Movement swept through the United States. Theatre enthusiasts in cities and towns across the country sought to raise the standards of theatrical productions by creating quality volunteer-driven theatre companies that not only entertained, but also became an integral part of the local community. This paper focuses on two such groups in the city of Nashville, Tennessee: the Little Theatre Guild of Nashville (later the Nashville Little Theatre) and the Nashville Community Playhouse. Both groups shared ties to the national movement and showed a dedication for producing the most current and relevant plays of the day. In this paper the formation, activities, and closure of both groups are discussed as well as their impact on the current generation of theatre artists. iii APPROVAL PAGE The faculty listed below, appointed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, have examined a thesis titled “Nashville Community Theatre: From the Little Theatre Guild to the Nashville Community Playhouse,” presented by Andrea Jane Anderson, candidate for the Master of Arts degree, and certify that in their opinion it is worthy of acceptance. Supervisory Committee Felicia Hardison Londré, Ph.D., Committee Chair Department of Theatre Gene Emerson Friedman Department of Theatre Carla Noack Department of Theatre iv CONTENTS ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. vi INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. iv Chapter 1. BEGINNINGS...........................................................................................................1 The Little Theatre Movement ......................................................................1 The Stagecrafters .........................................................................................2 The Nashville Center of the Drama League of America .............................3 2. THE LITTLE THEATRE GUILD ............................................................................7 The Little Theatre Guild of Nashville 1926-1932 .......................................7 Nashville Experimental Theatre ................................................................49 Loss of a Founder ......................................................................................51 3. THE NASHVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ...............................................53 The Playhouse Opens.................................................................................53 Director Fritz Kleibacker ...........................................................................65 Director Raymond Johnson .......................................................................98 A Slow Fade.............................................................................................111 4. CONCLUSION......................................................................................................115 Appendix A. PLAYS BY SEASON...........................................................................................116 B. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY SEASON...................................................124 v C. BY-LAWS OF THE LITLE THEATRE GUILD, INC. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.........................................................................................................134 D. NASHVILLE LITTLE THEATRE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.....................138 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................149 VITA................................................................................................................................152 vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My deepest thanks to my parents for supporting me throughout my academic endeavors as well as my life. I could not have done this without your love and support. Heartfelt gratitude goes to my teachers and mentors, Mrs. Sharon Ma, Professor Jeffery D. Frame, and Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré for the instrumental part each of you have played in guiding and shaping me as an actor, director, writer and scholar. To try to explain just how much you all have done for me and other students would fill another chapter, so here let me simply say thank you! I would also like to thank the gracious and helpful staff members of the Nashville Public Library’s Nashville Room. I am also especially grateful for the generous assistance of the staff at Vanderbilt University’s Special Collections; Teresa Gray, Lauren Sheehan, Kathy Smith, Molly Dohrmann, and Henry Shipman, each went out of his or her way to help me with my most pressing research needs. The kindness and professionalism of both library staffs made my hours at the libraries a pleasant experience. Finally, I must thank my dear friends Shannon Spencer, Summer Spencer, and David Burger for their hospitality in allowing me to invade their home numerous times over the past year. Without their generosity, this subject would have exponentially more difficult to research. vii DEDICATION For my father, who will always be “Daddy,” who will always be a part of the person I become, and who is still cheering me on. INTRODUCTION Throughout my research I have been asked the question “Why Nashville?” I was not born in Nashville and have no blood relations, to my knowledge, in the state of Tennessee. And yet, ever since my family passed through town on the way to Disney World when I was a teenager, something about the city resonated with me. I knew instantly when I heard of Trevecca Nazarene University that I wanted to go there for my undergraduate studies, even before I decided to major in theatre or knew that the school had a drama department. Since then I have referred to Nashville as my second home town and my friends there as my surrogate family. Although I have yet to actually live in Nashville, the city with its artistic climate and southern hospitality has been instrumental in molding me both professionally and personally. To put it simply, I loved the city and wanted to know more about its history. My journey began with a very open ended search of topics regarding Nashville’s theatre. I began online at home in Kansas City and at the UMKC library to see what had been written. Without a specific topic, I attempted to track all published works regarding various aspects of Nashville theatre. One book in particular gave me a guide to the early history of Nashville’s performing arts. Apollo’s Struggle by Martha Ingram gave me valuable clues about where to go and what to look for. I made several trips to Nashville to see first hand what information was available. I looked in the special collections of both the Nashville Public Library and the Vanderbilt University Library and found a wealth of information in manuscript collections and ephemeral files. Based on other theses and dissertations, I began narrowing my focus to the early half of the 20th century. This was still a very broad topic. I soon learned that researching the touring companies that iv frequented Nashville was not what interested me, and consequently I narrowed my focus to local groups. After bouncing several ideas off of friends and colleagues, I finally began to narrow my search to focus on the Nashville manifestation of the Little Theatre Movement and subsequent theatres. For one long weekend each month over the summer break, I traveled to Nashville and spent hours looking over documents in both the Vanderbilt Special Collections and the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Thanks to the knowledgeable staff members at both locations, I was able to locate several collections that abounded in programs, newspaper clippings, and notes. The value of these collections in my research is inestimable. In fact, it has caused me to reevaluate my own collection of programs and memorabilia and relieved much of my guilt about being a program packrat. It has also given me a great appreciation for the old-fashioned scrapbook. I do not mean the frilly over-marketed crafting phenomenon, but the simple collection of photographs, related newspaper clippings, and other printed material in an accessible book. Of course, with changing technology and the disappearance of many of the country’s printed news media organizations, this method of preservation will most likely become a thing of the past. Yet, I cannot help but think that the preservation and collection of hard copies of materials such as programs and tickets will continue to be a valuable resource for future historians. Several collections were especially helpful in my research. At Vanderbilt, the Charles S. Mitchell Collection contained the most comprehensive assembly of programs for both the Nashville Little
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