THURSDAY, JULY 9, 11
SET DESIGNER, set maker, and set painter Richard G.
Mason gets his hands dirty while working on "Three
Men on a Horse."
DELMAR DeHENDRICKS, a Penn State graduate, doubles as
sta;!,e mangier and actor at Mateer,
kstage at Standing Stone
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SUMMER COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
I MISS LYDIA BRUCE studies a script for a future show by the dim light of a dressing
1 room during a rehearsal.
Summer Stock Reflections
It is an experience in itself to visit Mateer Playhouse at Stand
ing Stone for a regular performance; but it is even more exciting to
drop in during the afternoon while rehearsals are on. sets are being
made and Max Fischet is at large.
On the main stage, the central area of the barn floor, you find a
pleasant group of young actors and actresses working on lines, stage
props, and anything else that must be done for the next show.
When the times comes for the actual rehearsal the presence of
the picturesque director, Max Fischer, is felt in all corners of the
theatre.
Backstage is characterized by half-smoked cigarettes, cups half
filled with lukewarm coffee, and the smell of grease paint and other
cosmetics.
It is here that one may really see the cast and the people in
volved. You find the professionals—Leon B. Stevens, Esther Benson,
Lydia Bruce, Don Petersen, Ronald Bishop and Delmar D. Hen
dricks—composed but tense under the pressure of nightly perform
ances and rehearsals for the next week's show. The students, learning
in the theatre's most proficient workshop, complete the scene.
It is not unusual to cee several of the cast behind the lighted
mirrors in the dressing rooms with a script in one hand and applying
make-up with the other. Costumes are hung across the back of the
dressing rooms ready for the fast changes between scenes. . ....
All the glamour and excitement of off-Broadway are found
at the barn 20 miles distant from campus. This is summer stock,
offering the best in plays and personalities.
Photo-Feature by Wayne Schlegel
JOHN KERNELL, a graduate of Cornell, takes
a quick look at his lines between scenes at a
rehearsal.
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LEON B. STEVENS—on stage.
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ESTHER BENSON—on stage.