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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, August 14, 1959-22
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Curtain Going Up on Jewish
Center Theater Season, Sept. 9
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS
"There is no longer a magical
distinction between a profes-
sional actor and a well-trained
amateur," claims Jerome Bayer,
Director of the Jewish Com-
munity Center dramatics de-
partment.
And the ambitious, energetic
Bayer is out to prove it with
the first complete drama season
beginning Sept. 9.
According to Bayer, "We
don't want to make professional
actors. But we do hope to
achieve a quality of perform-
ances the Jewish community
can enjoy."
Since he feels that good adult
actors are often the result of
years of training, Bayer's dra-
matic program at the center
begins with four children's
groups in creative drama: three
teams of youngsters and a
fourth team of tween-agers.
Another group of teen-age
apprentices receives training in
stagecraft and techniques. Then,
as part of the Jewish Center's
"Ladies' Day Out" recreation
program, there are the Ladies
on Stage sessions, including im-
promptu acting exercises and
periodic presentations.
But it is the Center Theater
itself that Bayer considers the
"heart and center of the dra-
matic department."
Comprised of adults, 18 years
and older, the group will en-
gage in a cortiprehensive pro-
gram of activities: Monday eve-
ning acting clinics; two monthly
membership meetings on Wed-
nesday evenings; a "workshop
on wheels" mobile unit which
renders community service; in-
formal "audience on stage"
nights; and three major produc-
tions.
Bayer feels that a drama de-
partment in a Jewish Center is
"different" from other theater
groups in that "we try to pre-.
sent plays with a relationship
to Jewish life, yet also empha-
size the brotherhood of man by
representing the finest of all
cultures."
He added that the troupe also
should "get off the beaten
track" by presenting fine plays
not so frequently provided by
Northland
Playhouse
Greenfield at 81/2 Mile Road
thru SUNDAY, AUG. 16
Extra Performance Sun., Aug. 16,
5 p.m.
KENNETH E. SCHWARTZ
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Good seats at Playhouse Drive-in
Box Office; Cass Theater, Down-
town; Marwil's Eastland, Northland,
$1.85, $3.85.
other groups. "We want a bal-
anced diet."
The group's first public per-
formance of the season, Bayer
said, will be Sholem Aleichem's
"Tale of Helm" to be presented
during Book Week.
Starring the same cast that
performed the musical hit for
the Book Week of the year be-
fore, the play will precede a
series of major productions:
"The Curious Savage" by 'John
Patrick, in December; "The
Cold Wind and the Warm" by
S. N. Berman in February; and
a spring festival featuring some
unusual play of world renown.
The first of these plays; "The
Curious Savage" will be read
and analyzed at the Sept. 9
meeting.
Bayer emphasized that the
success of the season depends
on the co-operation of the pub-
lic. "We hope to sustain the in-
terest of a large group of peo-
ple to do all kinds of things—
not just act."
Born and reared in Califor-
nia where he received two U.
of C. degrees, Bayer has gath-
ered experience from many
sources: as a theater consultant
for the national USO, as the
organizer of an experimental
theater in Hollywood, head of
the department of creative dra-
ma at Camp Robinson Crusoe,
director of an experiment in
creative dramatics for the New
York Board of Education, and
a student of theater in New
York, Paris and Vienna.
In addition, he has lectured
at New York University, Cali-
fornia's Mills College and the
National Welfare Board, and
has written more than 100 ra-
dio and television plays and a
number of critical articles.
Bayer's first Detroit produc-
tion was in January of this year
when he was invited from Bal-
timore, where he headed the
Jewish Community Center, to
direct the play "Grow Old Along
with Me" on the theme of the
Jewish Home for the Aged. At
that time he organized the Cen-
ter Theater.
How does he feel about the
coming season? "Excited." But,
according to Bayer, that's the
effect of the theater. "I remem-
ber one girl telling me: 'When
I first joined, I thought I'd be
happy to get a little part in a
play. But this is more than a
little part . . It's a way of
life !' "
12 Days of Parties, Games
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"Carnival Time" has been pro-
claimed at Tamarack Lodge, of
Greenfield, N.Y., by owner Dave
Levinson.
The annual 12-day celebra-
tion, beginning Aug. 23, will. be
held this year in honor of Lev-
inson's new $1,000,000 night-
club, Club on the Green.
Highlights of the carnival will
be numerous Broadway revues,
house party, beauty contest,
cocktail _party and the annual
athletic competition, with prizes
of a free weekend at the resort.
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AUGUST 14, 15, 16
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Box Seats $6.00
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
• Max Roach Quintet
• Dakota Staton
• Dave Brubeck Quartet
with Paul Desmond
• Maynard Ferguson
& Orch.
• Thelonious Monk Quart.
• Dukes of Dixieland
SATURDAY, AUG. 15
• Chico -Hamilton Quint.
• Chris Connor
• Andre Previn Trio
• Newport Jazz All-Stars
with George Wein,
Buck Clayton
Pee Wee Russell,
Vic Dickinson,
Jimmy Rushing
• Duke Ellington & Orch.
SUNDAY; AUGUST 16
• Jack Teagarden
• Four Freshmen
• Ahmad Jamal Trio
• Gene Krupa Quartet
• Oscar Peterson Trio
• Stan Kenton & Orch.
Danny Raskin's
LISTENING
DR. ABE PEARLMAN and
his "harem" of wife, Sylvia,
and four daughters (Marilyn,'
Linda, Judy and Carol) came
back from a month's vacation
to the West Coast extolling the
exciting wonderments of Las
Vegas . . . Former Detroiter
Ed Moss, one of the owners
of the Sahara, where the Pearl-
man gang stayed, asked them
what they wanted to see in Ve-
gas and that was it! . . . Where-
ever they went, people were
lined up cramming to get in,
but there was always a table
for the Pearlmans.
* * *
HANK GREENSPUN of the
Las Vegas Sun, mentioned to
Abe, "It's not true that ev-
erybody leaves here broke. I
know one fellow who left here
with $100,000. The fact that
he came here with three hun-
dred thousand had nothing to
do with it!"
SAM DICTOR, ex-Detroiter
living in California, came to
meet the Pearlmans in Vegas
as a semi-retired businessman
. . His son Larry, will take
over the running of Camp Kio-
wa, and ex-Detroiter Sid Stol-
ler, with Sam all these years,
will head his Kiowa Lodge
health resort for women . . .
But Sam is still keeping his
fingers in a couple of other
pots . . . He bought an interest
in a super market and has also
returned to his former Detroit
ways and means . . . When
Sam left here for California
about 12 years ago, he sold his
insurance business to Harry
Bauman, and after all this time
is finally back in it . . . as a
west coast representative for
Lloyds of London . . They
also want him to open an of-
fice in Alaska as their repre-
sentative in the new state . . .
but he just can't picture him-
self behind a desk made out of
ice! . . .
* * *
BLOOD BANK RALLY by
Knights of Pythias, Detroit No.
55, will be held today, at the
K. of P. Castle Hall, 15787
Wyoming . . . A Red Cross mo-
bile unit will be on hand from
6 p.m. until 11 p.m. . . . The
men of Detroit No. 55 will
serve as baby sitters so that as
many people as possible can
come and donate some life-giv-
ing fluid . . . Iry Aaron is chair-
man . . . If you need baby-
sitter arrangements for the
night. call the Castle Hall, UN
2-9551.
* * *
SADIE POMERANZ was gar-
dening in the back yard of her
home on Woodingham, laSt
week, transplanting trees and
shrubberies that her neighbor,
Shirley Malamud, was getting
rid of . . . She had been dig-
ging sizeable holes for trees
all day long from early morn-
ing until about 4 p.m. . . . The
back yard was strewn with
shovels and rakes, and. Sadie
had just finished filling a large
hole around a tree when the
phone rang . . She rushed
into the house and a gentle-
man's voice said, "Is this Mrs
Pomeranz? This is the Blank
Blank Cemetery. We're calling
all Protestants in the neigh-
borhood. Have you selected
your family plot yet?"
Avait 1,200 Delegates for ZOA Convention
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
62nd annual convention of the
Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica will be held Sept. 10 to
13, at the Willard Hotel in
Washington, D.C., it was an-
nounced by Abraham A. Redel-
heim, ZOA president.
Dedicated to the Herzl Cen-
tennial Year, marking the 100th
anniversary of the birth of the
founder of modern Zionism,
the forthcoming convention is
expected to draw 1,200 dele-
gates from all parts of the
country, according to election
reports already received in the
Charge Israel with Trying
to Scatter Arabs in Land
NEW YORK, (AJP) — The
Arab Information Center here
charged that "the Israel gov-
ernment's - decision to relax re-
strictions on the movement of
Arabs in Israel is a disguised
attempt to disperse some 213,-
000 Arabs who, not choosing
to leave their homes, have
been suffering for the past 11
years under inhuman racial
and religious discrimination."
(Prior, the Israel Knesset ad-
journed without taking any ac-
tion on the bill to repeal the
emergency regulations affect-
ing the Israel Arabs.)
CI
national Z 0 A headquarters
here.
The four-day sessions will
be given over to discussions
and action pertaining to the
vital problems confronting the
Zionist movement, embracing
such issues as the projected
new structure of the World
Zionist Organization, the role
of the ZOA on the American
Jewish scene, the relationship
between diaspora and Israel,
the enlistment of youth into
the Zionist fold and the • fight
against assimilation.
Ben-Gurion Enters Hospital
for Routine Examination ,
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Prime
Minister David Ben - Gurion
entered the hospital here
Wednesday for a routine check-
up. After the hospital examina-
tion, he is expected to complete
his interrupted vacation, rest-
ing for another week before
presumably preparing for par-
ticipation in the coming elec-
tion campaign.
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