1970 Directors' Showcase 2

Daughter of a Traveling Lady

By Peter Dee, directed by Donovan L. Sylvest.

Synopsis: A study of a teenage girl, conditioned by the independence her upbringing has thrust on her, who moves into an empty house in the suburbs and awaits the arrival of her wandering parents. Involved in her vigil are another teenage girl and a young telephone man, who try unsuccessfully to manipulate her. There is comedy and compassion in this drama which moves simply and indicates the essential strength of the lonely teenage girl.

Enter the Hero

By Theresa Helburn.

House By The Stable

By Charles Williams, directed by Judy Bedell.

The Deviant

By Ganesh Bagchi, directed by Rickey Cotton.

Synopsis: In this play, Ganesh Bagchi studies the psychological motivation which prompts the sacking of a Kampala bank clerk, and the effect which this sacking has on the clerk's friends, chief of whom is an intensely self-conscious fellow employee, named Lalit.

Something Unspoken

By Tennessee Williams, directed by Stan Dean.

Synopsis: Miss Cornelia Scott is a grand, Southern woman whose outer extravagance belies inner insecurities. She has a complex, codependent relationship with her secretary, and during the elections for the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, their tensions reach a tipping point.