The Early Years: Children’s Theater 1945
The first Children’s Theater summertime drama workshops were organized under the auspices of the City of San Diego Recreation Department by an advisory board of civic leaders and arts professionals. As most buildings in Balboa Park were still in use by the Navy, Roosevelt Junior High School was used for classes and rehearsals.
The Children’s Theater program was directed by sisters Lois Masterson De Lannoy and Beth Masterson, with assistance from members of the Footlights Theater group.
Lannoy and Masterson’s first productions were two one-act plays, performed by students of the workshop program.
Past Shows
1945 One-Act Plays
False Pretenses
Written by Warren Beck
The Pampered Darling
Written by Beatrice Humiston McNeil
Directed by Lois De Lannoy and Beth Masterson
The Blue Bird
Directed by Lois De Lannoy and Beth Masterson
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck
Original Music by John Ward