Before 1947 we starting evolving from many groups that had different names like the Curtain Callers, the Nyack Players' and the Camp Shanks Players'. We became The Rockland Community Theater and met in the old Rockland Foundation Building in Nyack, NY. The next few years saw us performing under different names such as The Rockland Foundation Theatre Group', 'Rockland Foundation Players', and The Nyack Theatre Group'. We moved to Old Greenbush Road in 1950, but the space was inadequate for us to perform. We held weekly meetings on Thursdays and sometimes had an attendance of 25-plus members! Robert Daker was our first President, Charles Weaver - Vice President, Muriel Lee Porter - Secretary, and William Woods, our Treasurer. Our first Mission Statement was referred to back then as an Objective': To present to the community plays of cultural value. To further the individual abilities of the members through play reading, discussion of plays, stage craft and stage performances. To work for the establishment of a community playhouse. To work in a spirit of cheerful willingness and to cooperate in such a manner that the purposes of this organization may be realized. Our first evening's performance for a paid audience was a triple-bill presentation of The Boor', The Workhouse Ward', and The Dark Lady of the Sonnets'. They were presented at the since-demolished Liberty Street School in Nyack. This is the only time in our history that we presented a triple-bill show. Admission was an odd amount...74 cents.
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