Actors in Dressing Room at Playhouse on the Green
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This undated, black-and-white photo shows five actors in a dressing room at Playhouse on the Green (POG). Three are seated and looking into mirrors while putting on makeup, while two others look on. The photo was likely taken circa 1955-57.
POG was central Ohio’s first professional theater, and operated north of Worthington during summer from 1955 through 1972. The theater was managed by The Columbus Theatre Company, with a director and Equity actors from New York City supplemented by central Ohio actors.
This and other photos of POG are from the scrapbooks of Bernice Warner Letson, in the collection of the Worthington Historical Society. She is notable not only because of her revolutionary home-based business selling worm castings all over the world, but also because of her involvement with POG, often hosting actors at her home for the season.
The photographer, William H. Shupe, photographed numerous people and locations throughout central Ohio.
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Actors in Dressing Room at Playhouse on the Green from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Actors in Dressing Room at Playhouse on the Green. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
