Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty

Black and red ink letterpress on pink paper, likely wood type for red lettering and lead for black. One sheet, printed one side.

*in red ink behind text reads “taxi strike meeting”
The Black Mountain College Players present “Waiting for Lefty” by Clifford Odets
Cast:
Harry Fatt Morton Steinau
Henchman George Cadmus
Joe Mitchell Fred Stone
Edna Mitchell Jane Mayhall
Miller Derek Bovingdon
Fayette Jimmy Jamieson
Clayton Bruce Elledge
Secretary Sybil Yamins
Phillips Bernard Malek
Grady Morton Steinau
Dr Barnes John Stix
Dr Benjamin Emil Willimetz
Irv Claude Stoller
Florrie Martha Hunt
Sid Leslie Katz
Agate Keller Bela Martin
A Man Eric Barnitz
Voice Harold Raymond
Union Member William Sutherland
Union Member Frank Nacke
Union Member Thomas Brooks

Stage Manager George Randall
Scenery: designed and constructed Lisa Jalowetz and George Randall
Technical Adviser Bedford Thurman
Dramatic Director Robert Wunsch

WAITING FOR LEFTY, in a series of rapidly moving scenes, depicts the struggles and uncertainties of a group of harassed men and women in a depressed economic system. It culminates in a strike: a contemporary symbol of rebellion against exploitation and inertia. With it is engendered a hope that, ultimately, these unfortunate men and women will achieve some measure of spiritual and economic security.
WAITING FOR LEFTY is an effective drama of life because Odets is primarily concerned with living human values. It is also because of his warm feeling for humanity that this play is at once a vivid chronicle of the struggles of men and women and a social document. It is therefore the foremost example of a propaganda drama -in its most constructive sense- and a work of art: propaganda in that the author has a thesis which he espouses strongly and a work of art in which he probes the inner and outer life of his characters. WILLIAM KOZLENKO