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J.
Warren McDaniel was a fixture in community theatre for more than 30
years. He graduated from the
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II. While at Ole Miss he saw a touring company of There
Shall Be No Night, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
and ''was totally hooked."
Warren
's involvement in community theatre began in
Gulfport
in 1949-1950 and later in
Washington
,
Miss.
, where be organized the Washington Little Theatre and became involved
in State Competition. He was
also an active member of Natchez Little Theater. He
continued his involvement in state and regional community theatre
competition when he moved back to the Coast. During
his association with Gulfport Little Theater he served twice as
Chairman, was elected Chairman of the Southeastern Theatre Conference,
and was a two-term representative to the American Community Theater
Association. At GLT,
McDaniel directed such plays as Rebecca,
Dr. Cooks Garden, The Runner Stumbles, Twelve Angry Men, Twelve
Angry Women, and Caine
Mutiny Court Martial. In 1980 McDaniel was the first
recipient of the "Cowboy Maloney Award. " This award is given
"for his outstanding contributions to the Mississippi Theatre
Association." In
1991 the Mississippi Theatre Association named its highest award in the
Community Theatre Division the "J. Warren McDaniel Community
Theatre Award." This
honor is given to the group judged best community theater in the annual
convention's play festival.
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Godspell, Paspoint
Players
Pfeiffer's People,
Greenwood
Little Theatre
Dunelawn,
Greenwood
Little Theatre
Sea Horse,
Bay St.
Louis Little Theatre
Echoes, Bay St. Louis Little Theatre
Pushcart Peddlers,
Gulfport
Little Theatre
Tintypes, Starkville Community Theatre
The
Octette
Bridge
Club, Starkville Community Theatre
The Fantasticks
On The Verge, Northwest Miss Theatre Guild Kudzu Players
Laundry And Bourbon, Clinton Community Theatre
The Trial Of The Big Bad Wolf,
Gulfport
Little Theatre
I Hate Hamlet,
Gulfport
Little Theatre
Into The Woods,
Corinth
Little Theatre
Moon For The Misbegotten,
Delta
Center
Stage
Haiku,
Delta
Center
Stage
The Belle Of
Amherst
,
Gulfport
Little Theatre
Eleemosynary, Black Rose Theatre Company
Cotton Patch Gospel, Gu1fport Little Theatre
Observatory Conditions,
Delta
Center
Stage
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Tupelo Community Theatre
Bobby Gould In Hell, Actors Anonymous
The Harry and Sam Dialogues, Actors Anonymous
Bel Canto, Tupelo Community Theatre
The Glider, Delta Center
Stage
A Woman Called Truth, Delta Center Stage
Smoke On The Mountain, Starkville Community
Theater
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