Chester/Deep River/Essex Division

To finish out the season!  We are heading to the Ivoryton Playhouse!
Thank you to Jacqueline Hubbard and her team for hosting us!
 
The building that is now the Ivoryton Playhouse was built in 1911 as a recreation hall for the employees of the Comstock-Cheney factory. In all likelihood, the building would have been demolished long ago but for its chance encounter with a remarkable man. Milton Stiefel started his long career in theater as an actor, playing with such famous personalities as Julia Marlow and Lionel Barrymore. Eventually, his career took him backstage and he became nationally known as “The Assistant Director,” right hand man and confidante of David Belasco, considered by historians as one of the greatest directors in American theatre.
 
http://www.ivorytonplayhouse.org