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The 1920s

The introduction of women into the Roister Doisters was a battle not easily won. However, the group knew that it would be almost impossible to put up anything but farces if men continued to play all the women’s roles. So just as American women won the vote in 1920, the status quo similarly began to change in Amherst.

That year, some of the male students pointed out to their new advisor, Frank Rand (namesake of UMass’ Rand Theater), that there were three women in the senior class and three female roles in the play they wished to perform. After “grave deliberation”, they finally all agreed to allow women to be involved “just this once”, but not as to set any sort of precedent.

But this did set a precedent. Starting with that 1920 production of “The Witching Hour”, female actors became a staple of RD productions. 
Eleaner Basteman as Mrs Epps in "John Epps" (1921)
Cast of "John Epps" (1921)
Cast of "John Epps" (1921)
Cast of "John Epps" (1921)
Actors in "School of Scandal" (1921)
Cast of "You Never Can Tell" (1922)
Cast of "You Never Can Tell" (1922)
Cast of "You Never Can Tell" (1922)
Cast of "Clarence" (Prom Show, 1922)
Scenic Design for "Twelfth Night" (1928)
Viola in "Twelfth Night" (1928)
Maxwell H . Goldberg as Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night" (1928)
Maxwell H . Goldberg as Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night" (1928)
Malvolio in "Twelfth Night" (1928)
Scene from "Macbeth" (1929)
Scene from "Macbeth" (1929)
Jane Patterson as Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth" (1929)
Taylor Mills as Macbeth in "Macbeth" (1929)
Scene from "Macbeth" (1929)
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  • Spring 2022 Season
    • Urinetown
    • The Moors
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  • Get Involved
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      • Executive Board
      • Rehearsal Team
      • Artistic Team
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  • Archive
    • Production History
    • Galleries >
      • 2015 - 2020 >
        • If/Then
        • The Haunting of Hill House
        • Secret in the Wings
        • The Addams Family
        • Arcadia
        • Lucky Stiff
        • The Shadow Box
        • Heathers
        • Spelling Bee
        • Peter and the Starcatcher
        • Chicago
        • Proof
        • Starmites
        • Frankenstein
        • Legally Blonde
      • 2010 - 2015 >
        • Importance of Being Earnest
        • Spring Awakening
        • Farragut North
        • A Little Night Music
        • House of Blue Leaves
        • Almost, Maine
        • Children of Eden
        • Death of a Salesman
        • Cabaret
        • Company
      • 2000 - 2010 >
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        • Sweeney Todd
        • Bare
        • Hurlyburly
        • Best Little Whorehouse
        • Edwin Drood
        • On The Razzle
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