He directed over 60 major productions at CUA, and several more for the National Players, a touring company he created.
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He recruited playwright Leo Brady, director Alan Schneider and theatrical designer James Waring to the faculty.
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His longtime friend Helen Hayes made her final stage appearance in CUA's on-campus Hartke Theatre, in Eugene O'Neill's classic Long Day's Journey into Night.
She earned a Master's degree in Speech and Drama at Catholic University of America in Washington DC in 1943, studying with the renowned Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, O.P.
National Players was founded through the efforts of one man, Father Gilbert V. Hartke, the founder and long-time chair of the Speech and Drama department of The Catholic University of America.
1949 Players, Inc. (now known as National Players, OTC's touring company), is created by Father Gilbert V. Hartke to bring live theater and educational programming to students and public audiences across the United States and overseas.
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