Workshop Polishes Up "Saint Joan' in Plush Somerset Hotel Room

Forcibly ejected from the cold and uncompromising confines of a cellar in the House Squash Courts, the Veterans Theater Workshop yesterday whipped through its first complete rehearsal of "Saint Joan" in the luxurious plush of the Hotel Somerset's Princess Room.

Although unaccustomed to the surrounding soft red drapes and elaborate ionic columns, Donna Holabird and other cast members brushed up on Shavian subtleties until early morning, in preparation for the production's opening on Wednesday night.

The Workshop had to resort to "hiring a hall" after the University had decided to dump 400 folding chairs in the very spot where "Saint Joan" was taking shape After searching every nearby broom closet for free space, the group finally brought its wigs and grease paint to the Somerset.