[2] The newlywed Cheneys helped Wilcox put on one-act plays in her backyard barn, and in the summer of 1923 someone requested that the group perform in another town.
Alice Keating Cheney, president of the group, signed the petition, which listed $142 in assets and $48,016 in liabilities, including wages due to actors.
Each summer one or more vehicles left Madison carrying a stage, performers, stagehands, costumes, lights, props and scenery.
[3] The first tour, in New England in 1923, included students from Yale and Harvard, "erecting the stage, setting the scenes and sleeping in tents.
"[5] Initially the Players traveled through Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, often performing in "many spots that perchance never otherwise see a local dramatic presentation of any sort".
[5] Notable actors who performed with the group included:King Donovan[10] and Anne Seymour.
[11] The New York Public Library houses records of the Jitney Players in its Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Papers in the collection "mostly document the Jitney Players' theatrical performances through photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence and playbills".