 A troublesome split in the ranks of the theater literati caused Sterling and Heron to found an alternative theater society, the California (or Western) Drama Society; the factions were eventually reconciled and returned to the Forest Theater.In 1915 – a season that boasted 11 separate productions – audiences saw the premiere of Newberry's "Junipero Serra", a historical pageant focusing on the life of Father Junípero Serra.In 1916 two of the celebrated productions were "Yolanda of Cyprus" and "The Piper", in which four Carmel artists acted and painted scenery