 Nonetheless, one of the last things her mother did before she died was to scold Caspary for associating with "filthy reds".Upon returning to Greenwich Village, Caspary was invited to join the Communist party by a very prominent playwright, and did so, though under the alias of "Lucy Sheridan".Caspary found the Party's code of secrecy to be contrary to her search for truth and questioning of values, which had led her to join in the first place.