 After deciding that the production would be presented in the summer, the name "Summer Mummers" was born.The four individuals usually considered the 'founders' were Art Cole (then the Director at Midland Community Theatre); William F. Pennebaker, a Midland attorney; Bill Pomeroy, a Midland oilman, and Norris Creath who played the first Mummers 'Villain'.Cole directed and starred in the first production (and many later ones also) and Pennebaker and Pomeroy ran the front-of-house operations.