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September 07, 2005
Comments from Michael Koerner
Here are a few words about my time at dear old Rarig High:
One of my fondest memories harkens back to the days on the old showboat. I was playing in a production of Pinero’s “Dandy Dick” with, among others, Beth Gilleland and Billy Blieseth. Our director was Charles Nolte.
Billy loved to go fishing off the back of the boat, and one day he caught a particularly ugly carp. Later that night at the performance the carp made and unexpected appearance onstage in a bucket that was supposed to be full of oats to feed the title character (a horse!). Needless to say with Beth’s notorious inability to keep a straight face in such situations, we all had a hard time keeping any sort of plot going!
Also:
One of my favorite dance partners in a Robert Moulton musical was the former artistic director of “Eye of the Storm” theater, Casey Stangl. We were paired in a production of Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate,” with, among others, Lee Walker, Sally Bublitz and Ken Risch. It is a little known fact that Ms. Stangl was quite a hoofer early in her career!
And again:
My favorite performance experience at Rarig was a production in the Nolte Theatre of “Marat/Sade” directed by the late Stephen Hults with Sally Wingert as Charlotte Corday, Casey Stangl (again!) with me in the vocal quartet and musical director Dawn Baker. A wild show!
— Michael Koerner
Posted by utheatre at September 7, 2005 10:15 PM | Memories of former students