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February 28, 2006
A look at who's coming to the reunion
Hello theatre and dance alumni,
If you're pondering whether or not to attend the big 75:20 Reunion, April 28-30, here's a arm-twisting list of alumni and faculty who have already registered. And there's still time to register. Just visit http://7520.umn.edu/events.html and download your very own registration form.
Michael & Katie Beery
C. Lance Brockman
Tessie Bundick
Steve Cardamone
Carolynne Darling
Ann Del Vecchio-McDonogh
Sarah Erickson
David Feldshuh
Donn/Mali Finn
Peter Michael Goetz
Lawrence J. Hill
Jann Iaco
Wendell & Elizabeth Josal
Michal Kobialka
Katherine Kohl
Rachael Lindhart
Helen Manfull
Joseph Meischer
Jean Montgomery
Maggie Moulton
Michelle Myers Berg
Paul & Patti Newman
Charles Nolte
Darlene Faye Olson
Annie Ozega
Stephen Peabody
Gerald Roe
Robert Scales
Luverne Seifert
Robert Skloot
http://7520.umn.edu/events.html
Posted by utheatre at 03:05 PM | Comments (2)
February 27, 2006
Memories from Paul Sannerud, class of '83
Rarig was Dickensian… you know, “best of times.. “ and all that. Great friends with whom much laughter, love and lunacy were shared. We all knew too much and too little all at the same time.
A few Rorschach memories:
2 summers on the showboat – Hazel Kirke and The Belle of New York.
The best: sitting on the taffrail, feet up, silly uniform shirt untucked, after a show with a frosty adult beverage and watching the river in the moonlight.
The worst: Looking up one Sunday afternoon and seeing the whirling clouds of a tornado directly overhead.
Rarig: “The bomb shelter”
The Best: The merry pranksters: John Justad, Janet Ryger, Scott Latandresse, Greg Trochlil, Todd Hensley, Tom Thatcher and all the rest.
The Worst: evening calls in the scene shop….
Cedar Riverside:
The best: Pumperniks Deli, the Triangle, Culla’s
The worst: Parking!
Alumns:
They were all the best! I loved working with Lee Walker ( God rest his good and merry soul), Julia Fischer, Tessie Bundig, and bunches more.
Practical Joke:
The best ( a tie): welding a stolen concrete squirrel into CLB’s locker, and the deflating the dome party.
The worst: I’m not sure the statute of limitations is out on this one yet….
Thesis Show (Billy Budd)
The best: Working with Charles Nolte -- especially during Tech rehearsals.
The worst: Having two weeks of techs!
Saturday morning donuts, getting a microwave for the Boat!, visiting the old boilers from the Showboat at their new home in New Orleans, Riding the buffing machines in the shop to clean the floor every quarter, setting Lance's pants on fire with welding sparks!
I wish all of you the best on your reunion. I hope to make it but it is unlikely as I will be IN technical rehearsals for an opera.
Posted by utheatre at 10:18 AM | Comments (2)
February 22, 2006
Creating TragiFarce
I remember my great horror in watching the farce I produced for directing class. After lengthy negotiations wherein I was required to perform in several other student-directed productions in order to get them to act in my piece, I finally found a full cast. However, since my main criteria in casting was that they would show up on the day of the performance (and, yes, they could even carry the script), the importance of an innate sense of comic timing was not really clear until I watched what had to be the most absurdly dirge-like farce ever produced on the thrust stage. Apparently, a director cannot will comedy into being.
My personal apologies to anyone who ever had to appear in my work.
Peter Largen, Class of '84
Posted by thadblog at 01:28 PM