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You can click "comment" after any entry to respond to it.]]> en-us 2006-05-25T14:19:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/046711.html I would like to take this opportunity to offer my deepest thanks to all of you who attended the recent 75:20 celebration sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance. As former and current members of this department, you... 75:20 Reunion Updates utheatre 2006-05-25T14:19:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/045250.html I'm probably one of the most insignificant but most blessed people to come out of the U of M theatre program.I got my MFA degree in 1972 and have been constantly working in my field. To date, 20 years at... Faculty Memories utheatre 2006-05-03T06:54:53-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/042651.html Greetings from California. This is Erin Scott (98). I am looking forward to the upcoming gathering. After teaching in Savannah for 2 1/2 years, I am back in Los Angeles playing the adjunct professor game (also known as the freeway... Alumni News utheatre 2006-04-06T12:50:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/042499.html Hello all from David-Michael Monasch: graduated 1971, as one of the first two U of M BFA's in Theater - together with Linda Smith (where is she now?) Most fond memories were evoked by Peter Thoemke's contribution (now to be... University Theatre Memories utheatre 2006-04-05T09:11:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/042157.html Greetings alumni, April is upon us and it's time to take another look at who will be attending the 75:20 Reunion, April 28-30. There's still time to register. Just go to www.7520.umn.edu and click on "events" where you can download... 75:20 Reunion Updates utheatre 2006-03-31T12:49:59-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/041700.html What I loved most of all during my time at Rarig was the unbelievable amount of rehearsals and work you could be doing simultaneously: scenes for directing students, scenes with fellow actors for your own class, main stage rehearsals, and... University Theatre Memories utheatre 2006-03-27T10:53:43-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/039567.html 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... 75:20 Reunion Updates utheatre 2006-02-28T15:05:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/039388.html 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:... Memories of former students utheatre 2006-02-27T10:18:03-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/038987.html 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... Memories of former students thadblog 2006-02-22T13:28:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035526.html Well, let me be the first one to say it, my best memories are the parties. Being part of the theater department in the late sixties and early seventies was a lot of fun, but I think we had the... University Theatre Memories justin 2006-01-18T11:44:27-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035525.html During all those years when John Loprieno was playing "Cord Roberts" on "One Live to Live," I tried to tell people that I knew him, that he beat me up on stage in the play "Major Barbara"! Well, now I... University Theatre Memories justin 2006-01-18T10:47:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035433.html I graduated with a Ph.D in 1977, concentrating on directing as well as film studies and criticism. I spent the remaining years teaching, directing, and, on and off, chairing the theatre department at St. Cloud State University. I retired in... Alumni News utheatre 2006-01-17T10:22:05-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035306.html One of the most vivid memories I have of my years at the University of Minnesota is riding across Wisconsin sitting next to Doctor Frank Whiting, or "Doc," as we called him. Doc was driving. Anyone who ever rode with... University Theatre Memories utheatre 2006-01-13T13:33:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035307.html It was about that time that my boy friend, Bill Wendt, was cast as the young Marco in "Marco Millions." Our mutural interest in the theater --plus the fact that we both worked at Gray's Drugstore in Dinkytown -- drew... University Theatre Memories utheatre 2006-01-13T13:31:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/utheatre/7520/035308.html About the time Bill and I were finishing our schooling at the University, Doctor Whiting was wooing Sir Tyrone Guthrie. Doc was determined that Sir Tyrone would establish a theater in Minneapolis. Doc was an inspired and determined man, as... University Theatre Memories utheatre 2006-01-13T13:29:00-06:00