11 Great Regional Actors named Lunt-Fontanne Fellows
November 11, 2008 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bard at Large, Dan Donohue, OSF
The Ten Chimneys Foundation in Wisconsin, founded by legendary theatre couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, has launched a fellowship program for the nation’s top regional actors. Here’s the description from the foundation’s site:
In the summer of 2008, eleven of the most prestigious and accomplished regional theatres in the country were invited to nominate multiple [...]
American Players Theatre to build a Black Box
September 27, 2008 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bard at Large
In my review of the OSF’s Othello, I mentioned how Stephen Hemming’s Iago in the American Players Theatre production back in the early 90s was my benchmark performance. Indeed, I think my first exposure as an adult (post-college) to professional Shakespeare was at the APT–that would have been in the early 80s, and it was [...]

