"It was some fifty three years ago that three great men of the theater, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea and Peter Zeizler met in Guthrie’s ancestral home at Annamakerig, Co Monaghan in Ireland—to discuss the profound and original notion of providing the best in world-class theater to an American audience far from the bright lights and big budgets of Broadway. Announcing their intentions through the good offices of the New York Times, they were encouraged when seven cities expressed interest in hosting a new repertory theater in cities around the country. And so it was, in 1960, that managing director Oliver Rea and artistic director Sir Tyrone Guthrie ventured forth into the heartland of The United States to find a place to plant their artistic garden and see it grow." how lucky are we that they chose minneapolis?! minneapolis.org/blog/50-years-guthrie-exclusive-speech-joe-dowling
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:56:19 +0000
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