2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the editor
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Opinions
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In response to Nov. 2,2006 Issue of the Lakealnd Mirror article by August Kelm -"To be or Not to be: Will the theatre program survive"
Hello, my name is David Janoviak, and I graduated from Lakeland College with a theatre degree about 15 years ago. I am currently an associate professor of theatre at Western Oregon University, a professional actor and director, and the Artistic Director of Salem Repertory Theatre (The Capital of Oregon's first professional union theatre).
Dr. James Crawford (JC) and the theatre program at Lakeland made me the person and theatre practitioner I am today. My professional career has spanned to four different countries and has taken me all over the U.S. I owe that largely to JC.
For the love of Pete, DO NOT eliminate the theatre program at LC!!! Find someone as talented, inspiring and energetic as JC, or better yet--find two people, and raise the funds to build the program into something even better.
Lakeland College and the surrounding area deserve this!
Hello, my name is David Janoviak, and I graduated from Lakeland College with a theatre degree about 15 years ago. I am currently an associate professor of theatre at Western Oregon University, a professional actor and director, and the Artistic Director of Salem Repertory Theatre (The Capital of Oregon's first professional union theatre).
Dr. James Crawford (JC) and the theatre program at Lakeland made me the person and theatre practitioner I am today. My professional career has spanned to four different countries and has taken me all over the U.S. I owe that largely to JC.
For the love of Pete, DO NOT eliminate the theatre program at LC!!! Find someone as talented, inspiring and energetic as JC, or better yet--find two people, and raise the funds to build the program into something even better.
Lakeland College and the surrounding area deserve this!
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kimschlag
Kim (Siedschlag) Plautz '91
posted 3/25/07 @ 10:42 AM CST
David - thank you for commenting on this. I completely agree with you. It seems that the entire arts community at Lakeland is slowly withering away to nothing. (Continued…)
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