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Paul Bunyan Playhouse celebrates twenty years of community theater
The article recounts twenty years of Paul Bunyan Playhouse Bemidji a long list of volunteers staff and directors from 1951 to 1971. It notes major figures such as Lee Adey Jay Hornbacher Dick Ptacek Wendy Lehr and Terry Markovich and details backstage efforts rehearsals and season ticket drives. It describes set work posters box office and nightly crowd overflow during opening week 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sauer
Bemidji State College
Playhouse
Louis Marchand
University of Minnesota
Paul Peterson
Drama Advisory Service
Playhouse Board
Bill Butler
Community Playhouse
Chuck Avery
New York
Phil Smith
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Lee Adey
U. of
Bill Hohfeld
Norma
Jay Hornbacher
Dick Ptacek
Heather McDonald
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Bill Givna
John Hoyt
Don Ruble
Chanhasse Company
Minnesota
Wendy Lehr
Jay
Midwest
Debbie Gangware
Heather
Wendy
Hoyt
Grivna
Frank
Marti Marden
Anna Frank
Oklahoma
Carl Pistelli
Warner Blake
David Anderson
John Collins
A Terhune
Drama Workshop
Terry Markovich
Kathy Camara
al Reller
Terry and Company
Marv Briggs
Bemidji
John Glas
Rachael
Highway 71