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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | March 7, 2003

Behind the Scenes: Katie Kleese, Measure for Measure stage manager
No less than 25 hours a week. No pay. Others repeatedly questioning ‘why are you doing this?’ For Katie Kleese ’05, these come with the job. Kleese is stage manager for Measure For Measure. “Basically I’m in charge of making the show run smoothly,” she says. “Making sure everything is where it needs to be and everyone is where they need to be. It’s a lot of responsibility.” [more]

The Bard in South Africa
An adapted version of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure performs this weekend and portrays the racial tensions present during the apartheid regime [more]

Teddies and a movie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show performs tonight, encouraging audience members to put on their sexiest lingerie, arm themselves with audience props, and follow a list of crowd cues to shout at the actors on stage [more]