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FROM THE ARCHIVES
BSC theatre celebrates
70 years of performances
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Birmingham-Southern College’s theatre program and its
distinctive turntable stage, which is one of only two like it in the world.
A team including Claudia Cumbie-Jones ’72 is working to create a digital repository of historic
information with a goal of making it publicly available in 2018. Meanwhile, you can dip into BSC’s rich
theatrical history—from Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
in 1959 to
Dollhouse
in 1982 by award-
winning playwright Rebecca Gilman ’87 to last year’s production of
Fiddler on the Roof
—online at www.
bsc.edu/academics/theatre/past-seasons.cfm.The theatre program is not only celebrating its 70-year history, but its current students, alumni, faculty,
and staff as well, knowing that their incredible talents—combined—have created some incredible
moments on stage. Costume designer Patti Manning has served the longest in the Department of
Theatre—more than 30 years.
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Cat’s Paw,
1957
*The theatre program will announce plans later in the 2017-18 academic year to celebrate this special anniversary and
pay homage to its storied history.