Eureka!

Let the gods bless D.O., who brought to today's interview a program for the very Fall, 1978, theater season I'm writing about in my essay. And there is documented the incredible sequence of four plays in rep, night after night, go four consecutive days and see four consecutive plays, and not a light escapist moment among them: American Buffalo, Cabaret, Marat/Sade, Joe Egg. An extraordinary season of theater! Nothing has come close to it since, and I'm finally meeting people who were there, witnessed the season, and agree with me. But D.O., by giving me a program to document the dates, saved me a number of hours in the newspaper archives, which I had planned for next week. I am ready to write my essay, even though I have one more interview to do.

What a great meeting! J.P. was there, too, one of the really fine directors this town as seen, no slouch of an actor either, who is finishing up her Ph.D. in theater at U of O. So good to see these folks from those Golden Years. Far better than a high school reunion.