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University of Minnesota announces interim replacement for Tom Proehl

Posted at 2:10 PM on May 18, 2011 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: Education, People

The Producing Director for the U of M's Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, Tom Proehl, died suddenly in early April.

Today the U of M announced it has found in interim replacement for Proehl while they search for a new producing director: Peg Guilfoyle.

Guilfoyle has worked in the Twin Cities for a long time, for both the Poets in the Schools program and the Guthrie Theater (she's the author of the book "The Guthrie Theater: Images, History, and Inside Stories." Her work has also included projects at the Ordway, at Mixed Blood and the Triple Espresso Company. Additionally, she has written commentary and nonfiction for newspapers and for Minnesota Public Radio.


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