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Show Is Logan Seewe 77 a likely place to launch a theatre career? Is Logan, Ut., a likely ing in university producplace to launch a career in tions while still a junior in theatre? high school in Preston, It's not an unlikely Ida. He was an old hand place, according to Jon around stages long before Cranney, a Utah State that, however. "After World War II for some time New York was theatre," he said. "Then things began to deteriorate. Tony. Guthrie, the y man I credit with saving the theatre, decided to establish a theatre out of New York. He chose Minsingle-handedl- University theatre arts "I don't remember a graduate who has success- time I wasn't involved in fully made the leap to the some kind of theatre Cranney is cursaid. "As Cranney thing," manarently production a kid I was always making neapolis." And so, fortunately, did ger of the Guthrie Theatre shows and circuses." Am-erci- big-tim- e. in Minneapolis, one of the up country's most prestigious regional theatres. "The USU Theatre Department is small and it's isolated," said Cranney. "And in a backhanded way, those are advantages. Learning to act in a small school, you don't have to prove anything to anybody before you're ready. And being isolated, you can work intensely in a microcosm, without dis- tractions." Cranney also recalled that there was no problem of lack of opportunity to work on stage as a student at USU. Cranney. After Cranney Although such producfinished at the University tion skills may have pre- of Minnesota, he joined saged Cranney's present the Guthrie Company as job in the theatre, acting was his first love and is an actor. But he was soon still the profession with carving out a new career. "Those were the times which he identifies. "I may be a production of long seasons and small manager now, but I am parts," Cranney recalled. "I got bored with acting still an actor," he said. It was to further perfect and started doing other, his stage skills that Cran- things." ney left USU in 1964 to Those "other things" study at the University of were assisting the overMinnesota on a McKnight worked stage managers. Fellowship. "I liked it and I also "In those days there learned that stage were two man- choices: you agers make more money finished your education at than actors," said Cran- an educational institution ney. or you went to New York For a couple of years and tried to crack the Big Cranney continued to jict said Cranney. "When I was a student Apple," is not sorry he while also managing the Cranney during the early 60's, chose the former. production for the Guththere were only about 20 "I never had to go to rie's second theatre. theatre arts majors on the New York," he said. "I Then in 1973, he was campus," said Cranney. was lucky. I was in the offered the job as the "We were trying to do five production manright place at the right Guthrie's soon learned why and plays a year. By the time I time." ager , left Logan, I had been in more make managers said his luck Cranney more plays than I'd seen." money. "A production manawas being in Minneapolis, of a job is essentially series ger's Through the city in which the drama revival of regional theatre managing the technoworkshops for high school was born at the time when cracy that is the modern students, Cranney had an the movement was just theatre," said Cranney. "I get involved in choosing opportunity to begin act- - getting off the ground' USU-sponsor- THURSDAY, what plays we will perform, what is within our capabilities. Hiring act- ors, designers. Scheduling rehearsal, deciding how much rehearsal is necessary, then seeing that it i happens. Managing the working lives of 30 actors and 175 technical staff playduring a ing season is my job." nine-mont- h .f - ft 3i. s' "TTTTi v ' Guthrie, under Cranney's direction, shows indica- tions of robust health that promises longevity. Ac- cording to Cranney, the theatre, which is a nonprofit foundation, receives many $10, $25, $50 contributions from the commun- SMI fr, mm 0 V ity; the theatre yearly plays to over 200,000 people; the age of the theatregoer has steadily dropped and is now holding at around 25. Another good sign is that people now move to Minneapolis to break into theatre," said Cranney. "People knock on our door and we've hired some." Although Cranney cautioned that breaking into theatre is still difficult, he admits he would have no other life. -- ": 7 111: flit K4L 1 "The Guthrie is my theatre. I love walking through the house at inter- mission, there." 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