LORAS PLAYERS - Revision history

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-LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group. Founded in 1910, the Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] for a total audience estimated at 21,000. The production required two hundred seventy costumes and had four hundred twenty roles performed by one hundred thirty six actors.
+LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group was founded at [[LORAS COLLEGE]] in 1876. Their first performance on record was "The Merchant of Venice" performed at [[ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE]] in 1876. In 1910 the first drama club led by the Rev. Isidor J. Semper enjoyed the new chapel/auditorium of St. Joseph Hall which offered seating for 1,100. It was at this time that the theatrical group was named the Loras Players."
-Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince. He went on to make hundred of [[MOTION PICTURES]].
+In 1926 the Rev. Edward O'Hagan led the Loras Players in his direction of "Treasure Island."  The direction shifted to the Rev. George Stemm who hed the position from 1931-1939.  The Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] for a total audience estimated at 21,000. The production required two hundred seventy costumes and had four hundred twenty roles performed by one hundred thirty six actors.
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Randylyon at 20:22, 11 March 2010

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	LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group. Founded in 1910, the Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] for a total audience estimated at 21,000. The production required two hundred seventy costumes and had four hundred twenty roles performed by one hundred thirty six actors.		LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group. Founded in 1910, the Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] for a total audience estimated at 21,000. The production required two hundred seventy costumes and had four hundred twenty roles performed by one hundred thirty six actors.

	Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don\|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince.		Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don\|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince. He went on to make hundred of [[MOTION PICTURES]].

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	Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don\|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince.		Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don\|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince.

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LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group. Founded in 1910, the Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]] for a total audience estimated at 21,000. The production required two hundred seventy costumes and had four hundred twenty roles performed by one hundred thirty six actors.

Perhaps the Players best-known graduate was television and movie star [[AMECHE, Don|Don AMECHE]] who, in 1922, starred in ''The Shepherd in the Distance'' as a prince.