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Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.〔(Initman History ), Intiman official site. Accessed online 2009-11-07.〕 With a self-declared focus on "a resident acting ensemble, fidelity to the playwright's intentions and a close relationship between actor and audience", the Intiman soon called itself as "Seattle's classic theater".〔 Its debut season in 1972 included ''Rosmersholm'', ''The Creditors'', ''The Underpants'', and ''Brecht on Brecht''.〔〔Paula Becker, (Intiman Theatre launches its debut season in Kirkland on December 13, 1972 ), HistoryLink, September 10, 2006. Accessed online 2009-11-07.〕 The theater has been host to Tony-nominated Director Bartlett Sher (who served as both a director and artistic director), Tony-nominated actress Celia Keenan-Bolger, and movie actor Tom Skerritt. It was also home to the world premieres of the Tony-winning Broadway musical ''The Light in the Piazza'',〔Ernio Hernandez, (The Light in the Piazza Shines as World Premiere Lucas-Guettel Musical Starts in Seattle, May 31 ), Playbill, May 31, 2003. Accessed online 2013-3-20〕 Craig Lucas's ''Singing Forest''〔Ernio Hernandez (Craig Lucas' Singing Forest World Premiere Opens at Seattle's Intiman, July 30 ), Playbill, July 30, 2004. Accessed online 2013-3-20〕 and Dan Savage's "Miracle!".〔Adam Hetrick (Streamlined Intiman Theatre's Summer Festival to Premiere Dan Savage's Miracle! ), Playbill, June 21, 2012. Access online 2013-3-20〕 Lucas also served as the Associate Artistic Director. Intiman won the 2006 Regional Theatre Tony Award.〔Joe Adcock, (Intiman Wins Tony as best regional theatre ), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 17, 2006. Accessed online 2008-06-02〕 In April 2011, Intiman Theatre recognized the need to pause, reflect and relaunch with a financially sustainable and artistically vibrant new model. After listening to input from artists, audiences, funders and the community, Intiman launched its first summer theatre festival in July and August 2012 under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Russell and Managing Director Keri Kellerman. The festival, curated from the impulses of an artist collective, featured four plays and a repertory company of 17 actors who stretched through over 40 roles.〔Laura Dannen, (Intiman Theatre's Summer Festival Opens With Ibsen, Shakespeare and Savage ), Seattle Met, June 20, 2012. Accessed online 2013-3-20.〕 The Intiman Theatre Playhouse was renamed the Cornish Playhouse in 2013 and is now managed by the Cornish College of the Arts.〔(New name, same theater at Seattle Center )〕 The 2013 Summer Festival featured productions of: (1) "Trouble in Mind" by Alice Childress; (2) "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!" by Dario Fo; "(3) Lysistrata" by Aristophanes; and (4) "STU For Silverton", a new musical about Stu Rasmussen, American's first known transgender mayor. ==History== Intiman's original location was a 65-seat theater in Kirkland, Washington.〔〔 Under the leadership of artistic directors Megs and John Booker, the Intiman officially incorporated as a non-profit theatre in 1973. Over the next few years, the company mounted productions at Cornish College〔 and Gary Austin's Second Stage Theatre in Seattle,〔 growing in attendance and budget each season. By 1978, Intiman called itself "Seattle's Classic Theatre"〔 and featured a resident company of fourteen actors, including Megan Cole, Clayton Corzatte, Ted D'Arms, John Gilbert, Patricia Healy, Richard Riele, Peter Silbert, Meg Hilton, Barry Mulholland, and Jean Smart.〔 In 1977, Intiman opened year-round administrative offices in Pioneer Square and hired Simon Siegl as its first general manager.〔 With a season of five classic plays, Intiman also began a parallel program "New Plays Onstage," staged readings of contemporary works directed and performed by members of the ensemble.〔 Over the next several years, Intiman was awarded institutional status by the King County and Washington State Arts Commissions and received an NEA challenge grant.〔 After a three-year planning process Intiman participated in the 1982 Scandinavia Today, an international exposition of Nordic culture, which took place in five American cities. Intiman presented staged readings of five contemporary works and two great classics on its main stage: ''The Wild Duck'' and ''A Dream Play'', in collaboration with top Scandinavian directors, designers and playwrights.〔 Meanwhile, Second Stage, Intiman's venue for nine theatrical seasons, faced demolition to make way for the Washington State Convention Center. For several years, Intiman, unlike any other professional resident theatre in the area, operated without a permanent home. Under the continued leadership of Booker and Siegl, Intiman rented various performance venues around the city on a short term, basis, including Broadway Performance Hall on the campus of Seattle Central Community College.〔 This picture changed radically after 1985, when Peter Davis came aboard as Intiman's first managing director. Davis—a former scenic designer who had worked for both Intiman and Seattle Repertory Theatre—completely restructured Intiman's finances and administration. He successfully negotiated the plan for Intiman to operate and manage a theatre facility on the grounds of Seattle Center.〔 That facility, the Seattle Center Playhouse (later Intiman Playhouse and later Cornish Playhouse) had been built for the Century 21 Exposition (the 1962 Seattle World's Fair), and had then served as the original home of the Seattle Repertory Theatre. In 1982, the Rep had moved to a new facility elsewhere on the Seattle Center grounds.〔Paula Becker, (Intiman Theatre inaugurates its new home, the Playhouse Theatre, at the Seattle Center, on June 10, 1987 ), HistoryLink, September 21, 2006. Accessed online 2009-11-06.〕 Intiman received a 22-year lease from the City. After a US$1.2 million renovation, in 1987, for the first time in its history, Intiman had a single facility with performance, rehearsal, production, shop and administrative areas.〔 As it moved into its new facility, Intiman hired a new artistic director, Elizabeth Huddle, who served for the next six years, succeeded in 1993 by Warner Shook.〔 In 1994, Intiman became the first regional theatre company in the country to be awarded the rights to produce Tony Kushner's Tony- and Pulitzer-winning two-part epic ''Angels in America''. ''Part One: Millennium Approaches'' closed Intiman's 1994 season, and ''Part Two: Perestroika'' opened the 1995 season. Directed by Shook, the complete ''Angels in America'' was the most commercially successful production ever to be produced at the theatre, reaching more than 63,000 attendees over its two-year run.〔 Over the next decade, Intiman produced plays by such provocative and influential American writers as Edward Albee, Moisés Kaufman, Ellen McLaughlin, Terrence McNally, David Rabe, Anna Deavere Smith, Paula Vogel, and Chay Yew. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Intiman Theatre Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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