Interview: Mark Durica
Interviewee: Dean Gladen
From: Cleveland Playhouse
"March 24th, ????"

"0 Born in Columbus, 1953. "
1 College education and path to Cleveland Playhouse
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3 Ended up getting first job at Art council in Lima Ohio. Talked about work there.
4 Moved to Toledo Art commission. Next job was for Great Lakes Theater festival
5 Joined Playhouse. 
6 More about pre-Playhouse work. A story about becoming head of the department of a program in Akron. Two full time jobs at the same time. 
7 Story of Nicholas Nicholasby  
8 1983 joined Great Lakes Theater Festival
9 History of Great Lakes Theater Festival
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11 Beginning of work at the Cleveland Playhouse. Hired to get money to finish the building.
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13 Talks about running a theater
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17 Typical story of a challenge of running a theater. Being pulled away from newborn child for work theater crisis.
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19 Story about how Playhouse did an exchange with Russian sister city. First production by an American with a Russian company. Huge sellout.
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23 Then the Soviet company comes to the United States and performs. This inspires talks with Slovakian company.
24 Connection between the theater companies and the new governments of Slovakia and Czech Republic
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26 Cleveland theater exchange with Slovakia and Czech Republic.
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28 Talking about last international exchange with Hungary.
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30 Starts talking about premieres of plays. The Cleveland Playhouse has always done new plays.
31 Tells the story of an Ohio playwright that they nurtured. His name is Eric Coble. 
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"33 Talks about another play and playwright. Michele Lowe's "Smell of the Kill".""3 Talks about anoth"
34 Starts to talk about negotiating rights to the play.
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37 Starts to talk about the economic situation of the playwright and how it's changed.
38 Cleveland Rotary Club and what the club does.
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40 Why he joined the Cleveland Rotary Club.
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42 How the Playhouse has evolved over time. 
"43 "Started off as an art theater and has continued to be an art theater." ""3 "Started off as an art theater and has continued to be an art theater"" "Started off as an art theater and has continued to be an art theat"""Started off as an art theater and has continued to be an art thea""Started off as an art theater and has continued to be an art thea"
44 Company changed in the 80s from a resident actor company to a company that hired show by show
45 Talking about focusing more on African American themes since the city is more African American. 
46 Starts to talk about how they hire actors.
47 Changes to the artistic directors and what it was like to work with each. First was Will Reese.
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49 Josephine Abady as artistic director.
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52 Peter Hackett as artistic director
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54 Michael Bloom is briefly mentioned as the new artistic director. Asked about a favorite production.
"55 First talks about the musical "Abyssinia". Then "Man of the Moment".""5 First talks about the musical "Abys"" Fir"
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"57 "Jar the Floor" and "Mockingbird"""7 "Jar the Floor" and "Mockingbi"" "Jar the Floor" and "Mocking"""Jar the Floor" and "Mockin""Jar the Floor" and "Mockin""ar the Floor"
58 What does he expect for the future of the Playhouse. He sees that the Cleveland Playhouse will continue to evolv
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1:01 The mission of the Cleveland Playhouse. It's for education and to perform plays that are relevant to the community. 
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"1:03 Difference between Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Playhouse. Cleveland playhouse is a "producing theater"."":03 Difference betw"
1:04 Difference between artistic director and managing director.
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1:06 Asking for a great story with an artistic director. Tells a story about his trip to Russia.
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1:08 Sales and how they have changed over the years.
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1:10 He talks about the architecture and buildings of the Cleveland Playhouse
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1:13 Wrap up.  They left the recorder on while talking about paperwork and archive access.
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1:21 It's a conversation between the supervisor and Dean Gladen. I really don't think it was meant to be recorded.
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