History Theatre Received An IVEY Award For The World Premiere Of Jeff Hatcher's TYRONE & RALPH

Last night, History Theatre was honored by the Twin Cities theatre community with the an IVEY Award for its production of Jeffrey Hatcher's play Tyrone & Ralph which premiered in the fall of 2008. The play, which was directed by Ron Peluso and starred Steve Hendrickson as Tyrone Guthrie and Mark Benninghofen as Ralph Rapson, re-imagined the dynamic relationship between the two artists who shaped the creation of the original Guthrie theater.

Hatcher, Hendrickson, Benninghofen and Peluso were all present to accept the award. "This was brilliant work by Jeffrey, Mark, and Steve, alongside a talented company of designers that really made me proud to be the artistic director of History Theatre," said Peluso. "And it was an honor to do a show that highlighted the Guthrie and the rise of our theatre coummunty and our history."

"Staging real stories about real people is the lifeblood of History Theatre," said managing director Kathleen Hansen. "I'm humbled by the outpouring of accolades for this show by artists, arts organizations, and audiences."

On Monday evening History Theatre was in excellent company with fellow honorees Youth Performance Company and Theatre Latté Da, as well as Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Dudley Riggs. A full list of IVEY Award honorees is available at www.IveyAwards.com.

History Theatre's previous IVEY Award winning productions have been FireBall: The Great Hinckley Fire Project (2005) for which Joe Chvala received an IVEY Award for his excellent direction and choreography, and actor Kris Nelson received an IVEY Award for his portrayal of Paul Wellstone in Wellstone! (2007).

Photo by Scot Pakudaitis.

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