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INSTITUTE OF OUTDOOR DRAMA
Twenty-Ninth Annual
National Outdoor Drama Conference
October 24-27, 1991
Bardstown, Kentucky
�?~Local Host: The Stephen Foster Drama Association
PROGRAM
Thursday, October 24
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom/Hall
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Foster & Fitch Rooms
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom
9:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Foster & Fitch Rooms
Registration and Check In
Season Reports
Company representatives from dramas across the United States summarize the year�?Ts
production activity and season attendance.
Moderator: Scott Parker, Director, Institute of Outdoor Drama, Chapel Hill, NC
Welcome Reception
Co-hosts: The Stephen Foster Drama Association
Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist Commission
A Kentucky DinnerSpecialties of the Bluegrass State
Master of Ceremonies: James Blevins, Producer, Young Abe Lincoln, Lincoln City, IN
The Economic Impact of Kentucky�?T s Outdoor Dramas
Ron Gentry, Kentucky Secretary of Tourism, Frankfurt, KY
Entertainment
Paul Green: A Tribute and a Memory (by Marion Fitz-Simons and Bill Trotman)
Performed by Sandra Forman (Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights,
KY) and Bill Hardy (Unto These Hills, Cherokee, NC)
Open House
Co-hosts: |The Stephen Foster Drama Association
Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist Commission
Friday, October 25
(Today�?Ts program will take place on the grounds of My Old Kentucky Home State Park.)
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Lounge
9:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Lobby
Coffee
Buses Leave for My Old Kentucky Home State Park
9:1510:15 a.m.
My Old Kentucky
Home State Park
10:15-11:45 a.m.
My Old Kentucky
Home State Park
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Rotunda
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Rotunda
1:30-1:45 p.m.
1:45-3:00 p.m.
Rotunda
3:00-3:15 p.m.
3:15-4:30 p.m.
Rotunda
4:30-4:45 p.m.
4:45-6:00 p.m.
Rotunda
6:00 p.m.
Rotunda
7:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Lobby
7:45-8:15 p.m.
Train Depot
8:15-10:15 p.m.
On board
Tour: My Old Kentucky Home
Built in 1795, Federal Hill is the plantation which inspired Stephen Foster�?Ts most
famous melody, �?oMy Old Kentucky Home.�?�
Tour: J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre
A walking tour �?obehind the scenes�?� features the 1,400-seat front-of-the-house,
backstage, and administrative offices.
Lunch Al Fresco!
Enjoy a box lunch in the grand open-air Rotunda on the grounds of My Old
Kentucky Home. The Rotunda will be the site for all afternoon events.
Operating The Stephen Foster Story
Co-chairs: Bert Ballard, General Manager (1963-1991), The Stephen Foster Story,
Bardstown, KY
Carlene Offutt, General Manager, The Stephen Foster S tory,
Bardstown, KY
An open-floor question-and-answer session exploring the management policies and
practices of this 33-year-old company.
Refreshments
Writing Music for Outdoor Drama
Billy Edd Wheeler, Playwright/Composer, Young Abe Lincoln, Lincoln City, IN
Refreshments
Americans with Disabilities Act: The Mandate
Moderator: David Weiss, Theatre Consultant, Charlottesville, VA
Participants: Chuck Robertson, General Production Manager, The Great Passion
Play, Eureka Springs, AR
Marion Waggoner, Producer/Artistic Director, Tecumseh,
Chillicothe, OH
An examination of the ADA, which requires all outdoor theatres to be fully accessible and
in compliance by January 26, 1992.
Refreshments
Vocal and Choral Concerns in Outdoor Theatre Production
Moderator: David Brown, Musical Director, The S$ tephen Foster Story,
Bardstown, KY
Performers: Cast members of The Stephen Foster Story
From the audition process through the end of the season, vocal health and quality.
Buses leave for The Holiday Inn
Buses leave for My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Depot
Attitude Adjustment Period
Relax and talk shop in the state�?Ts only dry-stone, pre-Civil War railroad depot.
�?oAll Aboard!�?�My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
Fine food and cocktails aboard the elegant 1940s vintage dinner train as it travels through
the beautiful Kentucky countryside from Bardstown to Limestone Springs and back.
Banjo player Gary Vidito will entertain with favorite melodies from The Stephen Foster
Story.
10:15 p.m.
Train Depot
Buses leave for The Holiday Inn
Saturday, October 26
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom/Hall
9:0011:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Foster & Fitch Rooms
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom
3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Lobby
3:00-5:30 p.m.
On buses
5:30 p.m.
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Nelson Room
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Foster & Fitch Rooms
Coffee
Paul Green Seminar in Theatre Production: Marketing Texas!-Style
Moderator: Marsha Warren, Executive Director, The Paul Green Foundation,
Chapel Hill, NC
Participants: Raymond Raillard, Executive Vice President, Texas!, Canyon, TX
Margaret Harper, Founder, Texas/, Canyon, TX
Patty Bryant, Publicist, Texas/, Canyon, TX
An inside look at the nuts-and-bolts of the unique PR campaign which contributes to the
remarkable attendance record of this successful drama. (1990 attendance: 110,621, or 99%
of capacity.) Funding for this seminar is made possible by a grant from The Paul Green
Foundation, Chapel Hill, NC.
Lunch
Community Relations: A Case Study
Moderator: Bert Ballard, General Manager (1963-1991), The Stephen Foster Story,
Bardstown, KY
Participants: Greg Davis, Executive Director, Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist
Commission, Bardstown, KY
Alice Heaton, Superintendent, My Old Kentucky Home State Park,
Bardstown, KY
Larry Green, Director, Office of Community Development,
Bardstown, KY
The working relationship between town, state park, and drama.
Buses leave for afternoon tour
Tour Historic Bardstown
An open door to early Kentucky history featuring stately mansions, Bardstown Historical
Museum, Museum of Whiskey History, St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, and world-famous
Jim Beam Bourbon Distillery.
Buses return to The Holiday Inn
Social Hour
Host: Richard Mix, Mix International Lighting, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN
Banquet
Master of Ceremonies: Patricia Speelman, Producer, Mark Twain, Elmira, NY
The State Park/Outdoor Drama Connection
Ed Henson, Director, Recreation Parks and Historic Sites Kentucky Department of
Parks, Frankfurt, KY
Presentation of the Mark R. Sumner Award
9:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Nelson Room
Entertainment
Nancy Johnson Barker and Blake B. Barker perform Appalachian folksongs on
traditional instruments, including dulcimer, dobro, guitar and banjo.
Cheers
Host: Richard Mix, Mix International Lighting, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN
Sunday, October 27
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom/Hall
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Bourbon Ballroom
Coffee
Natural Acting
Moderator: Scott Ray, Director, The Stephen Foster Story, Bardstown, KY
Participants: Don Baker, Producer/Artistic Director, Stonewall C ounty,
Lexington, VA
David Lively, Director, Hatfields & McCoys, Beckley, WV
Charles Otte, Director, Blue Jacket, Xenia, OH
The challenge of achieving a naturalistic acting style in the performance of outdoor
historical drama.
Acknowledgements
The Institute is grateful to the Stephen Foster Drama Association and its board of directors and
staff for their hospitality and generous support. And, of course, many thanks to all panel members
and workshop leaders who have been so generous with their time and expertise throughout the
conference.
Special thanks to the following individuals and organizations:
Bert Ballard, The Stephen Foster Story
Greg Davis, Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist Commission
Marion Fitz-Simons and Bill Trotman
Sandra Forman, Northern Kentucky University
Ron Gentry, Kentucky Tourism Cabinet
Larry Green, Bardstown Office of Community Development
William Hardy, Unto These Hills
Alice Heaton, My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Ed Henson, Kentucky Recreation Parks and Historic Sites
Nancy Johnson Barker and Blake B. Barker
Betty Kompst, UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Continuin g Education
Steve Lowry, Kentucky Standard
Liz Lucas, UNC-Chapel Hill News Services
Thomas L. McKeon, UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Continuing Education
Clifton Metcalf, UNC-Chapel Hill News Services
Richard Mix, Mix International Lighting, Inc.
Carlene Offutt, The Stephen Foster Story
Rapier Smith, Kentucky Department of Parks
Bardstown Historical Museum
Jim Beam Bourbon Distillery
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
The Paul Green Foundation
