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THEATER 100.

 

 

100 Years of the Cornish Theater Department

 

 

Theater Department Centennial Approaches: Why It's a Big Deal

In 1918, Nellie Cornish invited a married couple, English poet Maurice Browne and American actress Ellen Van Volkenburg, to found a theater department at her school. When they accepted, it was an astounding coup for the school, especially since Cornish was but four years old at the time. The Brownes were famous across the US as the founders of the Chicago Little Theatre, the flagship company of an art theatre movement in America.

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More Features:

• Centennial Heroes from the Nellie Cornish years.

• Theater Department Heads, 1918–present

• Theater Department Timeline (a work in progress)