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Larry A
Brechner, MA, DFA
Auditorium
Director
Producer/Director Munster Theatre Company
Larry A Brechner, "LAB", is pleased to return to his tenth
season at Munster, taking the reins of both the musical and drama
productions and forming the Munster Theatre Company, which unites both
into a single organization plus seeks to involve students from all areas
of visual, music and performing arts. In the past seasons he produced and
directed the very successful productions of musicals: Mame, Once Upon
A Mattress, The Music Man,
Pippin, Brigadoon, Working, The Sound
of Music, Snoopy!!!, South Pacific, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum, Cinderella, Hello
Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, and Oklahoma!
Larry
established the student based Auditorium Staff, which works on all
productions and concerts in the auditorium including commercial rentals
including the very successful Northwest Indiana Concert Association
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With over 30 years of professional and educational theatrical
experience, he has worked as the Theatre Administrator at The Center
for Visual and Performing Arts, plus as the Production Manager/Resident
Lighting Designer for The Center's resident professional Equity theater since
1992. Prior to that he
was the Auditorium Director for 13 years at Highland's Monbeck Auditorium,
founding the Auditorium Staff, plus the Highland Theatre Company as its
Producer/Director.
Larry has worked on hundreds of productions as lighting designer with a
variety of theater companies, receiving The Times Reggie Best
Lighting Award twice and Best Director-Musical Nominee, plus the 1997 NW
Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation Best Lighting Award. Larry has
just completed his Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree in Theatre Studies this
September 2007. He received both his Bachelor and Master's
degrees from Purdue University Calumet in Telecommunications and Theatre
Production and Management, plus Purdue honored him in 1997 with the
prestigious Distinguished Corporate/Community Service
Award.
Larry is a voting member for the Grammy Awards since 1980, and
serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Northwest Indiana,
LakeNET (advisory board), and
Lakeshore
PTV (WYIN-TV Channel 56) (where he
has been often seen as a
on-air pledge host), and Salute, a veterans recognition
group.
In 1999, he received the Distinguished Leadership
Award from the National Association for Community Leadership at the annual
national conference.
Larry is married to Carol Lynn and is proud dad to Lauren, Jamie, and
Christopher (plus
grandpa to Carlie, Brooke, Savannah Lynn, and Chase). In his spare time Larry is a recognized
photographic artist with several gallery exhibits to his credit, a
licensed commercial pilot, and Extra Class amateur radio operator
(WB9FQS).
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