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Marilyn Holt
Professor Emeritus
Marilyn Holt, Professor
Emeritus, served on the Theatre faculty for 32 years, as Associate Chair
and Department Chair for 15 of those years. She has three children and
lived for a time in Burlingame, California. She returned to Utah where
she earned her graduate degrees: M.F.A. in Acting and Ph.D. in Dramatic
Literature. She taught a variety of courses in the areas of performing,
script analysis, dramatic literature, theatre survey, theatre education,
graduate studies, several courses for the Honors Program and a seminar
on her research specialty, 20th century drama. During her administration
the Department gained considerable national visibility, especially for
the Professional Actor Training Program. She facilitated the hosting of
a number of state and regional conferences and festivals featuring many
notables of national and world theatre (e.g., a group from the National
Theatre of Great Britain) offering numerous opportunities for master classes
and other interaction among these professionals and students. She was
president of Utah Theatre Assn. and University Resident Theatre Assn.,
and was active in the National Association of Schools of Theatre as a
speaker and an accredited evaluator.
Dr. Holt's writing includes
a history of theatre in Utah; book reviews; curriculum evaluations for
both secondary school programs and internal and outside university departments;
and more than 75 adaptations of literature for oral reading programs which
she performed. She acted or directed over 100 productions on campus, professionally
in the community and in the Intermountain West, and for film and TV She
performed leading roles from Desdemona in Othello to Mary Tyrone
in Long Day's Journey into Night. Some of her most memorable directing
assignments, on and off campus, were A Raisin in the Sun, The Abdication,
Misalliance, The Visit, Sight Unseen, Our Country's Good, and School
for Scandal. Now, in retirement, she is a "sometime" actress/director
and is finally finding time to engage in some long delayed playwriting.
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