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A Little Bit About Myself
As a boy I loved to play in the woods behind our house, using my imagination to create all kinds of exciting adventures. When my friends would rather be playing kickball and whiffle ball, I preferred running from dinosaurs or exploring magical lands. We worked it out, though, they talked me into playing their games and I talked them into playing mine.
In high school I discovered that dozens of us could all get together and pretend in the theatre. We had costumes, lights, and scenery. Sometimes we even got to sing. I had found my home!
My writing had begun, too, as I experimented with story ideas and wrote a few pages here and a few pages there, whenever an idea struck. At St. Olaf College I double-majored in theatre and English to feed my creative appetite, and even combined them by writing stories for the characters I was playing.
Graduate school auditions led me to Los Angeles where I earned my MFA in drama at The University of Southern California. Then I joined the actor’s union with roles in TV series including “Dynasty” and “The Judge.” Acting classes developed my emotional palate under the tutelage of the late Gene Bua and Toni Bua in North Hollywood at the Acting For Life Theatre. I became one of the alternate teachers and wrote several acting scenes that were used for many years at the school.
My wife and I left Los Angeles so I could start an academic career where I taught and directed theatre in higher education for 24 years. Talk about a creative workout! I’ve now directed over 50 plays and musicals in four colleges and universities, including during my ten years as a Dean of Social Science and Performing Arts, before I left academia to tend to the needs of my parents.
I’m walking, these days, through the same woods I played in as a boy. I’ve written short plays, short stories and and finished a middle grade novel, The Most Amazing Museum of Los Angeles that was launched on June 1st. I’ve also been directing plays for my local Jr/Sr high school, and two civic theatres. Each new day is an adventure.
Eric Margerum 