Word: agassiz
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Alan P. Symonds '69, the technical director of Harvard College Theatre Programs and a mainstay of the Harvard dramatic community for decades, died Tuesday, June 21 of a heart attack while working late at the Agassiz Theatre, where he had his office...
Symonds, who first ran the light board for a show in his freshman year at Harvard, had been technical director since 1993. In addition to his work on shows at the Agassiz Theatre, he advised many other productions on campus, including all house productions. He oversaw thirty to forty shows a year, according to Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard...
Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HRG&SP) President Casey M. Lurtz ’07 added that it was “impossible to imagine” the Agassiz Theatre without Symonds’ presence...
...Many of us are still struggling to believe that he won't be there in the fall,” she said. “The Agassiz Theatre was Alan's home, despite its quirks and difficulties, and he always wanted the best for it and for those groups performing...
...first love was always the Agassiz Theatre,” she said. “His job was perfect for him; he absolutely loved it and was blissfully happy...