"Dra m a a n d One M a n 's Ded icatio n . To Eric Nordholm, the stage is not only the portrayal of life; the stage is life itself. Since coming to PlU in 1955. he has worked tire lessly to instill this feeling in his students, his colleagues, and into the teaching of speech and drama. Graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1951, he did gradu ate study at Indiana University be fore coming here, and in past years has d i rected and produced in Chi· cago and on Broadway during the summers. But more than his vast experi. ence has influenced his work al PLU, for his own influence extends beyond the classroom and into the lives of every person who has ever seen or partici pated in a PlU stage production. Here, behind the scenes, there lives and moves the spirit of the drama, from comedy to tragedy, a spirit not acquired by the mere assimilation of knowl edge. Here, Eric Nordholm's teach ing has become a living thing, in fused in the play of klieg lights, shining from the faces of the play ers on stage. A Children's Theatre becomes more than a small child's amusement, a Rodgers and Ham merstein musical more than an evening's relaxation for the audi ence: for here is the source of wonder, a sense of the true drama of Hving. With a man who lives drama, these things become the expression of life, and through the dedication of Eric Nordholm, they have become a vital part of PLU.
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