The Schaffner Players

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and federal grants. He established operations in Des Moines in 1987. In 1989 he was working to get national sponsors, and had the backing of US West Communications, Metro Mail, and Cookies Bar B Q Sauce.

Scene from the 1984 production of Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners, Harold Dawson (L) and Michael Zahs (R) of Washington

Jimmy organized a company that gave an opera house tour during March and April 1989. They performed in twenty-one opera houses, high schools and community centers in Iowa and


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