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features 13 | Stage and Screen At Friends 15 | Stage and Screen Throughout The Years 17 | Liev Schreiber ’85: Actor, Director, Screenwriter 19 | Roger Hirson ’43: Playwright 21 | Sarah Halley Finn ’82: Casting Director 23 | Amanda Peet ’90: Actor
departments 1 | Mission Statement
10 | Spotlight on Service
2 | A Word From Bo
11 | Notes On Silence
3 | Opening Shots
25 | Class Notes
7 | Buzz On 16th Street
38 | Tributes
9 | Awards & Grants
41 | Back In The Day
On The Cover clockwise from right
1. As You Like It, 2011 2. South Pacific, 1987 3. Thanksgiving Pageant, 1936 4. Pirate's Play,
1935 5. Pirate's Play, 1935 6. Pirate's Play, 1935 7. Twelfth Night, 1981
Editor John Galayda
Principal on sabbatical Robert “Bo” Lauder
Designer Anna Pipes
Assistant Principal + Acting Principal Tom Perry
Photographers John Galayda Scott Smeltzer
Director of Development Selena Shadle
Development + Special Events Manager Amanda Perlmutter Director of Annual Giving Jenny Nichols Major Gifts Officer Patty Ziplow
Database Manager Valerie Delaine Director of Communications John Galayda Graphic Designer + Communications Assistant Anna Pipes
Director of Alumni Relations Katherine Farrell
CORRECTION In the the Fall + Winter 2011 issue, in the Friends in Far Places feature on page 24, we reported that Brazilian illustrator and author Roger Mello visited Friends. He did not visit, but librarian Constance Vidor brought books by Roger Mello to Friends to share with students.