Monday, February 07, 2011
Joyce Sloane: One-woman history of the Chicago theater renaissance
WBEZ: "The life of Joyce Sloane, who died Thursday night at the age of 80, reads like a one-woman history of the Chicago theater renaissance. The Producer Emeritus of Second City also co-founded Victory Gardens Theater, the League of Chicago Theaters and the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee. And she only narrowly missed co-founding Second City itself, having devoted a mere 50 years to the 51-year-old comedy fountainhead.
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When I worked at Second City I had the opportunity of seeing Miss Sloane on a weekly bases. She would move slowly through the building and kindly greet everyone she saw. She was a walking Chicago theater history book and her presence will be missed at the Second City thought her spirit I'm sure continue on. It will be hard to mourn for someone who's life brought such laughter into the world.
It is sad to see someone who was obviously such an influential figure, and such a great person pass. It is, however, important to celebrate the life of figures such as these. Joyce Sloane's life was compared in the article to a history of the Chicago theater renaissance, but the stories of her life show that she was much more. the story of the young woman who's mother told her to regard Joyce as a second mother illustrates just how wonderful this woman must have been. these figures in theater are a large part of what makes the the industry so magical.
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