Celebrating 75 Years of Playhouse Interns

The Westport Country Playhouse today celebrated the 75th anniversary of its intern program. Fifteen former interns and eight current staff interns were joined by theater patrons. board members, staff and guests for a celebration in the Lucille Lortel White Barn Center. Among the former interns was Westport artist Miggs Burroughs, the eldest of the past interns present, who told the attendees that when he served as an intern in 1964, James McKenzie, the artistic director, handed him a plunger and said, “Welcome to show business.”  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com