<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/fall-2019/featuring-faculty.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Featuring Faculty</title><excerpt>John Blondell (theater arts) traveled to Kazakhstan to direct Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the Russian Theatre of Karaganda named after Stanislavsky in June. The show also plays at the Ohrid Summer Festival in Macedonia in August. John received an Independent Theatre Award for his direction of “The Magic Flute.” His colleague, Mitchell Thomas, earned an Indy for directing “Pride and Prejudice” in fall 2018.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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