The Reader’s Notebook: John Patrick

May 17, 2018 — John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter. His 1953 stage adaptation of Vern J. Sneider’s novel The Teahouse of the…

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May 17, 2018

John Forsythe as Fisby and David Wayne as Sakini on Broadway in 1954 – Public Domain

May 17, 2018 — John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter. His 1953 stage adaptation of Vern J. Sneider’s novel The Teahouse of the August Moon marked the height of his fame, winning both the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for drama.

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Greg Jenkins

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Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

The Reader’s Notebook: John Patrick

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