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Richard will be performing ‘Roethke and Me: Conjuring The Garden Master’ on the stage at Saginaw Valley State University for the Centennial Celebration of Theodore Roethke. Details to follow.

Richard’s performance of his one man show ‘Roethke and Me: Conjuring The Garden Master’ was a great success. The performance was filmed, poetry was read over Roethke’s grave and Roethke’s favorite watering hole was visited. Thanks again to Linda Farynk.

“Fitzpatrick is the muscle and nerves of poet/teacher Theodore Roethke, skillfully integrating his many complex parts to present The Man, whole. Captivated by the poems since young manhood, he has arrived at a mature reading that rings true – and the impact is stunning.”

Maxine Harris, River Junction Poets

FAB.ulous

March, 2008
Juried exhibit in The Great Hall, OCAD

Sculpture by Alex Fitzpatrick

WHEN SHALL WE?
By Jean F. McLellan (Walker)

A pre-quel to William Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish Play’

A Tale of Revenge
The three witches on the heath? Wise women.

Prologue:

O’er braes a’ wet wi’ winter wynd
Three sisters cam tae plot and scheme
Revenge oan man, indifferent aye tae women’s plight
Wi’ subtletie tae mould his thoughts, invade his dreams.
A soldier thickened by the constant weal
O’ bash and clash and dreams o’ power.
Still ambition’s whispered lure has influence,
Resolve, instilled by wifely hopes
That conscience fail to storm redoubt of loyalty.
He resolves to do her wicked bidding
Though fealty sworn; wi’ bloodied hands
Would place a stolen crown upon his head
Assuring he unquiet forever sleeps.

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Theodore Roethke Centennial Celebration

March 27, 2008, 7 pm, Founder’s Hall, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road, University Center, MIFree
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In celebration of the centennial of the birth of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke, the actor and playwright Richard Fitzpatrick will perform a staged reading of his one-man play, Roethke and Me: Conjuring the Garden Master at Saginaw Valley State University. Incorporating the poetry and prose of the Saginaw-born poet, Fitzpatrick portrays Roethke in all his complexity: the poet and the teacher, the mystic and the madman, the child and the adult. Sponsored by Saginaw Valley State University LibraryInfo:   989-964-4236; lfarynk@svsu.edu