Perspectives / Frazier Marsh Production manager Frazier Marsh has been stage managing and directing for the Humana Festival since 1978. TIME: March 1977. PLACE: Backstage of the Victor Jory Theatre prior to the 7:30 p.m. performance of The Gin Game. As a member of the 1976-77 Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, I was assigned as a crewperson for two plays performing in rep under the collective title Playfaire in March 1977. These plays were being given their world premieres at the theatre. And it was hoped that these productions would launch an annual event at ATL promoting and celebrating the American playwright. The plays that made up that first festival were Indulgences in the Louisville Harem by John Orlock and The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn. The production of these plays created great excitement within the theatre and the community. One evening at a performance of The Gin Game, about ten minutes before places, I crawled backstage and peeked through some black masking just in time to see Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn and Mike Nichols taking their seats. Needless to say I was star-struck. But it began to dawn on me that what I was involved in must be a pretty big deal if these folks would fly to Louisville to see this play. Apparently I was right and the rest is theatre history. The Gin Game went on to win the Pulitzer for D.L. Coburn, a Tony for Ms. Tandy and the Humana Festival has remained a pretty big deal for the past thirty years. By the way, I’m still here at ATL and I’m still star-struck.