Jack Willis on the 2009 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program

2009 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow Jack Willis: Personal reflections on the July week at Ten Chimneys with Master Teacher Lynn Redgrave; segment(s) from the 2009 LFFP Concluding Presentation (a public program where Ms. Redgrave and the Fellows treated a live audience to a behind-the-scenes look at their Master Class process). Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin On July 13, 2009, ten of the most respected and talented actors from across the United States formed the inaugural class of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program and embarked on a week of intensive study and reflection on the art of acting, led by master teacher and revered Shakespearean actress, Lynn Redgrave. The Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program is a groundbreaking national program to serve regional theatre actors and the future of American theatre. The program, created by Ten Chimneys Foundation, is a fitting tribute to Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, who are widely regarded as the greatest acting couple in the history of the American theatre. Answering the question, where do our nations acting mentors go to be mentored? the inaugural Lunt-Fontanne Fellows have come to Ten Chimneys to study with Ms. Redgrave and literally walk in the footsteps of the Lunts closest pals and protégés (Helen Hayes, Noël Coward, Alexander Woollcott, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Uta Hagen, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris, and on and on) The 2009 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows: • Suzanne Bouchard nominated by Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle) • Dan Donohue nominated by Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland) • Lee Ernst nominated by Milwaukee Repertory Theater (Milwaukee) • Mary Beth Fisher nominated by Goodman Theatre (Chicago) • Jon Gentry nominated by Arizona Theatre Company (Phoenix and Tucson) • Donald Griffin nominated by Alliance Theatre (Atlanta) • Francis Guinan nominated by Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) • Naomi Jacobson nominated by Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) • Kim Staunton nominated by Denver Center Theatre Company (Denver) • Jack Willis nominated by American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) Lynn Redgrave, Ten Chimneys Foundation's 2009 LFFP Master Teacher Clips of Ms. Redgraves, and each Fellows, reflections are also available on YouTube and www.tenchimneys.org. Program by Ten Chimneys Foundation Filming and Footage by Educational Television Productions of Northeast Wisconsin Editing by Mainly Editing and Erika Kent