David Schechter, '76 (BardCorps)
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Interviewee Role
Alumni/ae/x
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Class Year
1976
Academic Program
Theater
Class Year
1976
Interviewer
Paul Margolis '76
Description
David Schechter of the class of '76 shares his experience as an anti-establishment Bard theater major. He entered at age 16 through the early admissions program. He remembers the loss of the Coach House Theater, and the response of the theater students. He talks about his acting troupe and the unique opportunities for furthering his art he found at Bard, as well as how Bard helped him establish his career by introducing him to the people he would work with for many years and by giving him the opportunity to work on several cross-disciplinary, incredibly unique projects that influenced his work after college.
Keywords
University of Miami, Coach House Theater, Anne Bogart '74, O. Cameron '74, Greece, Kathakali, India, Elizabeth Swados, Broadway, Aileen Passloff, New York, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Soul Doctor, Midsummer Night's Dream, Barrytown, Rhinebeck, Ray Gross '74, Kline Commons, Seabirds of Isabella, Jaques Cousteau, Katofsky, Bartok
Interview Date
5-29-2016
Interview Duration
14:45
Recommended Citation
Schechter, David, "David Schechter, '76 (BardCorps)" (2016). BardCorps -- All Oral Histories. 46.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/oral_hist/46
Rights Management
The use of any image or audio from the Bard College Archives without permission is prohibited.
Significant Quote
"I remember standing in the ruins [of the Coach House Theater] in this self important way, saying 'the establishment has burned down, but we shall continue; our theater can exist in the ashes. We need no theater to present our drama!"