Introducing Memorial Auditorium

This blog will give a backstage peek of the happenings at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, the Ohio University owned theater located in Athens, Ohio.

As a student employee at Memorial Auditorium (Mem Aud), I am publishing this blog as an independent project for an online journalism class. This blog is in no way affiliated with Ohio University or Memorial Auditorium. I did, however, receive permission from Todd Coogen, the auditorium's associate
director and production manager, to report on auditorium events from a behind-the-scenes perspective. I do not have permission to disclose information concerning upcoming events that previously have not been released to the public. Also all photographs that I publish will be pre-approved by Todd so as not to violate copyright laws.

With this blog, I hope to serve the university community with a sneak peak into the auditorium, allowing readers to see the work involved in productions from a stage hand's point of view. All published information will be from my observations as a stage hand, interviews with other production employees and research I do on university events. All content published in this blog is controlled at my own discretion with the exception of photographs.

In upcoming weeks, I will publish a number of posts concerning events at the auditorium. Tonight Magic Arts & Entertainment will present Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance Experience at 7:30. A fresh look at this production should be up by the end of the week. I would appreciate comments of what you, the reader, would like to see or learn from this blog.

Far above: The house at Mem Aud from the backstage door.
Above right: The balcony and part of house at Mem Aud from the overhanging catwalk.