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Graham Thatcher is the Artistic Director, playwright and primary
performer for Periaktos Productions. Since appearing in his first
acting role at five years of age, Graham has performed in or
directed over 150 community, university and professional theatre
productions. He is the solo performer in Clarence
Darrow: Crimes, Causes and the Courtroom, Maxims, Monarchy and Sir Thomas More
and Impeach Justice Douglas!
and is also the coauthor of those plays. He is the co-author
and director of Thurgood Marshall's Coming! and is currently
at work on The Women Lawyers' Club, which will
premiere in 2005. Other authored work includes a book, I
Know What I Like: Everyone's Guide to the Arts and The
Mask of the Jaguar, a play about the Spanish Conquest
of the Maya in the Yucatan.
Over the past thirty-five years Graham has engaged students of all ages in school and university classrooms, business board rooms and convention meeting spaces. He serves as a communications consultant to businesses and individuals and is the co-creator and presenter of Periaktos Productions' CLE programs, "Word of Mouth: A Workshop in the Art and Ethics of Oral Communication for Lawyers" and "The Art of the Lawyer: A Workshop in Professionalism."
He holds a B.A. from San Francisco State University, an M.A. in Theatre from the University of South Dakota and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. He has been listed in Who's Who in American Education and Outstanding American Educators, and is a recipient of the Governor's Award from the Minnesota Council on Quality.
Anna Marie Thatcher is the Managing Producer for Periaktos Productions and occasionally appears on stage. She is an attorney and has worked for thirty years with many artists and visual and performing arts and nonprofit organizations. She is the coauthor and producer of Clarence Darrow: Crimes, Causes and the Courtroom, Maxims, Monarchy and Sir Thomas More and Impeach Justice Douglas! and Thurgood Marshall's Coming! and is currently working on The Women Lawyers' Club. She is also the coauthor of the Continuing Legal Education workshops presented by Periaktos Productions and is a co-presenter of "The Art of the Lawyer: A Workshop in Professionalism." She is a member of the Minnesota Bar and the American Bar Association. She continues to do legal work with artists and nonprofit organizations, serving as a volunteer with First People's Fund, an organization which supports the work of American Indian artists, and the Harriet Redden Society, a fundraising organization for the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD. She holds a B.A. from Dakota Wesleyan University, an M.A. in Theatre from the University of South Dakota, and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.
Anna Marie and Graham make their home in the Black Hills of South Dakota with Jaymie, their pampered miniature dachshund.
For further information:
Anna Marie Thatcher, J.D.
Managing Producer
Periaktos Productions, L.L.C.
3213 West Main Street #272
Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 787-7099 - fax (605) 786-0140
productions@periaktos.com
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