Jean-Claude van Itallie's frequently-produced versions of the plays of Chekhov are published as Chekhov: the Major Plays, Applause Books, NYC, 1995. His most recent play was The Fat Lady Sings, which premiered in March 2019 at LaMama. Van Itallie's other plays include The Tibetan Book of the Dead (adapted from traditional texts, LaMama, NYC, 1983, published as The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Reading Aloud, North Atlantic Books, 1998), The Traveler (a play about recovery from stroke, 1987, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, and Almeida Theater, London, with David Threlfall), Paradise Ghetto (about a Nazi detention camp for artists, Los Angeles, 1987), Ancient Boys (about an artist with AIDS, LaMama, NYC, 1991), Light (Voltaire, the Mathematician, and the King of Prussia), (2003), and Fear Itself, Secrets of the White House, (Theater for the New City, NYC 2006).В Monologue plays include Bag Lady (NYC, 1979) and Struck Dumb (written with Joseph Chaikin, published in Best Short Plays 1991-2, Applause Books, NYC). It opened in Rome in 1967, and in New York won a Village Voice Obie.В Musical plays, with composer Richard Peaslee include: King of the United States (NYC, 1972) and A Fable (NYC, 1974). The Serpent, which van Itallie wrote for the Open Theater, has been called the classic ensemble play. America Hurrah is included in an edition of van Itallie's America Hurrah and Other Plays, published in spring 2001 by Grove Atlantic. Winner of the Vernon Rice Drama Desk and other awards, America Hurrah is frequently produced around the world and in American universities.

It also ran at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It opened in NYC off-Broadway in November, 1966, where it ran for two years. He was the principal playwright of the Open Theater, directed by Joseph Chaikin.В van Itallie's trilogy of one-act plays, America Hurrah, is hailed as the watershed play of the theatrically revolutionary sixties. He was raised in Great Neck, Long Island, and received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1958.В van Itallie was one of Ellen Stewart's original LaMama playwrights. Fleeing the Nazis, with his family he arrived in the United States at the age of four. The large-format materials remain on-site in Special Collections and Archives.Д«iographical Note: Jean-Claude van Itallie was born to Hugo Ferdinand and Marthe Mathilde Caroline Levy van Itallie on May 25, 1936, in Brussels, Belgium.

Please call or email the department with requests for this material prior to planning your visit. Storage Note: This collection is housed in a climate-controlled environment off site and requires up to three weeks for retrieval. Revised August 2010 Last Updated: November 2021Д®xtent: 120 cubic feet (114 record storage boxes + 4 oversized boxes Revised and updated by Margaret Castellani. Serving as casket bearers will be Clinton Scherping, Dylan Scherping, Cody Scherping, Abe Schwieters, Erin Stevens, and Megan Eull.Prepared by Alex Gildzen, Alisa Gonzalez. Survivors include his children, Russell (significant other, Lisa Davis) Scherping of Hugo, Michelle (John) Potter of Pillager, Shawn (Paula) Scherping of Winsted, Kurt (Pam) Scherping of Freeport, Robin (Leo) Schwieters of Rogers 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren brothers, Virgil (Elaine) Scherping of Winsted, Daniel (Evelyn) Scherping of Cedar, Tom (Anita) Scherping of Helena, Montana sister, Linda (Jim) Breth of Holdingford and sister-in-law, Aggie Scherping of WinstedД®verett was preceded in death by his parents wife, Beverly on Decemgrandson, Brandon Scherping and brother, Arthur Scherping. Joseph's Men's Society, and several other various church boards. He belonged to several organizations including the Roving Hillbillies Snowmobile Club, Freeport Lions, St. He was a man of many talents and stories вЂ“ always helping out when needed and cracking a joke while doing so.Д®verett was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Freeport. Everett and Beverly ran their business for 45 years. He worked for Sterner Industries in Winsted and Meyer Electric in Melrose before opening his own shop вЂ“ Everett Scherping Electric.

He graduated from Holdingford High School and joined the army afterwards. on Sunday.Д®verett Gerald Scherping was born Jin Freeport, Minnesota to Bernard and Marcella (Pogatchnik) Scherping. Joseph's Men's Society and Goldenaires Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. Monday, April 4 at the church in Freeport.

Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Monday, April 4 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport with Rev. Scherping, age 85 of Freeport, passed away on Tuesday, Maat CentraCare Health Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota.ДЄ Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m.

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