In each issue of Arches, Logger Lookback offers a peek into Puget Sound鈥檚 pictorial past.
It was December 1974, and while Tacoma may have been icy, the stage lights were hot! Campus members could shake off the chill at the Inside Theatre (now the Norton Clapp Theatre) while catching Peter Shaffer鈥檚 one-act farce Black Comedy, where darkness and full light are reversed for the cast. The show, which was glowingly reviewed in the university鈥檚 own Trail newspaper, featured the acting talents of Doug Newell 鈥78, Ingrid Anderson 鈥78, Gary Richardson 鈥74, Steven Caldwell 鈥75, Dianne Simon 鈥75, Charles Richardson 鈥78, Genevieve Blais (formerly Roberta Blair) 鈥75, and Robert Martin 鈥75.
Puget Sound has a rich tradition in the performing arts dating back more than a century; in 1912, eager thespians put on a series of three farces, The Sleeping Car, A Woman Won鈥檛, and Mrs. Oakley鈥檚 Telephone, in the school鈥檚 yet-unfinished gymnasium. The Theatre Arts program and its alumni received special recognition at the 2025 Summer Reunion Weekend.
Did you ever participate in a campus performance, either in front of an audience or behind the scenes? From singing to stage management to costume design, now鈥檚 your chance to tell us all about it 鈥 send your memories and photos to arches@pugetsound.edu!
