{"id":9050,"date":"2019-07-18T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=9050"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:05:54","slug":"jerry-argetsinger-%e2%80%a2-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=9050","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Argetsinger \u2022 Author"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerald Argetsinger<\/strong>,\u00a0Ph.D. (Bowling Green State University), is an Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Studies, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He joined NTID in 1975, where he has taught a variety of courses and chaired two departments. Argetsinger has had a distinguished career in theater and film as a scholar, playwright, director and producer. He has authored a major study on the Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg including eight comedies by this Father of Scandinavian theatre, as well as numerous articles and essays on the literary and dramatic arts. He has published a dozen scripts and directed and produced a number of major theatrical productions, He is a nationally recognized director of outdoor drama, including the Hill Cumorah Pageant (for which he was the Artistic Director for nine years from 1987-97), the original production of\u00a0Utah!\u00a0in St. George, Utah, Trail of the Lonesome Pine (the Virginia State Outdoor Drama), and Equality of Rights: The First Women’s Rights Convention (presented at the National Women’s Rights Park, Seneca Falls, NY) and the historical dramas\u00a0Sword of Peace\u00a0and\u00a0Pathway to Freedom\u00a0at \u00a0Greensboro, North Carolina. \u00a0Of his other productions, he is particularly proud of directing Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0The Tempest, Quintero Theatre on Theatre Row in\u00a0NYC (2000), and Peter Shaffer\u2019s\u00a0Equus\u00a0(2009),\u00a0which examines\u00a0a pertinent issue\u00a0for gay Mormons: \u201cWhat happens when someone\u2019s worship is\u00a0taken from them?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Recent productions include Carol Lynn Pearson’s\u00a0Facing\u00a0East–one performance\u00a0of which was presented for his home stake, followed by a\u00a0discussion led by the Stake President and a member of the Area Presidency.\u00a0\u00a0 He is the founder of the Gay Mormon Literature Project\u00a0wherein he has cataloged all\u00a0published and\/or produced\u00a0narrative fiction and\u00a0scripts containing gay Mormon themes and\/or characters.\u00a0This includes\u00a04 films, 19 plays, 20 novels and 122 short stories\u00a0Argetsinger has held a number of church callings and currently serves on the high council of the Rochester\/Palmyra Stake. He is married to award winning costume designer, Gail (Bishop) Argetsinger and together they have raised two young sons.<\/p>\n

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