Barbara Ellen Ferschweiler Gardner passed away March 23, 2021 at her home in Clarksville, TN. She “fought the good fight”, surviving 25.5 years of metastatic breast cancer with 18 years of brain cancer that included 10.5 years of post-operative brain cancer surgery survival. Barb was born 2/29/1940 in Spring Valley, MN. She was raised in Rochester, MN and graduated high school there. She moved to LaCrosse, WI in 1963 where she met her future husband Roger Gardner in 1970. They were married February 22, 1974. That same year she and her husband moved to Clarksville, TN for his career. Barb was a wonderful life-partner to her husband. She worked in the medical (Mayo Clinic), dental and real estate fields during her career, spanning from 1958 to retirement in 2007. She was a friendly, kind, compassionate, courageous person with a nice smile that lit-up her face. As one of the “less-than-1% survivors” of brain cancer Barb generously donated her brain for cancer research. She enjoyed
The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department is doing the “Time Warp” again, returning to Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s spooky castle for “The Rocky Horror Show.” Richard O’Brien’s gender-bending spoof of horror and science fiction B-movies opens Thursday, April 21, in the Robert E. Will Theatre. .
KINGSTON â The University of Rhode Island Theater Departmentâs first full-stage production in more than a year is getting a much larger audience than expected.Â
This week, hundreds of elementary and junior high classrooms across the state will be streaming âMiss Nelson Is Missing!â â a childrenâs play about a rambunctious class that terrorizes their sweet teacher until she goes missing. When their teacher gets replaced by an uber-strict substitute, they become determined to bring her back.Â
URI Theater Professor and Production Manager Paula McGlasson is delighted by the number of audience members the pre-recorded production will be reaching.Â
âThe response has been absolutely amazing,â McGlasson said. âWe thought maybe a hundred teachers would reply. When we shut down registration, we had 470 teachers who wanted to view the play in their classes.â