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<\/div><\/div><\/div>   USF Cofounder <\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div>   How it all began…in his own words\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div>   Fred Adams, 54 Years Later <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Artist: Stanley J. Watts – Photograph by Sally McDonald – Voiced by Matt Nickerson and Fred Adams

1 Fred Adams \u2013 Festival Co-founder<\/strong>
Fred Adams was born in Cedar City in 1931, and spent his early years in Parowan, Delta, and Montpelier, Idaho. He served at the Pentagon during the Korean War, in charge of entertainment and morale\u2014bringing his joy and brilliance to the officers who served with him. Fred also touched the lives of countless students at Southern Utah University where he taught for thirty-eight years.

In 1961, Fred and his then fianc\u00e9, soon to be wife, Barbara dreamed up a crazy scheme: to create a professional Shakespeare theatre festival in the hot Utah desert. With blood, sweat, tears, and glitter, they built the Utah Shakespearean Festival into the renowned institution it is today. Throughout his career, Fred received a myriad of prestigious awards and recognitions, including the coveted Tony Award.

After forty-four years as executive producer, Fred retired from an active role at USF\u2014though you wouldn\u2019t know it from looking at him. Not a day went by that he wasn\u2019t seen at the festival: directing shows, acting onstage, raising funds, or even pulling weeds in the statue garden. Fred loved his work and the Festival, and cherished them all his life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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