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William S.E. Coleman dropped out of high school and enlisted in the US Army in 1944 at the age of 17. One of the last age groups to see front-line combat in World War II, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and two Bronze Stars for his service. After the war he attended college through the G.I. Bill of Rights and enjoyed an illustrious career as an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, historian, author, director, and professor of theatre arts. Career highlights include numerous awards and international recognition along with more than 100 productions of his plays throughout the United States (including Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway), Canada, Australia, England, and various regional and university theaters. During his 36 years as Professor of Theatre at Drake University, he created the Playwrights Acting Company which became a model for playwriting companies in universities throughout the country. In 2016, Drake honored his legacy by renaming their black box theatre the William S.E. Coleman Studio Theatre and establishing a guest artist series in his name. Recognized as one of the leading experts on the life and career of William F. Cody, Coleman's mixed media show Buffalo Bill's WILD WEST was presented throughout the United States and Europe. He appeared on NPR and the BBC and served as a consultant for the National Geographic magazine and several Cody museums and collections. Coleman and his wife Linda spent nearly thirty years gathering documents to create Voices of Wounded Knee. Published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2000, their book details the events and attitudes leading to the 1890 Massacre and the end of the Plains Indian Wars. This was the first book to give equal weight to the testimony of Native Americans and is considered the definitive book on this topic. Boyhood's End is the culmination of William and Linda's forty-year-long personal and professional partnership. Over the years they collaborated on projects that included more than thirty theatre productions, dozens of scholarly articles, books, plays, and music. Their advocacy and contributions to non-profit arts organizations and individual artists have been celebrated here and abroad. Linda Robbins Coleman is a composer, pianist, writer, and arts ambassador whose music is regularly performed and broadcast throughout North America and Europe. She became the first Iowa woman to have music performed by a major symphony orchestra and to serve as Composer-in-Residence with any orchestra. Her residencies include Drake Theatre, the Wartburg Community Symphony, and Orchestra Iowa. Career highlights include more than 75 commissions, and honors from Drake University, Sigma Alpha Iota, the ACTF at the Kennedy Center, and the Houston International Film Festival. Her music is listed in Daniels' Orchestral Music, published by Rowman and Littlefield. In 2021 her symphonic poem For a Beautiful Land was included on the American Discoveries cd by Reuben Blundell and the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra. This recording was awarded the American Prize for Orchestra Performance. That year also saw the premiere of Diversions, a concerto for one soloist, three flutes and orchestra, commissioned by Robert McConnell and the Southeast Iowa Symphony. In September 2022, it was featured on flutist Rose Bishop's cd, Diversions. Coleman co-founded the Friends of Drake Arts and the Iowa Composers Forum and has served on committees and boards for numerous organizations including the International Conductors Guild. Since 1976, she has owned Coleman Creative Services, working in performance, promotion, publicity, research, and consultation. She is a published poet and writer and has worked as an editor, historian, educator, publicist, and coordinator for numerous organizations and groups throughout the USA and abroad. Additionally, she served as a caregiver to elderly relatives for more than three decades. Boyhood's End is the culmination of William and Linda's forty-year-long personal and professional partnership. Over the years they collaborated on more than thirty theatre productions, dozens of scholarly articles, books, plays, and music. Their advocacy and contributions to non-profit arts organizations and individual artists have been celebrated here and abroad. Their book Voices of Wounded Knee (published by University of Nebraska Press) was the first to give equal weight to the testimony of Native Americans and is considered the definitive book on this topic.

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