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| Wayne State University’s Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce “A Conversation with Apple Award Recipient Tom Skerritt” at the Hilberry Theatre on April 22, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Skerritt will appear on campus in an “actors studio” style interview and question-and-answer session. To purchase tickets, call (313) 577-2972 or visit the Wayne State University Theatre and Dance Box Office at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock. Tickets are $20 to attend. Seating is assigned and limited. A Conversation with Tom Skerritt
After serving in the Air Force, Tom Skerritt attended Wayne State University and later UCLA for filmmaking and directing. His first professional acting job was War Hunt with Robert Redford and Sydney Pollock. His directing mentor, Robert Altman, cast him in M*A*S*H. Hal Ashby, another mentor, offered him the role as the “Motorcycle Officer” in Harold and Maude. In 1994 Tom Skerritt won an Emmy award for his work in Picket Fences. Mr. Skerritt has appeared on Broadway in A Time To Kill and has appeared on stage in Seattle at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Don Quixote and at the Intiman Theatre in Our Town. |
The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes native Detroiter and former Wayne State University student, Tom Skerritt, back to the campus where he paved the path for his incredible career in television and film. He has appeared in over 40 films and 200 television episodes since 1962. Mr. Skerritt is best known for his work in M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It and the television series' Picket Fences and Cheers. |  |