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 | | February's gala evening, The Richard Rodgers Centennial -- A Juilliard Celebration, takes place in the Juilliard Theater, and honors two people important to Juilliard, alumnus Richard Rodgers, on the occasion of his centennial, and his daughter, Juilliard Trustee Mary Rodgers Guettel, who recently completed her tenure as Chairman of the School's Board of Trustees. |
 | | Part of the funds raised will be applied to endowing and naming the Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division, a position that has been held since 1992 by the distinguished educator and director, Michael Kahn. |
 | | Mary Rodgers Guettel is a respected composer in her own right, whose works include the enduringly popular musical Once Upon a Mattress, and for theater and television Hot Spot, The Mad Show, Young Mark Twain, the revue Hey, Love, and Marlo Thomas's Free to Be...You and Me. |
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