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Local theater director Pat Kmiec died overnight of an apparent heart attack, said friends Thursday morning.

Kmiec was directing Second Street Theater’s production of Gina Galdi and Guest, which was to run for one month beginning Feb. 17. He was also set to direct And a Child Shall Lead for Bend Experimental Art Theatre. That show was set to run from May 10 through May 13.

Please check back for further information, which the Source will post as it becomes available.

This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2012.

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Local theatre director dies suddenly

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 2, 2012

<h1>Local theatre director dies suddenly</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 2, 2012</p> <p>Local theater director Pat Kmiec died overnight of an apparent heart attack, said friends Thursday morning.</p> <p>Kmiec was directing Second Street Theater's production of <em>Gina Galdi and Guest</em>, which was to run for one month beginning Feb. 17. He was also set to direct <em>And a Child Shall Lead</em> for Bend Experimental Art Theatre. That show was set to run from May 10 through May 13.</p> <p>Please check back for further information, which the Source will post as it becomes available.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/local-theatre-director-dies-suddenly-2139992/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17996&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/local-theatre-director-dies-suddenly-2139992/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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