Dakota Datebook: Dustin Hoffman, director

The Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre staged its first production, My Sister Aileen, in 1946, and until getting permanent facilities in 1967, they staged their shows wherever they could. In 1963, an east coast actor was hired to direct two of their plays, at least one of which was produced in the Red River Playhouse.

In 2002, when he was interviewed by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune at the Toronto Fi...