 Though not a critical success, "Moby Dick—Rehearsed" is, to this day, considered a great theatrical adaptation and an idiomatic example of Theatrical Minimalism.In December 1962, Partington was contacted by Tyrone Guthrie and asked to join the newly founded Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota as its first production manager.It was in this capacity that Partington served for the next five years.