Gerald Freedman
Gerald Freedman (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean. He was born in Lorain, Ohio.
Freedman was leading artistic director (1960-1967) and artistic director (1967-1971) of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, artistic director of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio (1985-1997), and co-artistic director of John Houseman’s The Acting Company (1974-1977).
He taught at Yale School of Drama and the Juilliard School.[1]
He was Dean of the Drama School at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (1991-2012). He was the first American ever invited to direct at the Globe Theatre in London.[1] He was a member of the Kennedy Center New Play Committee and the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. He participated in the Oomoto Institute, Kameoka, Japan.[1]
He died on March 17, 2020 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina of kidney failure, aged 92.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Whitaker, Lauren (November 19, 2012). "UNCSA NAMES THEATRE FOR GERALD FREEDMAN, DEAN EMERITUS OF SCHOOL OF DRAMA". Winston-Salem, North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ "Great Lakes Theater Legend Gerald Freedman Dies at 92". 17 March 2020.
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