- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (2 video files (1 hr., 13 min., 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Playwright and artistic director George C. Wolfe was born on September 23, 1954 in Frankfort, Kentucky. As a student at Pomona College in Claremont, California, Wolfe wrote and directed his first plays, Up for Grabs and Block Party. After graduating in 1976, Wolfe completed a postgraduate artist residency at Pomona College, staging the first production of Tribal Rites at the Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Wolfe moved to New York City, where he received his M.F.A. degree from New York University in 1983. New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp named Wolfe a resident director after Wolfe's play The Colored Museum garnered national attention. Wolfe won his first Obie award for the New York production of Spunk and made his Broadway debut with Jelly's Last Jam. He directed the Broadway premiere of Angels in America and was named producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival, producing ten seasons.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with George C. Wolfe
- George C. Wolfe
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150924
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with George C. Wolfe.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
011326
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 November 9.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Playwright Artistic Director.
- Added Author
Wolfe, George C., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.