Woodie King Jr.
Woodie King Jr. (born 27 July 1937) is an African-American director and producer of stage and screen, as well as the founding director of the New Federal Theatre in New York City.[1]
Early life and education
King was born in Baldwin Springs, Alabama.[2] He graduated high school in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States, and worked at the Ford Motor Company there for three years. He then worked for the City of Detroit as a draftsman. He founded the New Federal Theatre in 1970.[1] He earned an M.F.A. at Brooklyn College in 1999.[2]
Film and stage direction
King has a long list of credits in film and stage direction and production, including the following:
| Stage | Play | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance Theater (Atlanta, Georgia) | A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry | 1994 |
| American Cabaret Theater (Indianapolis,Indiana) | Eyes (based on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes were Watching God) by Mari Evans | 1995–1996 |
| American Place Theatre | Splendid Mummer | 1987 |
| Arena Stage | ||
| Bermuda International Theatre Festival | Checkmates by Ron Milner | 1995–1996 |
| Billie Holiday Theatre (Brooklyn) | Good Black Don't Crack | 1993 |
| Broadway (New York) | Checkmates | 1988 |
| Brooklyn College | Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson | 1996–1997 |
| Home by Samm-Art Williams | 1996–1997 | |
| Center Stage of Baltimore | ||
| Cincinnati Playhouse | ||
| Cleveland Play House | ||
| Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, New Jersey) | And The World Laughs With You | 1994 |
| Ali | 1998–1999 | |
| Detroit Repertory Theater | Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson | 1990 |
| The Ensemble Studio Theater | Mudtracks by Regina Taylor | 1994 |
| Ford's Theater | God's Trombone | 1990 |
| GeVa Theatre | A Raisin in the Sun | 1991 |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1992 | |
| Indiana Repertory Company | ||
| Inner City Cultural Center (Los Angeles) | Checkmates | 1987–1988 |
| Jomandi Theatre | ||
| New Federal Theatre [1] | Checkmates | 1995–1996 |
| James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire by Howard Simon | 2000 | |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | ||
| Northlight Theatre | ||
| Ohio State University | Angels in America | 1998–1999 |
| Pittsburgh Public Theater | ||
| SUNY Purchase | ||
| St Louis Black Repertory Theatre | Checkmates | 1993 |
| Stage West | ||
| Studio Arena In Buffalo | ||
| Virginia Museum Theatre | ||
| Seminole State College of Florida | The Piano Lesson by August Wilson | 2012 |
Co-produced plays
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- What the Wine Sellers Buy
- Reggae
- The Taking of Miss Janie, which earned the Drama Critic Circle Award
Awards and recognition
- 1985 Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Appear and Show Cause
- 1988 NAACP Image Award for directing Checkmates at the Inner City Cultural Center
- 1993 AUDELCO awards for Best Director and Best Play for Robert Johnson: Trick The Devil
- 1997 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement
- 2003 Paul Robeson Award
- 2005 Rosetta LeNoire Award
- 2011 Induction into American Theater Hall of Fame [3]
- 2014 Theatre Legend Award, Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Works
- Woodie King; Earl Anthony (1972). Black Poets and Prophets: The Theory, Practice, and Esthetics of the Pan-Africanist Revolution. New York: New American Library.
- Woodie King (1981). The Forerunners: Black Poets in America. Washington, D.C: Howard University Press. ISBN 0-88258-093-0.
- Woodie King (1981). Black Theatre: Present Condition. New York: National Black Theatre Touring Circuit. ISBN 0-89062-133-0.
- Ron Milner; Woodie King (1986). Black Drama Anthology. New York: New American Library. ISBN 0-452-00902-2.
- Woodie King (1989). New Plays for the Black Theatre. Chicago: Third World Press. ISBN 0-88378-124-7.
- Woodie King (1996). The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters. Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers. ISBN 1-55783-219-6.
- Woodie King Jr (2000). Voices of Color: 50 Scenes and Monologues by African American Playwrights (Applause Acting Series). New York: Applause Books. ISBN 1-55783-174-2.
- Woodie King Jr (2004). The Impact of Race. New York: Applause Books. ISBN 1-55783-579-9.
- Chuck Smith; Woodie King; Leslie Lee; Mark Clayton Southers; Kim Euell; Lisa Ebright (2007). Best Black Plays: the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-2390-8.
References
- 1 2 3 "New Federal Theatre - About Us". New Federal Theater. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- 1 2 "Woodie King Jr. Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ "Tyne Daly, Ben Vereen, Ann Roth, Daniel Sullivan and More Inducted Into Theater Hall of Fame Jan. 30". www.playbill.com. January 30, 2012.
External links
- Historymakers Biography
- The New Federal Theater in New York
see also inspiring purposes of previous 20th century African-American theatre projects:
Federal Theatre Project, American Negro Theater - Rosetta LeNoire Award
- Theatre Hall of Fame induction
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