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JoAnne Akalaitis (born June 29, 1937, in Cicero, Illinois) is an avant-garde Lithuanian-American theatre director and writer. She won five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained achievement) and was founder in 1970 of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York City.
Photo by Dana Maxson. JoAnne Akalaitis is a theatre director, writer and founding member of Mabou Mines. She has received six OBIE Awards for direction (and Sustained Achievement), and a Drama Desk Award.
JoAnne Akalaitis was born on 29 June 1937 in Cicero, Illinois, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Dead End Kids (1986), Phedre (2002) and The Iphigenia Cycle (1997).
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Theater director and writer JoAnne Akalaitis is the winner of five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained achievement) and founder of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York . She has staged works by Euripides, Shakespeare, Strindberg, Schiller, Beckett, Genet, Williams, Philip Glass, Janacek, and her own work at Lincoln Center ...
JoAnne Akalaitis is a five-time Obie Award winner and the founder of Mabou Mines. She has directed plays by Beckett, Shakespeare, Genet, and others at various theaters, including the American Repertory Theater.
JoAnne Akalaitis is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Mabou Mines. The company was founded in 1970, and its mission statement is “to create new theatre pieces from original texts and the theatrical use of existing texts staged from a specific point of view.”
Special Features JoAnne Akalaitis: 'I Don't Consider Myself Avant-Garde' In her career as a director, now spanning 22 years, JoAnne Akalaitis has infuriated some and delighted others with...
