Daniel Sullivan Biography (1940-)

Full name, Daniel J. Sullivan; born June 11, 1940, in Wray, CO; son of John Martin and Mary Catherine (maiden name, Hutton) Sullivan; married third wife,Shelley Plimpton (divorced); children: (first marriage) Megan Anne; (second marriage) John, Rachel.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, actor, playwright
Birth Details: June 11, 1940; Wray, Colorado, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Director
In White America, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Theatre-in-the-Schools, New York City, 1967-1968
Scenes from American Life, Forum Theatre, New York City, 1971
Play Strindberg, Forum Theatre, 1971
Narrow Road to the Deep North, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1972
Suggs, Forum Theatre, 1972
The Plough and the Stars, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1973
The Matchmaker, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1978-1979
The American Clock, Harold Clurman Theatre, New York City, 1980
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1981-1982
Bedroom Farce, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1981-1982
Major Barbara, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1981-1982
Romeo and Juliet, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1982-1983
The Front Page, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1982-1983
Taking Steps, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1982-1983
The Vinegar Tree, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1982-1983
Shivaree, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, then Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983-1984
Make and Break, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983-1984
As You Like It, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983-1984
Our Town, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1984-1985
The Mandrake and The Wedding (double-bill), Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1984-1985
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1984-1985
I'm Not Rappaport, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1984-1985, then American Place Theatre, New York City, 1985, later Booth Theatre, New York City,1985-1987
Girl Crazy, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1985-1986
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1985-1986
Cat's-Paw, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1986
Red Square, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1987
The Heidi Chronicles, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1989, then Plymouth Theatre, New York City, later Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-1990
The Cherry Orchard, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-1990
Robbers, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-1990
Inspecting Carol, Seattle Repertory Company, 1991
Conversations with My Father, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1991, then Royale Theatre, New York City, 1992, later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1993
The Substance of Fire, Playwrights Horizons, then Mainstage Theatre, New York City, 1991, later Center Theatre Group, Music Center of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 1993
The Sisters Rosensweig, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1992, thenBarrymore Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Delacorte Theater/Central Park, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1994
London Suite, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1995
A Fair Country, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1996
An American Daughter, Cort Theatre, New York City, then Lincoln Center Theatre, 1997
Psychopathia Sexualis, City Center Stage, New York City, then Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1997
Ah, Wilderness!, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Auditorium, NewYork City, 1998
Far East, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, 1998-1999
Dinner with Friends, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1999
A Moon for the Misbegotten, 2000
Proof, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2000
Spinning into Butter, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, 2000
Major Barbara, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2001
Ten Unknowns, Lincoln Center Theatre, 2001
In Real Life, Manhattan Theatre Club, 2002
I'm Not Rappaport, Booth Theatre, 2002
Stage Assistant Director
Hair, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1968-1972
An Enemy of the People, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1971
Major Tours
Director, I'm Not Rappaport, U.S. cities, 1986-1987
Director, The Heidi Chronicles, U.S. cities, 1990
Director, The Sisters Rosensweig, U.S. cities, 1994
Stage Appearances
Understudy for the roles of Anchises, Topman, and Olpides, Tiger at the Gates, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1968
Harry, The Time of Your Life, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1969
Navigator, Camino Real, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1970
Night, Amphitryon, Forum Theatre, New York City, 1970
Brother, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1970
Understudy for the role of Jimmy Farrell, The Playboy of the Western World, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1971
Understudy for the role of Stanley, The Birthday Party, Forum Theatre, 1971
Yakima, Enemies, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972
Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,1973
Pablo Gonzalez, A Streetcar Named Desire, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,1973
Savages, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974-1975
Prologue and Timoteo, The Mandrake, and Her Husband, The Wedding (double-bill), Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1984-1985
Dr. Caius, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Seattle Repertory Theatre,1985-1986
Mr. Feathers, Robbers, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-1990
Television Work
Assistance, The Heidi Chronicles (movie), 1995
Director and stage director, Far East (special), PBS, 2001
Film Director
The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
WRITINGS
Plays
(Adapter) Niccolo Machiavelli, The Mandrake, produced with TheWedding (by Bertolt Brecht) at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1984-1985
(Adapter) Girl Crazy (original book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan, music by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin), produced at SeattleRepertory Theatre, 1985-1986
Truffles in the Soup, produced 1988
Inspecting Carol, produced 1991
Film Song Lyrics
The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996

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