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Kent Paul Biography (1936-)

Born December 30, 1936, in Beatrice, NE; son of Otto Emil (manager for a men's clothing store) and Evelyn Louise (systems analyst at a hospital for the mentally retarded; maiden name, Kuhn) Paul. Addresses: HOME--155 E. 93rdStreet, New York, NY 10128.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

December 30, 1936

Beatrice, Nebraska, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Director, Mrs. Dally Has a Lover (one-act version), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 1966.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Silent Night, Lonely Night and A Clearing in the Woods, Theatre of the Riverside Church, NY, 1966.
• Blythe Spirit, Barter Theatre, Abdingdon, VA, 1967.
• The Homecoming, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1967.
• The Square (U.S.premiere), New York Shakespeare Festival, 1968.
• Fireworks (world premiere), Village South Theatre, NY, 1969.
• A Hatful of Rain, Equity Library Theatre, NY, 1969.
• Mary, Mary, Friars Dinner Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1970.
• The False Confessions, Equity Library Theatre, NY, 1970. (Assistant director) Mary Stuart, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, NY, 1971.
• The Lady's Not for Burning, Long Warf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1971.
• Forty Carats and Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY, 1971.
• A Moon for the Misbegotten, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA, 1971.
• The Hunter, New York Shakespeare Festival, NY, 1972.
• Dear Antoine (U.S. premiere), Loeb Drama Center, 1972.
• Bound East for Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In the Zone andA Memory ofTwo Mondays, all at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 1972.
• The Hostage, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1972.
• The Beaux Stratagem, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1973.
• Studs Edsel (New York premiere), Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, 1974.
• The Drapes Come, Theatre at Noon, NY, 1975.
• Anna Christie, Theatre by the Sea, Portsmouth, NH, 1975.
• Ah! Wilderness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1976.
• Vanities, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, WI, 1976.
• Ladyhouse Blues, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1976.
• Hedda Galber, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1976.
• Blithe Spirit, Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, NY, 1976.
• The Lion in Winter, Westchester Rockland Regional Theatre, NY, 1977.
• Our Town and Judas (first version), both at Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Santa Maria, CA, 1977.
• Judas (second version) and The Alcestiade (U.S. premiere), both at Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Theaterfest, Solvang/Santa Maria, CA, 1978.
• The Days Between, Playhouse Repertory Company, NY, 1979.
• Peking Man, Center for Theatre Studies, Columbia University, NY, 1980.
• Death of a Salesman, Theatre by the Sea, Portsmouth, NH, 1980.
• Brecht on Brecht, American Jewish Theatre, 92nd Street YMHA, NY, 1981.
• Long Day's Journey into Night, National Theatre of Iceland, 1981.
• Journey to Gdansk (four short plays, U.S. premiere), Westside Mainstage,NY, 1981.
• A Streetcar Named Desire, Theatre by the Sea, Portsmouth, 1982.
• Accounts (U.S. premiere), Hudson Guild Theatre, NY, 1983.
• Tomorrow's Monday (New York premiere), Circle Repertory Company, NY, 1983.
• The Double Bass, New Theatre of Brooklyn, 1984.
• Miss Julie, Theatre of the Open Eye, NY, 1985.
• The Bone Ring (New York premiere), Theatre of the Open Eye, NY, 1986.
• Associate producer, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 1964-66.
• producer, The Neighborhood Playhouse at Fifty: A Celebration, Shubert Theatre, NY, 1978.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• With the Champlain Shakespeare Festival, Burlington, VT, 1961.
• with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Lakewood, OH, 1962 and 1963.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Produced documentary, Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret, Columbia, 1984.