George C. Wolfe
GEORGE C. WOLFE's early off-Broadway productions include the musical Paradise (1985), and his play The Colored Museum (1986). In 1989, Wolfe won an Obie Award for best off-Broadway director for his play Spunk, an adaptation of three stories by Zora Neale Hurston. He gained a national reputation with his 1991 musical Jelly's Last Jam, which received 11 Tony nominations during its Broadway run. Two years later, Wolfe directed Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches to great critical acclaim and a Tony award. Wolfe went on to direct Angels in America: Perestoika the following year. From 1993 to 2004, Wolfe served as artistic director and producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Public Theater, where, in 1996, he created the musical Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk which won him his second Tony Award for direction. In 2000, Wolfe co-wrote the book and directed the Broadway production The Wild Party. Wolfe's more recent Broadway credits include Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change and Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog. In the summer of 2006 he directed a new translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Bio as of December, 2008. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Playwright and Director - April, 1996 - Watch now. Playwright and Director - September, 1992 - Watch now. Producing - April, 1990 - Watch now. SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) George C. Wolfe - April, 1994 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)