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 Mako
Founder (1965) of EastWest Players (the nation's first
Asian-American Theater Company) and a member of The Robey's Board of
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Sunrise: June 29, 1919 - Sunset: June 29, 2006 "I've had to accept the fact: freedom is never won. You are always in the process of winning it. You have to do it again." When Lloyd Richards went to New York to become a professional actor, African-American actors were largely confined to stereotypical roles as servants or comedians. Black directors and playwrights were virtually unknown. No single event did more to change that situation than Lloyd Richards' groundbreaking production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. For the first time, a Broadway audience saw a contemporary African-American family portrayed realistically through the eyes of an African-American playwright and brought to the stage by an African-American director. In 1984 he staged the first production of a play by an unknown playwright, August Wilson. In all, he would direct the world premieres of six of Wilson's plays. Together, these Pulitzer prize-winning dramas constitute a moving theatrical panorama of American history… one of his greatest contributions was the cultivation of new voices in the theater. |
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PetersSunrise: July 2, 1927 - Sunset: August 23, 2005 Brock was a member of The Robey's Board of Trustees.
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Wayne Anthony White
I
say with respect and regret a good friend and colleague has passed.
Wayne Anthony White died on February 4, 2001.
Wayne practiced Nichiren Duishonins Buddhism, which believes
in the eternity of life. Born
in Columbus, Ohio, to Dolores and Wayne White, brother to Roxanne,
Cathy and Michelle, Wayne married Jackie Perkins in 1983 and later
had two children, Marc and Portia.
“I
am just a writer who tries to see things in a truthful way.” Wayne’s writing became very familiar to Robey and our audiences. “Berlick” and “Blurred” were developed over the past four years in Robey’s Playwrights’ Lab. “Yesternow, ” his last play, was currently in development. Wayne’s working of the creative process was progressive, intense and unrelenting, but when he did run into an obstacle, he held fast to the philosophy reflected in “Berlick.” The ideas and the words come when you are most relaxed, so never worry yourself needlessly. The muse is fickle. Just when you need her she leaves you. With all that has occurred lately, she has been provoked to leave, and when she has left there is little you can do to redirect her attention. So you let her go. You have some wine. Walk along the Champs-Elysees. Make love to your woman. Then, when she has left your thoughts entirely, she becomes jealous, just like any other woman and rushes forth her riches to you. It is all you can think of until she leaves you again.
He will be missed.
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