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High Hall of Fame Inductee - 1987 Joseph Chaikin Class of August, 1952 |
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Theater. Actor: 1956: "Camera Three"; 1980's: Tongues (1982);
1960's: Savage/Love (1981). Was one of the prime movers of off- Broadway
in the Sixties, when following his acting work with the Living Theater
started and for several years directed the Open Theatre. Even though Joe's Hall of Fame induction was in 1987, the following is appropriate information. An interview by Liz Diamond during the summer of 1999: At the time of this interview, Joseph Chaikin, renowned actor and theater director, was directing a revival of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. Chaikin is best known as the founder of Open Theater, one of the most influential experimental theater groups in the United States. For nearly a decade, Open Theater devoted itself to collaborative theatrical creations, producing 14 original works that dealt with essential problems of human existence; creation, death, growth and change were just some of the vast subjects explored. Among the many honors Chaikin’s work has received are the Vernon Rice Award for Outstanding Contribution to the American Theater, six Obie Awards, including the first Lifetime Achievement Award in 1977, the National Endowment for the Arts First Annual Distinguished Service to the American Theater Award and the Edwin Booth Award. |
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