Bart Whiteman (1948-March 14, 2006) was a

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theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

actor, director, and producer. He founded the

Source Theatre Source Theatre Company was a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C. Formed 1977, it ceased production in 2002 and legally disbanded in 2006. While active it performed at 1835 14th Street NW, Washington DC in the 14th Street co ...

in 1977 and served as its artistic director until 1986. He was influential in defining theatre in Washington as well as reviving 14th Street. According to Christopher Henley, artistic director of the ''

Washington Shakespeare Company Avant Bard Theatre (commonly known as Avant Bard, and formerly known as WSC Avant Bard, Washington Shakespeare Company or simply WSC) is a small, primarily non-Equity theater based in Arlington, VA. The company was founded in 1990 under the name ...

'', "Bart was one of the half-dozen or so of the most seminal influences on and pioneers of what theatre in D.C. was and has become. He was part of that synergy -- along with Joy

Studio Theatre A black box theater is a simple performance space, typically a square room with black walls and a flat floor. The simplicity of the space allows it to be used to create a variety of configurations of stage and audience interaction. The black ...

''] and Tony Abeson [founder and director of the Washington Theatre Laboratory] -- that really began the small professional theatre movement in D.C. in the late 1970s." Trey Graham of the Washington City Paper said that the richness and diversity of modern-day Washington theatre "had a lot to do with his role as evangelist and cattle prod and crazy-ass visionary." Whiteman left the Source Theater after an incident in which it produced '' Fool for Love (play), Fool for Love'' and ''

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'' without paying royalties. Later, he became a theater teacher at

Montgomery Bell Academy Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) is a preparatory day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Nashville, Tennessee. History MBA was established in 1867 in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It is the successor to two schools: the Western M ...

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and wrote editorials and theater reviews for ''The Chattanoogan'' in

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References

*Lamb, Y. (2006
Source Theatre Founder Bart Whiteman
''The Washington Post''. March 24, 2006. *Weinthal, D. (2006
Remembering Bart Whiteman
''Enigma''. March 23, 2006. *"Today an Alley, Tomorrow a Block." ''The New York Times''. August 9, 1986. *Graham, T. (2006

Staff Blog a
Washington City Paper
March 28, 2006.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteman, Bart 1948 births 2006 deaths American theater critics American theatre managers and producers American male stage actors Male actors from Washington, D.C. American theatre directors People from Chattanooga, Tennessee