Keith Reddin (born July 7, 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He received his
B.S. in 1978 from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
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and then went on to attend
Yale School of Drama
The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...
until he received his M.A. in 1981.
Reddin grew up in
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from po ...
and attended
Dwight Morrow High School.
His plays ''Life and Limb'', ''Rum and Coke'', ''Highest Standard of Living'' and ''But Not for Me'' all received their world premieres at
South Coast Repertory. SCR also produced his adaptation of Alexander Buravsky’s ''The Russian Teacher''. Other plays include ''Nebraska'', ''Life During Wartime'', ''Brutality of Fact'', ''All the Rage'', ''The Prophets of Nature'' and ''Frame 312''. Adaptations include:
Bulgakov's ''Black Snow'', Shatrov's ''Maybe'',
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
's ''
The Imaginary Invalid
''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' (French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act '' comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H.4 ...
'',
Anouilh's ''
Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & Roma ...
'' and
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays '' Our Town'' and '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' — ...
’s ''Heaven’s My Destination''. Film and television include, ''Big Time'' (
American Playhouse), ''The Heart of Justice'' (
TNT), ''Milken'' (TNT), ''The Alarmist'', and ''All the Rage''.
Awards
* 1992
Whiting Award
The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation
Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard E ...
Plays
*''Life and Limb'' (1984)
*''Rum and Coke'' (1985)
*''Big Time'' (1987)
*''Nebraska'' (1989)
*''The Doors'' (1991)
*''Life During Wartime'' (1990)
*''Brutality of Fact'' (1993)
*''Almost Blue'' (1994)
*''You Belong to Me'' (1995)
*''All the Rage'' (1997)
*''But Not for Me'' (1998)
*''Synergy'' (2000)
*''Frame 312'' (2003)
*''Human Error'' (2004)
*''The Missionary Position'' (2006)
Pittsburgh Reviews
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*''The Will to Art'' (2008)
*''Cleveland Heights'' (2008)
*''HmatrixH'' (2010)
* ''Acquainted with the Night'' (2011)
References
External links
*
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Profile at The Whiting Foundation
1956 births
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Dwight Morrow High School alumni
Living people
People from Englewood, New Jersey
Northwestern University alumni
Yale School of Drama alumni
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