Keith Reddin (born July 7, 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He received his
B.S. in 1978 from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
and then went on to attend
Yale School of Drama 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. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Engle ...
, 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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...
's ''
The Imaginary Invalid'',
Anouilh's ''
Antigone'' and
Thornton Wilder’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
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
Living people
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Englewood, New Jersey
Writers from Englewood, New Jersey
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
Northwestern University alumni
Dwight Morrow High School alumni
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