Michael Kahn
Artistic Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company
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SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY: Love's Labor's Lost, Othello, Lorenzaccio, Macbeth (2004), Cyrano, Five by Tenn (at the Kennedy Center), The Silent Woman, The Winter's Tale (2002), The Duchess of Malfi, The Oedipus Plays, Hedda Gabler, Don Carlos, Timon of Athens, Camino Real, Coriolanus, King Lear (1999), The Merchant of Venice, King John, A Woman of No Importance, Sweet Bird of Youth, Peer Gynt, Mourning Becomes Electra, Henry VI, Volpone, Henry V, Henry IV, The Doctor's Dilemma, Richard II, Much Ado about Nothing (also at McCarter Theatre), Mother Courage and Her Children, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, King Lear (1991), Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth (1988), All's Well That Ends Well, The Winter's Tale (1987), Romeo and Juliet. NEW YORK: Broadway: Show Boat (Tony nomination), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Whodunnit, Night of the Tribades, Death of Bessie Smith, Here's Where I Belong, Othello, Henry V; Off-Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club: Five By Tenn; Sleep Deprivation Chamber; Funnyhouse of a Negro; The Rimers of Eldritch; Three by Thornton Wilder; A Month in the Country; Hedda Gabler; The Señorita from Tacna; Ten by Tennessee; New York Shakespeare Festival: Measure for Measure (Saturday Review Award). Artistic Director: The Acting Company, 1978–1988. TEACHING: Richard Rodgers Director of Juilliard Drama Division July 1992–May 2006, faculty member 1967–; Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University. Previously: New York University; Circle in the Square Theatre School; Princeton University; British American Drama Academy; founder of Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory. REGIONAL: Arena Stage: A Touch of the Poet; Signature Theatre: Otabenga; Guthrie Theater: The Duchess of Malfi; American Repertory Theatre: ‘Tis Pity She's a Whore; American Shakespeare Theatre: Artistic Director for 10 years, more than 20 productions; McCarter Theatre: Artistic Director for five seasons, including Beyond the Horizon, filmed for PBS; Chautauqua Theatre: Artistic Director, including The Glass Menagerie with Tom Hulce; Goodman Theatre: Old Times (MacArthur Award), Tooth of Crime ( Jefferson nomination); Ford's Theatre: Eleanor. OPERA: Lysistrata or The Nude Goddess for Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera; Vanessa for Washington Opera and Dallas Opera; Show Boat for Houston Grand Opera; Carmen for Houston and Washington Operas; Carousel for Miami Opera; Julius Caesar for San Francisco Spring Opera. INTERNATIONAL: Love's Labor's Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival; The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival; Five by Tenn for The Acting Company's tour of Eastern Europe; Show Boat for the National Cultural Center Opera House in Cairo; The White Devil for the Adelaide Festival. BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: Theatre Communications Group; New York State Council on the Arts; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts; Opera America's 80s and Beyond. AWARDS: 2005 Person of the Year from the National Theatre Conference; Shakespeare Society Medal; William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre; Distinguished Washingtonian Award from The University Club; GLAAD Capitol Award; Washingtonian Magazine Washingtonian of the Year; Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service; First Annual Shakespeare's Globe Award; John Houseman Award; Bravo International Award, Opera Music Theater International; Mayor's Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline. HONORARY DOCTORATES: University of South Carolina; Kean College; The Julliard School; The American University.
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