Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton received his B.A. from Yale University in 1961; studied acting in NY With Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen and Robert Lewis. apprenticed at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Acting: Ivanov (CSC), Rosmersholm (Pearl Theatre), The Last Will, Love Drunk and Another Vermeer (Abingdon), Mother Courage and Romeo and Juliet (Public Theatre, Shakespeare In The Park), Limonade Tous Les Jours (The Cell), Small Craft Warnings (Mother Of Invention), The Sunset Limited (Steppenwolf in Chicago, 59E59 in NY).
Broadway: The Diary Of Anne Frank, Doubles, Hail Scrawdyke! (Derwent Award), The Little Foxes and Fiddler on the Roof. Off-Broadway: The Sorrows of Frederick, The Black Monk, Hughie, Sophistry, Educating Rita, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (Obie and Drama Desk Awards) and Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Title roles in Hamlet, Richard 3 and Richard 2 (off-off-Broadway), King Lear, Waiting for Godot and Quills (New Rep, Boston); Ivanov and Tartuffe (Yale Rep); Amadeus (Cleveland Playhouse). Film: Bad City (DVD), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, A Beautiful Mind, Trial and Error, The Associate, Guarding Tess, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, The Muppet Movie, Starting Over, Front Page, What's Up Doc, Skidoo, Catch-22. TV: 100 Centre Street, Oz, Homicide, St. Elsewhere.
Broadway directing credits include Spoils Of War, The Little Foxes (Tony nomination), John Gabriel Borkman, The Runner Stumbles and Shelter. Off-Broadway directing credits include Hamlet, Ivanov, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya (CSC); Vieux Carre and Toys In The Attic (Pearl), Fifty Words (MCC). Directing, London: Detroit (National Theatre). Directing, regional: The Birthday Party, Detroit, Love Song, Frankie and Johnny, Harvey, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Three Sisters, Loose Ends and Say Goodnight Gracie (Steppenwolf); Fathers and Sons, Beach House, The Master Builder, Miss Julie and The Dance of Death (Long Wharf); King Lear, Electra, Angel Street and The Cherry Orchard (Whole Theatre). Playwright: Orson's Shadow, Uncle Bob, Booth. Librettist: A Minister's Wife. Recipient of 2007 Drama Desk Special Award as Renaissance Man of the American Theatre.