Randy Reinholz
Randy Reinholz | |
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 Randy Reinholz at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, July 29, 2017 | |
| Born | December 11, 1961 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | William Jewell College (BA) Cornell University (MFA) |
| Occupations | Professor, director, playwright |
Randy Reinholz (born December 11, 1961)[1] is a Choctaw[2][3] Native American director, playwright, and professor.
He is the co-creator of Native Voices, a Los Angeles-based theater company that produces new work by indigenous playwrights.[3]
Reinholz is the director of the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University,[4] located in San Diego, California.
Early life and education
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He was born December 11, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Reinholz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Jewell College, located in Liberty, Missouri; and a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre from Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York.[5]
Career
[edit]In 1989, Reinholz played Adam Scott on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.[1]
Reinholz has directed more than seventy-five productions across the U.S., Australia, and Canada.[6]
In 1993, he and his wife, Jean Bruce Scott, co-founded Native Voices, a theatre company at the Autry Museum of the American West dedicated to producing new work by indigenous playwrights.
For a decade, he led the acting program at San Diego State University's School of Theatre, Television, and Film, becoming its director in 2007. In 2012, he was appointed Director of Community Engagement and Innovative Programs for the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at SDSU.[5]
Reinholz's play Off the Rails, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure from a Nativeź-American perspective, was produced by Native Voices in 2015.[7] In 2017, it became the first play by a native writer to be presented by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Days of Our Lives Former Cast Biographies". www.jason47.com. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ [dead link] "School of Theatre, Television and Film, San Diego State University". San Diego State University. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- 1 2 "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. May 18, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ [dead link]"School of Theatre, Television and Film, San Diego State University". San Diego State University. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- 1 2 "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. May 18, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Randy Reinholz". HowlRound. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Nees, Heidi L. (January 5, 2016). "Off the Rails by Randy Reinholz (Review)". Theatre Journal. 67 (4): 724–727. doi:10.1353/tj.2015.0134. ISSN 1086-332X.
- ↑ "OSF Opens First Play by a Native American". Napa Valley Register. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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