| 词条 | Barbara Vann |
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| name = Barbara Vann | birth_name = Barbara Kutner | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|12|12}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, NY | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|08|26|1938|12|12}} | nationality = United States | occupation = Theatre director, actor | known_for = The Open Theater, Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble }} Barbara Vann (December 12, 1938 - August 26, 2015) was an American theatre director and actor, best known for co-founding the Off-Off-Broadway company the Medicine Show Theater Ensemble, one of the longest continually running experimental theater companies in New York City. She was also a founding member of The Open Theater, an early, New York City-based experimental theater group. BiographyVann was born Barbara Kutner in 1938 in Brooklyn, and graduated from Holyoke College in 1959.[1] In 1962, Vann and about 20 other former students of acting teacher Nola Chilton, along with director Joseph Chaikin, founded The Open Theater, under Chaikin's direction. After The Open Theater dissolved in 1970, she founded The Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble with fellow Open Theater member, James Barbosa, who died in 2003.[2] Vann led the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble for 45 years until her death in August 2015.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} At the Medicine Show Theatre, Vann directed Bound to Rise, based on the Horatio Alger story, which led to a 1985 Obie Award in direction. She also contributed reworkings of Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays; a stage adaption of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake; a translation of Jean Genet's The Balcony; and the original vaudeville piece, "Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Porter", which incorporated Cole Porter songs into Shakespearean tragedies. She published a series of workshop videos demonstrating the experimental techniques developed for the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} In addition to her Off-Off-Broadway credits, Vann also directed the live short Gandhi, Untouchables and Me in 2015 and provided voice talent in the 2014 animated short, Privy.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} Vann taught at Smith College, Amherst College, Yale University and Colgate University. She also taught and led master classes at more than 80 universities in North America and on five European tours.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} Barbara Vann died on August 26, 2015. She was survived by her daughter.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} AwardsBarbara Vann was the recipient of the 1985 Obie Award for Direction,[3] which she received for her work on the production, Bound to Rise, based on the Horatio Alger story. References1. ^{{cite news|authorlink1=Robert Simonson|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|title=Barbara Vann, Early Off Off-Broadway Figure, Dies at 77|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/barbara-vann-early-off-off-broadway-figure-dies-at-77-com-369538|accessdate=12 August 2016|publisher=Playbill|date=30 October 2015}} 2. ^{{cite news|last1=BWW News Desk|title=Barbara Vann, Medicine Show Founder and Artistic Director, Passes Away|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Barbara-Vann-Medicine-Show-Founder-and-Artistic-Director-Passes-Away-20151028|accessdate=12 August 2016|publisher=Broadway World|date=October 28, 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/1980s/year-85/|title=1980s|website=The Obie Awards|accessdate=12 August 2016}} External links
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