Frederic C. McConnell (1890-1968) was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and educated at the University of Nebraska and the Drama School of Carnegie Institute of Technology. He worked under Samuel J. Hume at the Arts and Crafts Theater in Detroit and at the Greek Theater, University of California, Berkeley.
From 1921 to 1958 he was director, and from 1958 to 1962 consultant and stage director of the Cleveland Play House. He was a founder and director of the Chautauqua Repertory Theater, and a charter member and officer of the National Theater Conference. He married Katherine Wick Kelly in 1926. Kelly was born in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, 1887, and educated at Radcliffe. She was a member of the Cleveland Play House, and died in 1937.
From the guide to the Frederic C. McConnell papers, 1912-1968, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
