The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Kenny Leon

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Kenny Leon

9/9/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.250

Stage director and theater chief executive Kenny Leon (1956 - ) was the artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre and the founder of the True Colors Theatre Company. Leon's directorial achievements included the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun; productions of an assortment of August Wilson’s plays; and the world premiere of Toni Morrison’s first opera, Margaret Garner. Leon was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/9/2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 07m 20s

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Theatrical and television director and actor Kenny Leon was born Kenneth Leroy Leon on February 10, 1956, in Tallahassee, Florida, to Annie Ruth and Leroy Leon. The oldest of five siblings, Leon's family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, when he was nine years old. At Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Leon got involved in the federal government's Upward Bound Program which encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming a lawyer. In 1978, Leon graduated from Clark College in Atlanta, Georg...