The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with George C. Wolfe

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with George C. Wolfe

11/9/2016

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2016.127

Playwright and artistic director George C. Wolfe (1954 - ) was resident director and, later, producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival. He is known for directing Broadway productions of Jelly’s Last Jam, and Angels in America. Wolfe was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/9/2016, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 2; Total Run Time: 01h 13m 26s

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Playwright and artistic director George C. Wolfe was born on September 23, 1954 in Frankfort, Kentucky. His mother, a teacher, was among the first African Americans to study library science through the University of Kentucky Extension Program. Wolfe's mother became the principal at the private, all-black, Rosenwald Laboratory School, where Wolfe received his elementary education, and discovered an interest in staging and directing. As a teenager, Wolfe attended a summer theater workshop at Miami...