Birth Place: Frankfort, KY, USA
Theatre directing credits include The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (NY Drama Critics' Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Musical); Lucky Guy; The Normal Heart (Drama Desk); Jelly's Last Jam (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Award and Drama Desk) and Perestroika (Drama Desk); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (Tony and Drama League Award); Topdog/Underdog (Obie Award); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Drama Desk); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Tony for Special Theatrical Event); The Tempest; Caroline, or Change (Olivier Award Best Musical); and A Free Man of Color.
From 1993-2005 Wolfe was the Producer of The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. He is the writer of the award-winning The Colored Museum, Shuffle Along..., he directed/adapted Spunk (Obie), and Harlem Song.
Wolfe directed and co-wrote the HBO film "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," as well as "Lackawanna Blues," for which he earned The Directors Guild Award and a National Board of Review Award.
He is the Chief Creative Officer of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, and from 2009-2017 served on The President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities.
Additional awards include the Actors' Equity Paul Robeson Award, Society of Directors and Choreographers' Mr. Abbott and Callaway Awards, The Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award, The NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, The Brendan Gill Prize, and The Monte Cristo Award.
Wolfe was named a Library Lion by the New York Public Library and a living landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
George C. Wolfe, The Iceman Cometh
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy
George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe, Caroline
George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change
George C. Wolfe, Topdog / Underdog
George C. Wolfe, Topdog / Underdog
George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party
George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
George C. Wolfe, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
George C. Wolfe, Angels in America
George C. Wolfe , Angels in America: Perestroika
George C. Wolfe, Angels in America
George C. Wolfe , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam
George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam
George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam
George C. Wolfe , Jelly's Last Jam
George C. Wolfe, Spunk
George C. Wolfe has written 10 shows including Paradise! (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Paradise! (Bookwriter), Queenie Pie (Libretto), The Colored Museum (Playwright), Urban Blight (Bookwriter), Spunk:Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston (Adaptation), Jelly's Last Jam (Bookwriter), Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (Source Material), The Wild Party (Bookwriter), Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (Book Writer).
George C. Wolfe has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout his career, including Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," "The Iceman Cometh," "Lucky Guy," and "The Normal Heart." He was also nominated for Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" and "Caroline, or Change." Additionally, he received nominations for Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed," "The Wild Party," and "Jelly's Last Jam." Other nominations include Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Normal Heart," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Caroline, or Change" and "Jelly's Last Jam," and Best Musical at the Tony Awards for "Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk" and "The Wild Party." George C. Wolfe also won awards such as the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards and Special Citations for his stewardship of the Public Theater at the Obie Awards.
George C. Wolfe has won several awards throughout his career, including Best Direction of a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for The Normal Heart. He also received the Outstanding Director of a Play award at the Drama Desk Awards for The Normal Heart and the Outstanding Director - Musical award for Caroline, or Change. Additionally, he has been honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards and Special Citations for his stewardship of the Public Theater at the Obie Awards. Wolfe's accolades also include Direction for Topdog / Underdog at the Obie Awards, Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre at the Drama League Awards, Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Best Director - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Angels in America and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. He has also won Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Jelly's Last Jam and Direction at the Obie Awards for Spunk.
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