Production Staff
Bertolt Brecht
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright
Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, director, and poet who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century theatre. Born on February 10, 1898, in Augsburg, Germany, Brecht was the son of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother. He studied medicine at the University of Munich but soon turned his attention to writing and theatre.
Brecht's first major success as a playwright came with his play "Drums in the Night," which premiered in 1922. The play was a critical and commercial success and established Brecht as a major figure in German theatre. He went on to ... read more
Teiji Ito
Music
Music
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Judson Wright
Composer
JoAnne Akalaitis
Artistic Director
Gabriel Berry
Costume Designer
Anne Bogart
Director
Jacob Burckhardt
Sound Designer
Sally Campbell
General Manager
Heather Carson
Lighting Designer
Jason Steven Cohen
Managing Director
Buzz Cohen
Production Stage Manager
L.B. Dallas
Sound Designer
Donald Eastman
Scenic Designer
Elizabeth Gardella
General Manager
Mabou Mines
Producer
Joseph Papp
Producer
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals. ... read more
The Public Theater
Producer
THE PUBLIC is theater of, by, and for all people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic, The Public continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation's first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public's wide ... read more
Rosemarie Tichler
Associate Artistic Director
Videos
