# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-schechner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:49.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-schechner"
name: "Richard Schechner"
slug: "richard-schechner"
description: "Richard Schechner is an American academic and theater director. He founded the New York City experimental theater company The Performance Group and is a pioneer of the field of performance studies. He is University Professor Emeritus at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and editor of TDR: The Drama Review."
tagline: "American theatre director (born 1934)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1934-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.50727466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0770351"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump