Wynn Handman
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Wynn Handman was the artistic director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963. His role in the theatre was to seek out, encourage, train, and present new and exciting writing and acting talent and to develop and produce new plays by living American writers.
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It Takes a Lunatic
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageAwards 1
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Hanna Holborn GrayAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
William H. GrayAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
LeRoy CollinsAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Martin E. MartyAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Louis Wade SullivanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of MiamiAbout this person
Wynn Handman was the artistic director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963. His role in the theatre was to seek out, encourage, train, and present new and exciting writing and acting talent and to develop and produce new plays by living American writers. In addition, he initiated several Arts Education Programs, such as Literature to Life. His life and the history of The American Place Theatre are the subjects of the 2019 documentary It Takes a Lunatic.
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