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Wynn Handman

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American theatre director (1922-2020)

United StatesActorsLived 1922 to 2020 · aged 97
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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 Lunatic2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage2019

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2003honorary doctor of the University of Miami

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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. 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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United States
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Actors
Type
Actor
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deceased
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Lived 1922 to 2020 · aged 97
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7 languages

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