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Jean Erdman

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Choreographer 1916–2020

Jean Erdman (February 20, 1916 – May 4, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director, and the wife of Joseph Campbell.

Also credited on1 work

Two Gentlemen of Verona

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro; Music, Gait MacDermot; Lyrics, John Guare; Director, Mel Shapiro; Choreography, Jean Erdman; Musical Director, Margaret Harristheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • John Genke (masked), Edward Henkel Jean Erdman, Jane Roseman, Andrea Stark Alternates: Elizabeth Lage, Diana Byertheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • By William Butler Yeats; Director, Jean Erdman; Sets and LightWendy Erdman, Johntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • Kroeger; Stage Manager, Patricia Saphier; Presented by The Theater of the Open Eye (Jean Erdman, Artistic Director; Elizabeth Rudolf, Administrative Director); Press, Ellen Levene, Tom Trenkle CAST: Caryll Coan, Jean Erdman, Howard Schechter, Leslie Dil-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Theater of The Open Eye Tenth Season Artistic Director, Jean Erdman; Executive Director, Nola Hague; Technical Director, Scth Price, Daphne Groos; Business Watere; Literary Manager, Lee Teneyck, Robert Walter; Administrative Assistant, Alice Nedos; Press, Ann Scofield,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • Hawaii; Direction/Choreography, Jean Erdman; Set, Paul Jenkins; Songs/Electronic Score, Michael Czajkowski; Libretto, Christopher Millis; Masks, Ralph Lee; Costumes, Kevin Wood worth; Set, Trueman Kelley; Lighting, Gregg Marriner; Sound, Gary Harris; Stage Manager, Tony Davis. CAST: Nancy Allison, Leslie Dillingham, Maura Ellyn, William H…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt

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