Appearances by Edward Albee, John Belluso, Ruona Bertaccini, Joseph Chaikin, Shami Chaikin, Charlotte Colavin, Bill Coco, Martha Wadsworth Coigney, Ronnie Gilbert, Bill Hart, Anita Hollander, Jim Houghton, Robert Hoyt, Jan Kissick, Peter Maloney, Barry Martin, Wayne Maugans, Clark Middeleton, Robert O'Neill, Ray Robertson, Sam Shepard, Susan Sontag, Deborah Stein, Ellen Stewart, Elizabeth Swados, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Mike Yani, Susan Yankowitz, Jonah Zeiger, Paul Zimet. Originally released in 2003.
Summary:
Documentary film about the life of Joe Chaikin, actor/director who was instrumental in the development of American experimental theater. Chaikin helped to establish the Open Theatre and the Living Theatre, acting troups that performed experimental works off Broadway. Includes commentary by playwrights Edward Albee, Sam Shepherd, Jean-Claude van Itallie, John Bellusco, and writer Susan Sontag. After a 1984 stroke left Chaikin unable to speak, he included seminal works by and about actors with disabilities in his theatrical productions.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56811671
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
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