Adrian Hall

Title

Adrian Hall

Subject

Adrian Hall

Description

{{Infobox person

| name = Adrian Hall

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1927|12|03}}

| birth_place = Van, Texas

| occupation = Actor, director, artistic director

}}

Adrian Hall is an United States|American theatre director. His directing style was described as "bold" by the New York Times, {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/01/theater/theater-how-a-bold-director-has-transformed-a-regional-theater.html|title=Theater; How a Bold Director Has Transformed a Regional Theater|last=Gerard|first=Jeremy|date=1987-11-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
and his work was considered part of the first- and second-generation of the Regional theater in the United States|regional theater movement of the 1960s and late 1980s.
{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/03/theater/theater-new-paths-for-regional-theaters.html|title=THEATER; New Paths for Regional Theaters|last=Vries|first=Hilary De|date=1989-09-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963-1986,{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47004434|title="Providence is no longer just a train stop" : the Trinity Repertory Company : its first twelve years|last=Stanzler, Milton.|date=1995|publisher=Professional Press|isbn=1570872112|location=Chapel Hill, NC|oclc=47004434}} and the Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas from 1983-1989.Woods, Jeannie. Theatre to Change Men's Souls: The Artistry of Adrian Hall. University of Delaware Press, 1993. {{ISBN|0-87413-451-X}} page=66 He is considered to have created major and divisive change within both institutions.

Trinity Repertory Company

In addition to his work producing plays at Trinity Repertory, Hall oversaw and participated in the Project Discovery program at Trinity Repertory, which introduced high school students to theater. Actress Viola Davis credits Hall's visit to her high school and the subsequent visits to the theater during Hall's tenure as what "changed her path."

Pobzeznik, Marcia. "Tiverton Couple giving away 'Hamilton' tickets through contest." Providence Journal (RI), sec. RI News, 23 July 2019, p. A5. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/174DF53FC680D738. Accessed 25 July 2019.

Two of Hall's productions at Trinity Repertory Company were featured on the PBS series, Great Performances.

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Category:American theatre directors

Category:Living people

Category:1927 births

Creator

Janaya Kizzie

Publisher

Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

Collection

Citation

Janaya Kizzie, “Adrian Hall,” Rhode Island Arts and Culture Fellowship, accessed May 16, 2024, https://riartsandculture.omeka.net/items/show/2.

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