In Memoriam

Lee Devin (1938-2024) Lee Devin’s brilliant, rigorous writings on dramaturgy, his career as the first resident Dramaturg at People’s Light, his legacy as the creator of Swarthmore’s theatre program, and his decades-long leadership in Literary Managers and Dramaturgs...

Edwin Wilson (1927-2023) Author, theatre critic and teacher, Ed Wilson, died peacefully at home on December 2, 2023 at the age of 96. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where he grew up with his parents, EE "Bitsy" and Catherine Wilson, and his younger sister...

Michael Earl Feingold (1945-2022) Reflections on a Life (Photo by Genevieve Rafter Keddy, American Theatre Magazine) More than half a century ago, Michael Feingold served as the first Literary Manager of the Yale Repertory Theater. (The title was borrowed from a few...

(photo by Eileen Meny) Elliot B. Quick (1984-2020) Elliot's Obituary: Elliot B. Quick died after a fall on February 19, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. He was 35. Elliot was a dramaturg and taught theater history and playwriting at the Maggie Flanigan School of Acting and...

Lee Breuer (1937-2021) "Lee Breuer, an acclaimed and influential director who over a half-century in New York’s downtown theater scene blended genres in extravagantly experimental productions, often with Mabou Mines, the avant-garde troupe he helped found, died on...

Douglas Langworthy, 1958-2020 Chad Henry penned the article "The Quiet Passion of Doug Langworthy" for American Theatre on the occasion of Douglas's passing. The following materials were shared by Douglas's longtime theatrical home, Denver Center for the Performing...

Robert Blacker, (1947-2019) Robert Blacker passed away on August 30, 2019, at the age of 71. Dramaturgs across America owe a great deal to Robert Blacker. He was the first theatre artist that Joseph Papp acknowledged with the title for his work on Shakespeare in the...