Gerald Freedman

Gerald Freedman
Born(1927-06-25)June 25, 1927
Lorain, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 17, 2020(2020-03-17) (aged 92)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
MonumentsThe Gerald Freedman Theatre at UNCSA (2012)
Education
TitleDean Emeritus, School of Drama, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Parents
  • Barnie B. Freedman
  • Fannie (Sepsenwol) Freedman
AwardsObie
Notes

Gerald Alan Freedman (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean.

  1. ^ Whitaker, Lauren (November 19, 2012). "UNCSA Names Theatre for Gerald Freedman, Dean Emeritus of School of Drama". Winston-Salem, North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. ^ Freedman, Gerald (Summer 2008). "My Life in Art: A 21st Century Riff on Stanislavsky" (PDF). The Fellows Gazette. The Roger L. Stevens Address. Vol. 47. College of Fellows of the American Theatre. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-05. It started when I went to Northwestern University and fell under the guidance of Alvina Krause, a former girl's gym teacher and eurhythmics instructor who seemed to have discovered Stanislavski and his techniques by accident, by curiosity and by observing the actors of the Twenties and Thirties. I still use many of her teachings in my work both professionally and in mentoring at the North Carolina School of the Arts. They are still valid. Alvina Krause reinforced in Art what I had learned from my Jewish parents in Lorain, Ohio. An unalloyed irreducible/inflexible respect for integrity of execution in all things. I arrived at Northwestern loaded with potential in skills, a hunger to learn about everything and boundless curiosity and energy. Alvina Krause guided me through a maze of possibilities to a clearer vision of who I was meant to be.