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Ricardo Khan | |
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 Kahn in 2019 | |
| Born | November 4, 1951 Washington, D.C., US |
| Other names | Rick |
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| Known for | Crossroads Theatre |
Ricardo "Rick" Khan (born November 4, 1951) is an American playwright and theater director of African and Indian descent.[1][2][3] He co-founded the Tony Award-winning and highly influential Crossroads Theatre of New Jersey,[1] and is an acclaimed director on both American and International stages. As a writer, Khan saw his first play, Fly, premiered in 2007 at Lincoln Center Institute of Lincoln Center in New York and then at Crossroads, go on to win multiple NAACP Theater Awards in 2018. The play, co-authored with writer Trey Ellis and directed by Khan, has been lauded as a highly innovative and moving theatrical play that makes use of many mediums to tell the story and the trials and triumphs of American World War II heroes, the Tuskegee Airmen. Other plays written or co-written by Khan include Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Freedom Rider, and Letters From Freedom Summer.
- ^ a b Klein, Alvin (1997-02-23). "Always at the Crossroads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Co-author and director Ricardo Khan talks about Fly". DC Theatre Scene. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Ricardo Khan's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2019-04-02.