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David Hammond spent 21 years at the PlayMakers Repertory Company, 14 of which as artistic director. He also served as an acting teacher in the Conservatory program.<ref>{{cite web | author=Robert C. Page III| year=December 25th, 2005| title=Hammond ankles as PlayMakers a.d. Stage man will return in the fall with emeritus status| format= | work=Variety | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117935137?categoryid=15&cs=1&query=hammond%2Band%2Bankles&display=hammond%2Bankless|accessdate=2006-10-02}}</ref> He teaches at [[Harvard]] and NYU, is contemplating directing projects in Italy and South America, and writing a book on [[Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Byron Woods| year=January 4, 2006| title=$150 theater tix in '06?| format= | work=The Independent Weekly | url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27027 | accessdate=2006-10-09}}</ref> |
David Hammond directed the Crucifier of Blood at the American Conservatory Theatre in [[San Francisco]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | author=| year=January 1, 2006| title=Production History| format= | work= American Conservatory Theatre | url=http://act-sf.org/index.cfm?s_id=&pid=abt_hst_prd | accessdate=2006-10-10}}</ref> He has also spent 21 years at the PlayMakers Repertory Company, 14 of which as artistic director. He also served as an acting teacher in the Conservatory program.<ref>{{cite web | author=Robert C. Page III| year=December 25th, 2005| title=Hammond ankles as PlayMakers a.d. Stage man will return in the fall with emeritus status| format= | work=Variety | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117935137?categoryid=15&cs=1&query=hammond%2Band%2Bankles&display=hammond%2Bankless|accessdate=2006-10-02}}</ref> He teaches at [[Harvard]] and NYU, is contemplating directing projects in Italy and South America, and writing a book on [[Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Byron Woods| year=January 4, 2006| title=$150 theater tix in '06?| format= | work=The Independent Weekly | url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27027 | accessdate=2006-10-09}}</ref> |
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David Hammond is a director and acting teacher in the American theater.
Education
Hammond trained at the Jules Faber Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He also attended Harvard and graduated magna cum laude with a concentration in Elizabethan literature.[1]
Teaching and directing
David Hammond directed the Crucifier of Blood at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco in 1979.[2] He has also spent 21 years at the PlayMakers Repertory Company, 14 of which as artistic director. He also served as an acting teacher in the Conservatory program.[3] He teaches at Harvard and NYU, is contemplating directing projects in Italy and South America, and writing a book on Shakespeare.[4]
Reception
His production of the play by George Bernard Shaw was called "superbly cast" with "sublime" staging.[5]
He received the PlayMaker Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 18th annual PlayMakers Ball on October 29, 2005. The recipient of two Los Angeles Drama-Logue Awards and the Florencio Award of the Association of Uruguayan Theatre Critics, Hammond was a 2005 Triangle Theatre Person of the Year.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Director, playwright David Hammond to receive PlayMaker Award". News from the College of Arts and Sciences. October 19th, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "Production History". American Conservatory Theatre. January 1, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
- ^ Robert C. Page III (December 25th, 2005). "Hammond ankles as PlayMakers a.d. Stage man will return in the fall with emeritus status". Variety. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ Byron Woods (January 4, 2006). "$150 theater tix in '06?". The Independent Weekly. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
- ^ Robert W. McDowell (January 1, 2005). "REVIEW: PlayMakers Repertory Company: Caesar and Cleopatra Ends PRC'S 2004-05 Season on a Very, Very High Note Indeed". Classical Voice of North Carolina. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
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