Geffen Playhouse
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The Geffen Playhouse is a not-for-profit theater company founded in Los Angeles, California by Gilbert Cates in 1995.
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
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Tarell Alvin McCraney is an American playwright. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble.
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…died in October 2011. Gil Cates Jr. was appointed executive director in 2015. Matt Shakman was appointed artistic director in August 2017, followed by Tarell Alvin McCraney in September 2023. Geffen Playhouse website…
McCraney in 2016
A reading at Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, Washington, co-presented with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, in association with Seattle Rep's staging of The Breach, a play based on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. At right, New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, author of 1 Dead in Attic. To his right are Tarell Alvin McCraney, Catherine Filloux, and Joe Sutton, co-authors of The Breach.