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WALTER DALLAS (1946 - )
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Walter Dallas has won recognition and several awards for his work on and Off-Broadway and regionally at such theatres as the Negro Ensemble Company, American Place, McCarter, Yale Rep, Crossroads, alliance, the Public and Baltimore's Center Stage where he was a Director Fellow for the National Endowment for the arts. at Chicago's Goodman Theatre he directed the critically acclaimed world premiere of august Wilson's Seven Guitars, named one of the Top Ten Best Theatre Events of 1995 by TIME magazine and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. a graduate of Morehouse College and the Yale School of Drama, he also studied music and theology at Harvard and dance and theatre at the University of Ghana at Legon. He taught theatre at antioch College and the University of California, Berkeley. He created the School of Theatre for Philadelphia's University of the arts in 1983. In 1992 he left the directorship and a tenured professorship there to become artistic director of Philadelphia's award-winning New Freedom Theatre.
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Asafohene Cooley High Lazarus, Unstoned Manchild Rhythms Of History, The Sparkle: The Musical Willie LoboAsafohene
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Set in prehistoric Africa, a psychedelic 70's America, and the future, the play is a startling retelling of the Oedipus Rex legend. Employs theatre, dance, music and special effects. Won Creative Genius award
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Top of PageCooley High
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a coming-of-age drama adapted from the film of the same name
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The arts Bank Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa 1997
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Top of PageLazarus, Unstoned
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The play sets out to answer this question: after his death, where was Lazarus and what was he doing that it took three commands from Jesus before he would return from the dead? a joyous celebration of life and death and the miraculous mysteries that connect the two
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New Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa 2001
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Gospel Opera Musical
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Top of PageManchild
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afro American Studies, University of California, Berkley 1973
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Black Ensemble Theatre
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Top of PageRhythms Of History, The
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Designed as a touring production, this play with music explores little-known fascinating moments in African American history.
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New Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa 1996
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Top of PageSparkle: The Musical
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adapted from the film of the same name, this musical follows the rise to fame, and the challenges along the way, of Sparkle and her two sisters.
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Top of PageWillie Lobo
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afro American Studies, University of California, Berkley 1973
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