David Hammond
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| David Hammond | |
| Born | June 3rd, 1948[1] New York, NY[1] |
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| Occupation | director, actor, acting teacher |
David Hammond is a director and acting teacher in the American theater. He trained for the theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and received his M.F.A. from the Carnegie-Mellon University Drama Department. He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a concentration in Elizabethan literature. He has also taught at the Juilliard School, the American Conservatory Theatre, and the Yale School of Drama and later became the artistic director of the PlayMakers Repertory Company for 14 years.
Hammonds theatrical works were a staple of the North Carolina theatre scene for over two decades, and he continues to teach at New York University's Graduate Acting Program, the American Repertory Theatre Instutute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard, and recently at Guilford College. He is currently writing a book on Shakespeare to be released in the near future.
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[edit] Education
Hammond trained at the Jules Faber Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and received an M.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University's Drama Department. He also attended Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude with a concentration in Elizabethan literature.[2]
[edit] Teaching and directing
David Hammond was a teacher at the Juilliard School, the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and the Yale School of Drama, [3] and directed numerous productions for A.C.T. and the Yale Repertory Theatere. He subsequently spent 22 years at the PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 14 of which as artistic director. He also served as a professor and Head of UNC's Professional Actor Training Program.[4] While at PlayMakers, he staged the United States premieres of Simon Bent's A Prayer for Owen Meany and Nick Stafford's "Luminosity.".[5] He has also adapted plays, and his theatre version of "The Nutcracker" was staged at numerous theatres in the United States and Canada. University of Michigan.[6]
He has also taught at Harvard and NYU, is contemplating directing projects in Italy and South America, and is writing a book on Shakespeare.[7] He is currently a full time professor at Guilford College.[8]
[edit] Reception
The New York Times called his production of Shaw's "The Philanderer" at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1982 "not Shavian", but notable for an exuberance that was called "engaging".[9] His production of Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" at Playmakers in 2005 was called "superbly cast" with "sublime" staging.[10]
In the classroom, his work with actors is known for its incisiveness and persistence with their growth.[11]
He has received various theatre awards, including one for "Luminosity", which was listed as one of the top ten shows of 2004 in North Carolina by Classical Voice of Carolina.[12] He received the PlayMaker Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 18th annual PlayMakers Ball on October 29, 2005. He was the recipient of two Los Angeles Drama-Logue Awards and the Florencio Award of the Association of Uruguayan Theatre Critics, and was the 2005 Triangle Theatre Person of the Year.[2] Hammond directed an unpublished version of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and adapted by Thornton Wilder in February 2007.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ a b David Hammond Biography (1948-). filmreference (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ a b Director, playwright David Hammond to receive PlayMaker Award. News from the College of Arts and Sciences (October 19th, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
- ^ Orla Swift (April 16, 2006). Man of a Thousand Faces. News and Observer. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
- ^ 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 on 2006-10-02.
- ^ Kenneth Jones (October 13, 2003). PlayMakers Rep Has U.S. Premiere of Owen Meany Oct. 15-Nov. 30; Tandy Cronyn is Mrs. Meany. Playbill.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- ^ The Nutcracker. University of Michigan Music Department (January 1, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
- ^ Byron Woods (January 4, 2006). $150 theater tix in '06?. The Independent Weekly. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
- ^ Guilford Welcomes 23 New Full-time Faculty for the 2006-07 Academic Year. Guilford College Relations (August 18, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
- ^ Mel Gussow (December 9th, 1982). STAGE: 'THE PHILANDERER'. New York Times. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- ^ 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 on 2006-10-09.
- ^ Lucia Mauro (April 26, 2002). Kate Harris. PerformInk Online. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
- ^ Robert W. McDowell, Scott Ross, & Alan R. Hall (January 1, 2004). ARTICLE: Robert’s Reviews Chooses The 10 Best Shows of 2004. Classical Voice of Carolina. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
- ^ Guilford's Theatre Studies Department to Present "A Doll House" Beginning Feb. 16. Guilford College (February 16th, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
