Elizabeth LeCompte

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Elizabeth LeCompte (born April 28, 1944) is a founding member of theater collective The Wooster Group. She is considered one of the 50 most influential theater directors of today.^[1]

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In 1970, Elizabeth LeCompte began her experimental theater work when she joined Richard Schechner's theater troupe The Performance Group. While working with The Performance Group, she began developing a series of performances based on the experiences of fellow group member Spalding Gray.

In 1975, beginning with the production of Sakonnet Point, the new experimental was distinct from the methods of The Performance Group.

In 1980, The Performance Group ceased to exist, while The Wooster Group continues to stage new productions with LeCompte serving as director. As director of The Wooster Group, Elizabeth LeCompte, along with others has "conceived and constructed fifteen works for the theatre, six works for film and video, three radio pieces and four dance pieces".^{[citation needed]}

She has a son, Jack (born 1982), with Wooster Group actor Willem Dafoe.

She was named a 2007 Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and awarded a $50,000 grant by United States Artists, a public charity that supports and promotes the work of American artists.

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