[1st ed] Avant-Guardian 1965-1990: A Theater Foundation Director's Twenty-Five Years Off Broadway (Inscribed to Maria Irene Fornes)
First edition paperback printing of Donn Russell’s memoir of his career in experimental theater, published in 1996 by Dorrance Publishing Co and now a classic in its genre. Russell, a musician, painter, and sculptor, was the long-time director of a foundation that encouraged and supported non-commercial theater and film productions. He was the recipient of the coveted Innovative Theatre Founders Award in 2015. 8vo, wrappers, 518 pages, b/w photos. Inscribed on the colophon to Maria Irene Fornes (“To Maria Irene—One of the lights of my life—Thank you—Don Russell”). Fornes (1930-2018) was a Cuban-American playwright, theater director, and teacher whose work in off-Broadway and experimental theater, including her legendary workshops, influenced and inspired Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson, and Edward Albee, along with several generations of aspiring playwrights. Vogel contended “In the work of every American playwright at the end of the 20th century, there are only two stages: before she has read Maria Irene Fornes and after." Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light soiling to top edge and fore edge.
First edition paperback printing of Donn Russell’s memoir of his career in experimental theater, published in 1996 by Dorrance Publishing Co and now a classic in its genre. Russell, a musician, painter, and sculptor, was the long-time director of a foundation that encouraged and supported non-commercial theater and film productions. He was the recipient of the coveted Innovative Theatre Founders Award in 2015. 8vo, wrappers, 518 pages, b/w photos. Inscribed on the colophon to Maria Irene Fornes (“To Maria Irene—One of the lights of my life—Thank you—Don Russell”). Fornes (1930-2018) was a Cuban-American playwright, theater director, and teacher whose work in off-Broadway and experimental theater, including her legendary workshops, influenced and inspired Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson, and Edward Albee, along with several generations of aspiring playwrights. Vogel contended “In the work of every American playwright at the end of the 20th century, there are only two stages: before she has read Maria Irene Fornes and after." Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light soiling to top edge and fore edge.
First edition paperback printing of Donn Russell’s memoir of his career in experimental theater, published in 1996 by Dorrance Publishing Co and now a classic in its genre. Russell, a musician, painter, and sculptor, was the long-time director of a foundation that encouraged and supported non-commercial theater and film productions. He was the recipient of the coveted Innovative Theatre Founders Award in 2015. 8vo, wrappers, 518 pages, b/w photos. Inscribed on the colophon to Maria Irene Fornes (“To Maria Irene—One of the lights of my life—Thank you—Don Russell”). Fornes (1930-2018) was a Cuban-American playwright, theater director, and teacher whose work in off-Broadway and experimental theater, including her legendary workshops, influenced and inspired Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson, and Edward Albee, along with several generations of aspiring playwrights. Vogel contended “In the work of every American playwright at the end of the 20th century, there are only two stages: before she has read Maria Irene Fornes and after." Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light soiling to top edge and fore edge.
