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Frank Galati Biography (1943-)

Full name, Frank Joseph Galati; born November 29, 1943, in Highland Park, IL;son of Frank Joseph (a trainer of show dogs) and Virginia Frances (Cassell)Galati; companion of Peter Amster (a choreographer). Career: Director,writer, and educator. University of South Florida, assistant professor of speech, 1970-71; Roosevelt University, Chicago, instructor, 1971-72; Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, instructor in acting at Goodman School of Drama, 1971-72;Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago, director, 1976-; Northwestern University, associate professor, 1973-83, professor of theater, 1983-; Steppenwolf TheatreCompany, Chicago, member of ensemble, 1986-; Goodman Theatre, associate director, 1987-. Member: Actors' Equity Association, Speech Communication Association. Awards, Honors: Shared Academy Award nomination (with Lawrence Kasdan), best writing for a screenplay based on material from another medium, 1988, for The Accidental Tourist; Antoinette Perry Awards, bestplay and best director, both 1990, Outer Critics Circle Award, best play, andDrama Desk Award, best director, all for The Grapes of Wrath; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best director of a musical, 1998, for Ragtime; nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for directing, writing and adaptations, andacting. Addresses: Office: Theater Interpretation Center, Northwestern University, 1979 South Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60201; Goodman Theatre, 200South Columbus Dr., Chicago, IL 606003.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer, educator

Birth Details

November 29, 1943

Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Work
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• The Government Inspector, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1985-86
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Goodman Theatre, 1988-89
• The Grapes of Wrath, La Jolla, Ca, then National Theatre, London,later produced on Broadway, 1990
• (And creator) She Always Said, Pablo, Eisenhower Theatre, Washington, DC, 1990-91
• The Good Person of Setzuan, Goodman Theatre, 1991-92
• Four Saints in Three Acts (opera), Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago,1993
• Cry, the Beloved Country, Goodman Theatre, 1993-94
• La Traviata (opera), Lyric Opera, Chicago, 1994
• The Glass Menagerie, Center Stage Right/Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1994-95
• Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May, Goodman Theatre, 1994-95
• As I Lay Dying, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, 1995-96
• Everyman, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1996
• Ragtime (musical), Toronto, Ontario, then Los Angeles, Broadway production, 1997, later Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1998
• Director of Passion Play and The Winter's Tale, both at Goodman Theatre; director of the operas Pelleas and Melisande, Tosca, and The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, all at Lyric Opera.
• Film Appearances
• Professor, The Party Animal, International Film Marketing, 1984
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Rural ticket agent, "Come Along with Me" in "Sense of Humor Trilogy," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
• "Creating 'Ragtime,'" Great Performances, PBS, 1998
• Interviewee, Broadway 98: Launching the Tony Awards, PBS, 1998
• Television Director
• Specials
• "The Grapes of Wrath," American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
• "Creating 'Ragtime,'" Great Performances, PBS, 1998
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Living End, 1979
• There's No Tomorrow, 1980
• (With Lawrence Kasdan) The Accidental Tourist (based on Ann Tyler's work of the same title), Warner Bros., 1988
• Television Scripts
• "The Grapes of Wrath" (special), American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
• "Arthur Miller's 'The American Clock'" (movie; also known as "The American Clock"), TNT Screenworks, TNT, 1993
• Stage Plays
• Winnebago, 1974
• The Grapes of Wrath (based on the novel by John Steinbeck), Goodman Theatre, then La Jolla, CA, and National Theatre, London, later produced onBroadway, 1990
• Cry, the Beloved Country, Goodman Theatre, 1993-94
• Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May, Goodman Theatre, 1994-95
• As I Lay Dying (based on the novel by William Faulkner), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1995-96
• Everyman (adaptation), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1996
• Books
• (Co-author) Oral Interpretation, 1977

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• American Theatre, October 1995, p. 20.*