Nancy (Elizabeth) Rhodes Biography (1946-)
Full name, Nancy Elizabeth Rhodes; born July 5, 1946, in Chambersburg, PA; daughter of Harry Merriweather (an aviation cost estimator) and Alice Leidig (apreschool director and puppeteer; maiden name, Ryder) Rhodes; married RogerJeff Cunningham, December 20, 1971 (separated, 1986). Career: Director, producer, actress, and teacher. Roundabout Theatre, New York City, directorand casting director, 1971-73; Pratt Institute, New York City, teacher, 1976-81; Musikdram Ensemble, Stockholm, Sweden, director, 1983-84; InternationalTheatre Institute, New York City, American representative, 1983-87; ManhattanSchool of Music, New York City, professor, beginning in 1984; New York OperaRepertory Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, artistic director (with others), 1985-86; Academy Theatre, Atlanta, GA, director and adaptor, 1986-87.Member: Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (member of the executive board, 1982-83), American Directors Institute (member of the advisory board, 1986-), American Guild of Musical Artists, National Music Theatre Network, League of Professional Theatre Women (New York). Awards, Honors: Soho Weekly News Award, excellence in the creative arts, 1977, for The Mother of Us All. Addresses: Office: Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Ave., New York, NY 10027.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- director, producer, actress, educator
- Birth Details
- July 5, 1946
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Work
- Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
- An Evening of Russian Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, New York City,1971
- American Gothics, Roundabout Theatre, 1972
- The Lover, Roundabout Theatre, 1972
- Box and Box, Roundabout Theatre, 1972
- Middle of the Night, Kagan Theatre, NY, 1974
- Common Garden Variety, Interart Theatre, New York City, 1974
- Mine!, Interart Theatre, 1974
- One Short Day at the Jamboree, Town Hall, New York City, 1974
- Producing director, New Plays by Women Writers, Westbeth Playwrights Collective, New York City, 1974-75
- The Mother of Us All, Encompass Music Theatre, New York City, 1976
- The Yellow Wallpaper, Encompass Music Theatre, 1976
- Scapin, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1977
- The Tender Land, Encompass Music Theatre, 1977
- He Who Gets Slapped, Encompass Music Theatre, 1978
- Hear Their Voices: Women Founders of the American Theatre, 1910-1946, Encompass Music Theatre,1978
- Regina, Encompass Music Theatre, 1978
- Fantasies Take Flight, Encompass Music Theatre, 1979
- The Wise Woman, Encompass Music Theatre, 1979
- Postcard from Morocco, Encompass Music Theatre, 1979
- Elizabeth and Essex, Encompass Music Theatre, 1980
- Der Vampyr, Encompass Music Theatre, 1980
- Transatlantic, Trenton, NJ, 1981
- The Abduction from the Seraglio, Lake George Opera Festival, GlensFalls, NY, 1981
- The Adventures of Friar Tuck, Eugene O'Neill Composers Conference,Waterford, CT, 1981
- Tartuffe, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA, 1981
- The Monkey Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1982
- Death in Venice, Gota Lejon Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden, 1983-84
- The Fantasticks, Hartt Opera Theatre, West Hartford, CT, 1985
- And producer, Lord Byron, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1985
- Desert of Roses, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York City, 1994
- Only Heaven, Encompass Music Theatre, 1995
- Stage Appearances
- Kim Macafee, Bye Bye Birdie, Chambersburg Community Theatre, Chambersburg, PA, 1963
- Stage Work
- Major Tours
- Director, Miss Jane's Parlour, Dutch cities, including Rotterdam,Den Haag, Utrecht, and Amsterdam, 1982
- WRITINGS
- Writings for the Stage, Unless Otherwise Noted
- Eccentricities, Outcasts, and Visionaries, 1982
- Miss Jane's Parlour, Dutch cities, including Rotterdam, Den Haag,Utrecht, and Amsterdam, 1982
- Translator and adaptor, The Imaginary Invalid, 1986