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Walt Witcover Biography (1924-)

Born Walter Witcover Scheinman, August 24, 1924, in New York, NY; son of Louis J. (a sculptor and composer) and Juliette T. (a lecturer and critic; maidenname, Benton) Scheinman. Addresses: HOME--40 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 24, 1924

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Outward Bound, Yankee Land, The Choir Rehearsal, Pullman Car Hiawatha, Headin' for Havana, and Love in '76, all at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1942-46.
• You Can't Take It with You, Counsellor-at-Law, A Slight Case of Murder, The Milky Way, Personal Appearance, Janey, and Ladies in Retirement, all at the Priscilla Beach Theatre, 1942.
• Twelfth Night, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Imaginary Invalid, Count Your Blessings, and State of the Union, all at the Barter Theatre, Abington, VA, 1947 and 1949.
• The Miser, Jason, Anatol, L'Arlesienne, The Rivals, Dear Brutus, and A Trip to Chinatown, all at Stanford University, 1948.
• Anne Pedersdotter, As You Like It, and What Price Glory?, all at the National Theatre Conference, New York City Showcase, 1948.
• Henry IV and The Bourgeois Gentleman, both at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1947 and 1949.
• Peer Gynt, Paradise Lost, Prologue to Glory, The Merchant of Venice, St.Joan, The World We Make, Misalliance, Finian's Rainbow, Shadow and Substance,and The Stages of Love, all at the Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1947-55.
• Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Royal Family, both at the New York City Drama Company, 1950-51.
• Mr. Roberts, Summer and Smoke, Room Service, and Tobacco Road, all at theSmithtown Summer Theatre, 1953.
• Lisa and the Lord, New Dramatists Workshop, New York City, 1953.
• Tom Sawyer and The Little Red Shoes, both at the Children's World Theatre, 1953 and 1955.
• The Skin of Our Teeth, for the U.S. State Department at the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Theatre, New York City, 1955.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Empire State Music Festival, NY, 1956.
• The Seagull, Actors Studio, New York City, 1964.
• Faust, Nathan the Wise, Seize the Day, Manhattan Miracle, andA Medley ofNative Tunes, all at the Herbert Berghof Studios, New York City, 1961-71.
• The Forced Marriage, Lesons in Love, Boubouroche!, A Serving of Verse, and Salon-Comedie, all at the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre, New York City, 1971-77.
• moderator, Talk Show, with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre at LincolnCenter Performing Arts Library, New York City, 1976.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Once Upon a Hill and The Second Shepherds' Play, both at Cornell University, 1946.
• The Philadelphia Story, Kind Lady, and Arsenic and Old Lace, all at the Manor Club Theatre, Pelham, NY, 1949.
• The Hasty Heart, Barter Theatre, 1949.
• Light Up the Sky, Manor Club Theatre, 1950.
• Once Upon a Hill, Cornell University, 1950.
• Peter Rabbit, An Airman's Dream, and Ten Little Indians, all at LandsbergAir Force Base, Germany, 1951.
• The Stages of Love, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1953.
• The Moon Is Blue, John Loves Mary, and I Am a Camera, all at the Old TownTheatre, Smithtown, NY, 1953.
• The Hasty Heart, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• The Little Red Shoes, Children's World Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Maedchen in Uniform, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1955.
• The Sun-Dial, White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT, 1955.
• Three Times Three, Chanin Auditorium, New York City, 1956.
• Tea and Sympathy, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Philadelphia Story, and Picnic, all at the Legion Star Playhouse, Ephrata, PA, 1956.
• Exiles, Renata Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• Red Roses for Me, Stella Adler Studio Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Glass Menagerie, Overruled, How He Lied to Her Husband, Rocket to theMoon, The Marriage, and Thieves' Carnival, all at the Crystal Lake Theatre,Chestertown, NY, 1959.
• Born Yesterday, Club Arena Theatre, Washington, DC, 1960.
• Three Modern Noh Plays, White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT, 1960.
• Two Modern Noh Plays, ANTA Matinee Series at the Theater de Lys, New YorkCity, 1960.
• An Evening with Italian Writers, Brooklyn Public Library, New York City,1960-61.
• Signs Along the Cynic Route, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• Talk to Me, Herbert Berghof Studio Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• The Fantasticks, Bermudiana Hotel Theatre, Bermuda, 1964.
• The Exhaustion of Our Son's Love, Sheridan Square Theatre, New York City,1964.
• What Color Goes with Brown?, Theatre '65, New York City, 1964.
• One of Us Has Been Ignited, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1965.
• The Exhaustion of Our Son's Love, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1965.
• La Traviata, Act I, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Judas Maccabaeus, Long Island Cultural Festival Theatre, NY, 1966.
• The Rivals and La Traviata, Act II, both Actors Studio Theatre New York City, 1967.
• La Traviata, Act II, Sloane House Young Men's Christan Association (YMCA)Theatre, New York Ctiy, 1968.
• The Miser, Syracuse Repertory Theatre, NY, 1968.
• La Traviata, Acts I and II, Actors' Studio Theatre, New York City, 1968.
• Next Year in Jerusalem, Herbert Berghof Playwrights Foundation Theatre, New York Ctiy, 1968.
• La Traviata, Acts III and IV, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Experiments in Lyric Theatre, with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre atthe Theatre-in-the-Courthouse, New York City, 1970.
• From the World of Young Chekhov and Boubouroche!, both with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre at the Theatre-in-the-Courthouse, New York City, 1971.
• Marriage, with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York City, 1972.
• Lyric Theatre '72, with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre at Lolly's Theatre Club, New York City, 1972.
• A Serving of Verse and Mozart as Dramatist, both with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre, Brooklyn Heights, NY, 1973.
• A Serving of Verse, Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck, NY, 1973.
• with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre at Spencer Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY: Salon-Comedie and Lovelives, 1974, The Gondoliers, 1975, Lessons in Love and West of Galway, 1976, and The Forced Marriage 1977.
• at the State University of New York, Purchase, NY: Brothers and Lovers, 1978; Yellow Jack, and American Journeys, 1979; The Bourgeois Gentleman, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Other World of Anton Chekhov, 1980.
• Brief Chronicles of the Time, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• The Misanthrope, with the Masterworks Labortory Theatre at St.
• Peter's Performing Arts Center, New York City, 1983.
• The Miser, University of Maryland, College Park, 1983.
• She Stoops to Conquer, Virginia Technical College Theatre, Blacksburg, 1984.
• Co-producer, Three Times Three, Off-Broadway, New York City, 1956.
• Credits; PRODUCER
• La Traviata, Actors Studio Theatre, 1968-69.
• the following all with the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre: Miss Julie, Boubouroche!, From the World of Young Chekhov, Plays of the Sea, Antigone, andExperiments in Lyric Theatre, all at the Theatre-in-the-Courthouse, 1969-71,Marriage, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, 1972, Lyric Theatre '72, Lolly's Theatre Club, 1972, Bastien and Bastienne, The Forced Marriage, The Gaol Gate, The Rising of the Moon, Hyacinth Halvey, Lessons in Love, The Gondoliers, Godof Vengeance, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, Lovelives, A Staging of Song Cycles, Bravo Bureaucracy!, One Cannot Think of Everything, A Door Must Be Either Open or Shut, The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, The Marriageof Figaro, Exsultate Jubilate, Press Cuttings, The Man of Destiny, A Servingof Verse, and Danton's Death, all at the Spencer Memorial Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY, 1972-77, An Evening of Lyric Theatre and The Goose from Cairo, both at the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre Loft, New York City, 1978-83, The Misanthrope, St. Peter's Performing Arts Center, 1983.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS; DIRECTOR
• The Little Red Shoes, 1954.
• The Hasty Heart, summer theatres, Northeastern U.S., 1954.
• The Reluctant Debutant, summer theatres, Eastern and Southern U.S., 1957.
• The Waltz of the Toreadors, summer theatres, Eastern and Mid- Western U.S., 1958.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "Search for Tomorrow," Studio One, CBS.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Mozart in Motion, 1973-74.
• Writings;BOOKS
• Once Upon a Hill, 1946.
• Writings;PLAYS
• Translations: Anne Pedesdotter, L'Avanve, Un Caso Clinico, Maedchen in Uniform, 1955-68.