Eric Simonson Biography ((?)-)

Education: Studied art, scenic design, and directing at Lawrence University. Avocational interests: Baseball. Addresses: Agent-- Geddes Agency, 1633 North Halstead St., Chicago, IL 60614-5517. Career: Director, actor, writer, producer, editor, and additional photography. Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, artistic associate and ensemble member, c. 1995; worked at Court Theater, Next Theater, Remains Theater, and Pegasus Players, all Chicago, IL. Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award nomination, for The Song of Jacob Zulu. Addresses: Agent: GeddesAgency, 1633 North Halstead St., Chicago, IL 60614-5517.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, actor, writer, producer, editor, additional photography

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
Ladies Room L.A.,1999
(And producer and editor) On Tiptoe: The Music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo,2000
Television Appearances
Specials
Ranier: The Mountain, PBS, 2000
Episodic
Friend, Seinfeld, NBC, 1997
Television Work
Specials
Additional photography, Ranier: The Mountain, PBS, 2000

Stage Director
The Song of Jacob Zulu, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1992
The Normal Heart,1987
Bang the Drum Slowly, Huntington Theater Company, Boston, MA 1994
Slavs!, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1994
Bok Choy Variations, Minnesota Opera Company, MN, 1995
Nomathemba, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1995
Also directed Abingdon Square; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Othello; Coriolanus.
Major Tours
Appeared in Grapes of Wrath, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, international cities.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
On Tiptoe: The Music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo,2000
Musical Books
(With Ntozake Shange and Joseph Shabalala) Nomathemba, SteppenwolfTheatre Company, 1995
Adapted Plays
Bang the Drum Slowly, Huntington Theater Company, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

American Theatre, April, 1994 , p. 10; April, 1995, p. 29.

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