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Jean Erdman Biography (1916-)

Born February 20, 1916, in Honolulu, HI; daughter of John Pinney (a directorof the Hawaiian Board of Missions) and Marion Elinor (a singer; maiden name,Dillingham) Erdman; married Joseph Campbell (a professor of comparative mythology and writer), May 5, 1938. Addresses: HOME--136 Waverly Place, NewYork, NY 10014. OFFICE--Theatre of the Open Eye, 220 W. 89th Street, New York, NY 10024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

February 20, 1916

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Russian Princess, Ways and Means, Dillingham Hall, Honolulu,HI, 1937.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--The Ideal Spectator, Every Soul Is a Circus, with the Martha Graham Dance Company, St. James Theatre, 1939, for three performances.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Anna Livia Plurabelle, The Coach with the Six Insides, Village South Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• Queen, Moon Mysteries, Theatre at St. Clement's, New York City, 1972.
• Had leading roles in Punch and the Judy and Letter to the World.
• PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; CHOREOGRAPHER,EXCEPT AS NOTED The Transformation ofMedusa, Bennington Summer Festival, VT, 1942.
• Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, 1945.
• Ophelia, 1946.
• The Flies, Vassar College, New York City, 1947.
• The Perilous Chapel, 1949.
• The Enchanted, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1950.
• Changingwoman, 1951.
• Otherman--Or the Beginning of a New Nation, 1954.
• Duet for Flute and Dancer, 1956.
• Fearful Symmetry, 1957.
• Harlequinade, 1957.
• Four Portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare Album, 1958.
• Now and Zen--Remembering, 1959.
• Twenty Poems of e.e. Cummings, 1960, Ensembles, Voracious, and Safari, all 1969, and The Castle, 1970.
• And writer and director, The Coach with the Six Insides, Village South Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• Yerma, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Director, The Municipal Water System Is Not Trustworthy, Sullivan StreetTheatre, New York City, 1967.
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1971, then at the Mobile Theatre, New York City, 1973.
• And director, Moon Mysteries, Theatre at St. Clement's, New York City, 1972.
• Artistic director, Theatre of the Open Eye, 1972.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Solo dancer and choreographer with the Jean Erdman Dance Company, world cities, 1955.
• Anna Livia Plurabelle, The Coach with the Six Insides, world cities, 1964.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Anna Livia Plurabelle, Coach with the Six Insides, PBS, 1965.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• Writer, director, and choreographer, Coach with the Six Insides, PBS, 1965.