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Stefan Rudnicki Biography (1945-)

Born January 1, 1945, in Krakow, Poland; naturalized U.S. citizen; son of Stefan John (an optician) and Danuta Podworska (a fashion designer) Rudnicki; married Judith Ann Cummings (an actress, acting coach, and manager), January 21, 1967. Addresses: OFFICE--P.O. Box 1020, Cooper Station, New York, NY10276.

Nationality

Polish, American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 1, 1945

Krakow, Poland

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Kokol, Marat/Sade; the Wazir, Kismet; Bill Sykes, Oliver; Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance; the Prisoner, Dynamite Tonite; Olson, Long Voyage Home; the Prophet, Telemachus Clay; Pentheus, The Bacchae; the Cardinal, Tis PityShe's a Whore; Simon Eyre, The Shoemaker's Holiday; Horatio, Hamlet; Orsino,Twelfth Night; the Cook, Mother Courage; and Macheath, The Threepenny Opera.Has performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT; No Smoking Playhouse, New York City; Circle in the Square, New York City; Upstate Repertory Summer Theatre, Rochester, NY; Spa Music Theatre, Saratoga Springs, NY; IslandRepertory Theatre, Martha's Vineyard, MA; with the Skyboat Road Company, NewYork City; and at the Casa Italiana Renaissance Theatre and the Minor LathamPlayhouse.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Diary of a Madman, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1968.
• The Story of King Lear and His Daughers, University of Rochester Theatre,Rochester, NY, then Yale Repertory Theatre, both 1969.
• Cyrano and Roxane, Kalamazoo Festival Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI, 1969.
• Blackberry Winter and A Season of Fantasy, both University of Rochester Theatre, 1969.
• The Jew of Malta, Pelican Studio, New York City, 1970.
• The Seventh Seal, Upstate Repertory Summer Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1971.
• Margaret Born, Theatre of the Open Eye, New York City, 1976.
• Mandog and Diary of a Madman, both Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York City, 1978.
• Esker Mike, Troupe Theatre, New York City, 1978.
• Salford Road, Skyboat Road Company, New York City, then Edinburgh TheatreFestival, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., both 1979.
• Thesmophoriazusae, Greek Theatre of New York, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1980.
• Lear's Shadow, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 1981.
• Richard and Anne, Richard III Society, New York City, 1981.
• Bird on the Wire, American Theatre Festival, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY, 1982.
• The King in Yellow, Lincoln Center Library Theatre, then Donnell LibraryCenter, both New York City, 1983.
• A Man's a Man, Dartmouth Players, Hanover, NH, 1985.
• The Holy Note, Hunter Playwrights Theatre, New York City, 1986.
• Beggar on Horseback, Post Theatre Company, Greenvale, NY, 1986.
• Passage, Raft Theatre, then Marymount Manhattan Theatre, both New York City, 1987.
• As You Like It, Riverside Shakespeare Company, New York City, 1987.
• Also directed The Bawd's Opera, 1966; The Tragedy of Tragedies, 1967; Five Cabaret Plays of Arnold Weinstein and Abyss, both 1968; Esther de Carpentras, 1969; The Marriage, 1970; Hamlet and Seven against Thebes, both 1971; Transformations and Mother Courage and Her Children, both 1972; Operetta, 1973; Puntila and His Servant Matti and Johnny So Long, both 1974; The Revenger's Tragedy and Awakening, both 1975; Sisters, Richard III, and Iceland Double, all1976; Generations, 1978; Circle of Friends and Night City Diaries, both 1979; Gombrowicz Lives, 1980; The Women Pirates, 1984; The Glass Menagerie; Orpheus Descending; Camino Real; The Petrified Forest; Spring's Awakening; Vatzlav; Blood Wedding; Uncle Vanya; Romeo and Juliet; The Winter's Tale; The MerryWives of Windsor; Blithe Spirit; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Threepenny Opera; Happy End; The Good Woman of Szechwan; Chicago; Cabaret; AnythingGoes; Lady in the Dark; Johnny Johnson; Dido and Aeneas, Guys and Dolls; andJacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Has also directed for theColumbia Players, New York City; Exit Experimental Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Yale University, and the Mishkan Israel Opera Studio, all New Haven, CT; GeVa Theatre, and the Eastman Chamber Players, both Rochester, NY; Post Theatre Company, Post Summer Theatre, Greenvale, NY.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Professor, Loving, ABC, 1983.
• Also Matthew Conway, Hard Winter, PBS; and Badger, Toad of Toad Hall.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; MOVIES
• Location production manager, Loving, ABC, 1983.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Director, Between Two Shores (documentary), New York University School ofthe Arts.
• Writings;STAGE
• (Adaptor) The Diary of a Madman, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1968, later Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York City, 1978.
• (adaptor) Cyrano and Roxane, Kalamazoo Festival Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI, 1969.
• (adaptor) The Jew of Malta, Pelican Studio, New York City, 1970.
• (adaptor) The Seventh Seal, Upstate Repertory Summer Theatre, Rochester,NY, 1971.
• Salford Road, Skyboat Road Company, New York City, then Edinburgh TheatreFestival, Edinburgh, Scotland, both 1979.
• Lear's Shadow, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 1981.
• Bird on the Wire, American Theatre Festival, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY, 1982.
• The King in Yellow, Lincoln Center Library Theatre, then Donnell LibraryCenter, both New York City, 1983.
• (adaptor) Beggar on Horseback, Post Theatre Company, Greenvale, NY, 1986.
• Writings;FILM
• Between Two Shores (documentary) and Pasta Prep, both produced at the NewYork Univeristy School of the Arts.
• Writings;EDITOR
• Classical Monologues 1, Drama Book Publishers, 1979.
• Classical Monologues 2, Drama Book Publishers, 1980.
• Classical Monologues 3, Viking/Penguin, 1988.