with Cindy Kleine and Andre Gregory on May 2, 2013
with Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn on Mar 1, 1995
Andre Gregory is an American director and actor.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Gregory directed a number of avant-garde productions developed through ensemble collaboration, the most famous of which was “Alice” (1970), based on “Alice in Wonderland”. In 1975 he directed “Our Late Night”, the first produced play by Wallace Shawn, which established a long working relationship between the two.
Shortly afterward, Gregory’s growing misgivings about the role of theatre in modern life, and what he felt was a trend toward fascism in the United States, led him to abandon theatre abruptly and soon to leave the country. As described in My Dinner with Andre, he traveled to Poland on an invitation from Jerzy Grotowski, developed a number of experimental theatrical events for private audiences, and then spent several years in a variety of esoteric spiritual communities, developing an interest in what could be described as New Age beliefs.
Since his retirement, Gregory has returned several times to direct small productions, usually for invited audiences. These included a long-running workshop of “Uncle Vanya” (adapted by David Mamet) which was developed from 1990 to 1994 and never publicly performed, featuring Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore, and a production of Shawn’s play “The Designated Mourner”, which Gregory also directed for radio in 2002.
Source -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Gregory
