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'''Casey Childs''' is the Founder of [[Primary Stages]],<ref name="WillisLynch2001">{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Lynch|first2=Tom|title=Theatre World, 1997-1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y53VYTJLQs4C&pg=PA102|accessdate=28 September 2011|date=January 2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1-55783-409-6|pages=102–}}</ref> a New York State non-profit, off-Broadway theater company in New York City. Since 1984 they have produced over 175 productions of new plays, many of them world premieres and all of them New York City premieres, by such writers as Sharon Washington, David Ives, Horton Foote, Charlayne Woodard, Melissa Manchester, Jeffrey Sweet, Donald Margulies, Conor McPherson, Terrence McNally, A.R. Gurney, [[John Patrick Shanley]], Ike Holter, Tina Howe, Charles Busch, John Henry Redwood, Romulus Linney, Lee Blessing, Michael Cristofer, Mac Wellman, Lynne Alvarez, Willie Holtzman, Athol Fugard, Theresa Rebeck, Michael Hollinger and Julia Jordan. He produced the commercial moves of David Ives’ All in the Timing and Mere Mortals and oversaw the commercial moves of Charles Busch's You Should Be So Lucky and Colin Martin's Virgins and Other Myths. He also oversaw the transfer of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, which moved to the Booth Theatre on Broadway in association with Lincoln Center Theater. In 2013 in partnership with the New York Yankees, Primary Stages developed Bronx Bombers which played on Broadway at Circle in the Square. Primary Stages was the first theater to produce Conor McPherson in the United States with St. Nicholas starring Brian Cox. |
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'''Casey Childs''' is an American theater director and the founder of [[Primary Stages]], a non-profit [[off-Broadway]] theater company in New York City. Since 1984, the company has produced new plays, many directed by Childs. |
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In 2008, Primary Stages received a [[Lucille Lortel Award]] for its Outstanding Body of Work. [[Carnegie Mellon University]] awarded Childs their Commitment to Playwrights Award in 1995. From 1982 until 1985, Childs was the Artistic Programs Director for [[New Dramatists]], America's oldest playwrights' organization, where he conducted workshops for playwrights in developing new works. |
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He conceived, commissioned and directed the commercial off-Broadway show Woman Before a Glass by Lanie Robertson about Peggy Guggenheim with Mercedes Reuhl which ran for seven months at the Promenade Theatre. Other plays he directed for Primary Stages include The Morini Strad by Willie Holtzman, Barefoot Boy With Shoes On by Edwin Sanchez, Bargains by Jack Heifner, Brutality of Fact by Keith Reddin, The Preservation Society by William S. Leavengood, Elsa/Edgar Bob Kingdom, The Dolphin Position by Percy Granger, Lusting After Pipino's Wife by Sam Henry Kass, The Secret Sits in the Middle by Lisa-Maria Radano, Algerian Romance by Kres Mersky, Madam Zelena Finally Comes Clean by Ron Carlsen, Stopping the Desert by Glen Merzer, In September Woods by David Hill and Nasty Little Secrets by Lanie Robertson. |
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⚫ | Childs spent four seasons directing staged readings of new plays for the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Eugene O'Neill Theater]] Conference. Two of the media scripts he directed there, [[Jacob Aaron Estes]]' ''[[Mean Creek]]'' and Eric John Litra's ''The Nickel Children'', were later produced as feature films. |
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Plays produced by Primary Stages have received many nominations from such groups as the Obies, the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle and the Adelco Awards for Excellence in Afro-American Theatre. In 2008, Primary Stages was honored for its Outstanding Body of Work by the Lucille Lortel Awards. Also, [[Carnegie Mellon University]] awarded Casey their Commitment to Playwrights Award in 1995. |
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Regionally, Childs has directed ''[[Sexual Perversity in Chicago]]'' at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] in Scotland, ''The Magnificent Cuckold'' for the Metro Theater Company and the [[Pittsburgh Museum of Art]], and ''Gym Rats'', a staged reading co-produced by New Dramatists and the [[McDonald's]] corporation. |
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From 1982 until 1985 Casey was the Artistic Programs Director for the [[New Dramatists]], America's oldest playwrights’ organization, where he conducted the workshops for over 75 new playwrights in developing over 300 new works. He oversaw the development of new plays by many new playwrights including August Wilson, Wendy Kesselman, John Ford Noonan, Thomas Keneally, Emily Mann, John Pielmeier, Steve Carter, Oyamo, James Yoshimora and Pedro Juan Pietre. Works developed during that time have received productions on and off Broadway and in many American regional theatres garnering Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards and other honors. |
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⚫ | For television, he produced [[A. R. Gurney]]'s ''[[Far East (play)|Far East]]'', directed by [[Daniel Sullivan (director)|Daniel Sullivan]] for the [[Stage on Screen]] series for [[WNET]]/PBS. He has produced and/or directed network television over thirty years and has worked on shows including ''[[The Young and the Restless]]" and ''[[As the World Turns]]'' for [[CBS]], ''[[Hollywood Heights (TV series)|Hollywood Heights]]'' for [[Sony Pictures]], ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' for [[NBC]] and ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'', ''[[The City (1995 TV series)|The City]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'' and segments of ''[[Spin City]]'' for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. He was the senior producer for ''All My Children'' for several years. He has also worked on shows for Turner Broadcasting and [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]]. He won two [[Emmy Awards]] for his television directing. |
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A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in acting and an MFA in directing, Childs has acted and/or directed for the Metro Stage Company in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Festival of New Plays, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Edinburgh Festival and New Dramatists. |
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⚫ | At Primary Stages, he launched the Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), a training institution for playwrights, actors, and directors. Primary Stages also teamed with Fordham University to create the Fordham/Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting Program. Childs has taught and/or guest lectured on television and theater at Yale, Ithaca College, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Stone Street Studios (New York University), the University of California in San Diego and the University of Georgia in Athens, Pratt Institute, and the American University in Cairo, Skidmore and the University of South Florida in Tampa. He made three trips to Russia as a guest of the Federation of Russian Theatre Workers and directed Will Dunn's ''Hotel Desperado'' in 1997 as part of an exchange between the O'Neill Theater Conference and the Shelakova Playwrights Festival. |
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⚫ | For television he produced A.R. Gurney's Far East (directed by Daniel Sullivan) for the Stage on Screen series for WNET/PBS. |
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⚫ | Childs has been on theater panels for the Pennsylvania State Arts Council and the Affiliated Artists. He was a panelist and site evaluator for the Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Theater Initiative. He was a governor for two years for the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] New York Chapter, where he headed the Critical Viewing Committee. He has served on the East Coast Directors' Council of the Directors Guild of America and was a Vice President of the DGA's National Board for four years. He was the Vice President of the original board for LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturges of America. He is a member of Actors' Equity, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and the Directors Guild of America. |
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A graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in acting and an MFA in directing, Casey has acted and/or directed in the United States and Great Britain with such companies as the Metro Stage Company in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Festival of New Plays, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Edinburgh Festival and the New Dramatists. He acted in over 100 productions and appeared with Shakespeare festivals in New Jersey, Colorado, Texas, and Ashland, Oregon. |
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In 2020, the Actors Fund documented his life's work as part of their Performing Arts Legacy Project. |
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⚫ | At Primary Stages, he launched the Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts |
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In 2014 he began work on the Primary Stages' Off-Broadway Oral History Project along with Sally Plass recording the oral histories of the pioneering artists and producers who created Off-Broadway. There are currently more than 180 interviews in the archive. The Project maintains a website at www.primarystages.org |
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==Television awards and nominations== |
==Television awards and nominations== |
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=== Daytime Emmy Awards === |
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*Nominated, 2005, Drama Series, ''All My Children'' |
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*Nominated, 2005, Directing, ''All My Children'' |
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*Nominated, 1998, Directing, ''All My Children'' |
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*Nominated, 1993, Directing, ''Another World'' |
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=== Directors Guild of America Awards === |
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*Nomination, 2006, Directing, ''All My Children'' <small>Ep. #9297</small> |
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*Nomination, 2000, Directing, ''All My Children'' <small>Ep. #7919</small> |
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==References== |
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*{{Cite web |last=Cuden |first=Steve |date=2023-08-29 |title=Casey Childs, Producer-Director-Episode #258 |url=https://www.storybeat.net/casey-childs-producer-director-episode-258/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Storybeat with Steve Cuden |language=en-US}} |
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*{{Cite web |title=Casey Childs |url=https://www.kinobox.cz/osobnosti/1219022-casey-childs |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.kinobox.cz |language=cs}} |
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==External links== |
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* Primary Stages https://primarystages.org/ |
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* Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project http://primarystagesoffcenter.org/ |
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* Actors Fund's Performing Arts Legacy Project https://performingartslegacy.org/childscasey/ |
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Revision as of 20:56, 15 April 2024
Casey Childs is an American theater director and the founder of Primary Stages, a non-profit off-Broadway theater company in New York City. Since 1984, the company has produced new plays, many directed by Childs.
In 2008, Primary Stages received a Lucille Lortel Award for its Outstanding Body of Work. Carnegie Mellon University awarded Childs their Commitment to Playwrights Award in 1995. From 1982 until 1985, Childs was the Artistic Programs Director for New Dramatists, America's oldest playwrights' organization, where he conducted workshops for playwrights in developing new works.
Childs spent four seasons directing staged readings of new plays for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Conference. Two of the media scripts he directed there, Jacob Aaron Estes' Mean Creek and Eric John Litra's The Nickel Children, were later produced as feature films.
Regionally, Childs has directed Sexual Perversity in Chicago at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland, The Magnificent Cuckold for the Metro Theater Company and the Pittsburgh Museum of Art, and Gym Rats, a staged reading co-produced by New Dramatists and the McDonald's corporation.
For television, he produced A. R. Gurney's Far East, directed by Daniel Sullivan for the Stage on Screen series for WNET/PBS. He has produced and/or directed network television over thirty years and has worked on shows including The Young and the Restless" and As the World Turns for CBS, Hollywood Heights for Sony Pictures, Another World for NBC and Loving, The City, One Life to Live, All My Children and segments of Spin City for ABC. He was the senior producer for All My Children for several years. He has also worked on shows for Turner Broadcasting and Lifetime. He won two Emmy Awards for his television directing.
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in acting and an MFA in directing, Childs has acted and/or directed for the Metro Stage Company in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Festival of New Plays, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Edinburgh Festival and New Dramatists.
At Primary Stages, he launched the Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), a training institution for playwrights, actors, and directors. Primary Stages also teamed with Fordham University to create the Fordham/Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting Program. Childs has taught and/or guest lectured on television and theater at Yale, Ithaca College, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Stone Street Studios (New York University), the University of California in San Diego and the University of Georgia in Athens, Pratt Institute, and the American University in Cairo, Skidmore and the University of South Florida in Tampa. He made three trips to Russia as a guest of the Federation of Russian Theatre Workers and directed Will Dunn's Hotel Desperado in 1997 as part of an exchange between the O'Neill Theater Conference and the Shelakova Playwrights Festival.
Childs has been on theater panels for the Pennsylvania State Arts Council and the Affiliated Artists. He was a panelist and site evaluator for the Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Theater Initiative. He was a governor for two years for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New York Chapter, where he headed the Critical Viewing Committee. He has served on the East Coast Directors' Council of the Directors Guild of America and was a Vice President of the DGA's National Board for four years. He was the Vice President of the original board for LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturges of America. He is a member of Actors' Equity, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and the Directors Guild of America.
In 2020, the Actors Fund documented his life's work as part of their Performing Arts Legacy Project.
Television awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
- Nominated, 2005, Drama Series, All My Children
- Nominated, 2005, Directing, All My Children
- Won, 2003, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 2002, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 2001, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 2000, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 1999, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 1998, Directing, All My Children
- Nominated, 1993, Directing, Another World
- Won, 1992, Directing, Another World
Directors Guild of America Awards
- Nomination, 2006, Directing, All My Children Ep. #9297
- Nomination, 2000, Directing, All My Children Ep. #7919
References
- Cuden, Steve (2023-08-29). "Casey Childs, Producer-Director-Episode #258". Storybeat with Steve Cuden. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- "Casey Childs". www.kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-04-15.
External links
- Casey Childs at IMDb
- Primary Stages https://primarystages.org/
- Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project http://primarystagesoffcenter.org/
- Actors Fund's Performing Arts Legacy Project https://performingartslegacy.org/childscasey/