David Kaplan Director   USA-Europe-Asia
 
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King Lear
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Macbeth
 
Samara, Russia

Man = Man
East Harlem, New York

Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights
Los Angeles, California

The Circus of Dr. Lao
Los Angeles, California

The Cherry Orchard
Los Angeles
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Hong Kong

Suddenly Last Summer 
Samara, Russia

The Italian Lesson 
New York, Tokyo, London,
Munich, Rome


Auntie Mame
Penza, Russia

The Maids
Ulan Baator, Mongolia

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ulan Ude, Buryatia
i2008    
 

The Day on Which a Man Dies
Directed and designed by David Kaplan
Opens Chicago, February 1, 2008


 
Click here for THE DAY ON WHICH A MAN DIES
Chicago Public Radio interview
with excerpts from rehearsals
 
 


written by Tennessee Williams and kept in reserve - not offered for public viewing or publication during his lifetime. As per Williams' directions: paintings are created and destroyed in performance, the bodies of the performers are painted, the setting is made of paper. "Harrowing" - Chicago Reader (Critic's Choice)

(above) The Day on Which a Man Dies, photo credit Johnny Knight

 

 
 

Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Beginning a third year. David Kaplan is the curator and co-founder. 2007 Festival Highlights : John Guare, Amiri Baraka, Julie Atlas Muz in the world premiere of The Pronoun 'I'. "Williams unplugged...brave people in Provincetown are doing the necessary, good work. " - American Theater Magazine.
............................For the entire December 2007 American Theater Magazine article, click here.........................

 
 


WRITING
Tennessee Williams in Provincetown
written by David Kaplan
Published October 2006



 

 

Alehouse 2007
translations of poetry and introductory essay to the Soken Jo

Five Approaches to Acting
Textbook series published
by Hansen Publishing Group