Marion Isaac McClinton (July 26, 1954 â€" November 28, 2019) was an
American theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was nominated for
the Tony Award for King Hedley II. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson
Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production and the
1999â€"2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for Jitney, and was nominated for
the Drama Desk Award.McClinton's early theater career was at Penumbra
Theatre Company in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he was born. He played
the part of narrator in August Wilson's first stage piece, Black Bart
and the Sacred Hills in 1981, and remained active at Penumbra through
the early 1990s.He has directed most of August Wilson's plays, both on
Broadway and regionally, and has been termed "One of the leading
Wilson directors". The first premiere of Wilson's works that he
directed was King Hedley II in 2001, taking over from the then-retired
Lloyd Richards as Wilson's director.
American theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was nominated for
the Tony Award for King Hedley II. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson
Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production and the
1999â€"2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for Jitney, and was nominated for
the Drama Desk Award.McClinton's early theater career was at Penumbra
Theatre Company in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he was born. He played
the part of narrator in August Wilson's first stage piece, Black Bart
and the Sacred Hills in 1981, and remained active at Penumbra through
the early 1990s.He has directed most of August Wilson's plays, both on
Broadway and regionally, and has been termed "One of the leading
Wilson directors". The first premiere of Wilson's works that he
directed was King Hedley II in 2001, taking over from the then-retired
Lloyd Richards as Wilson's director.
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