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George C. Wolfe

Birth Place: Frankfort, KY, USA

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BIO

Theatre directing credits include The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (NY Drama Critics' Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Musical); Lucky Guy; The Normal Heart (Drama Desk); Jelly's Last Jam (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Award and Drama Desk) and Perestroika (Drama Desk); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (Tony and Drama League Award); Topdog/Underdog (Obie Award); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Drama Desk); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Tony for Special Theatrical Event); The Tempest; Caroline, or Change (Olivier Award Best Musical); and A Free Man of Color.


From 1993-2005 Wolfe was the Producer of The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. He is the writer of the award-winning The Colored Museum, Shuffle Along..., he directed/adapted Spunk (Obie), and Harlem Song.
Wolfe directed and co-wrote the HBO film "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," as well as "Lackawanna Blues," for which he earned The Directors Guild Award and a National Board of Review Award.
He is the Chief Creative Officer of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, and from 2009-2017 served on The President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities.
Additional awards include the Actors' Equity Paul Robeson Award, Society of Directors and Choreographers' Mr. Abbott and Callaway Awards, The Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award, The NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, The Brendan Gill Prize, and The Monte Cristo Award.
Wolfe was named a Library Lion by the New York Public Library and a living landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

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Productions

GypsyGypsy
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Director
Black OrpheusBlack Orpheus
 
[Broadway, 2023] Cancelled
Director
Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusGary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Director
The Iceman ComethThe Iceman Cometh
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Director
Lucky GuyLucky Guy
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Director
The Normal HeartThe Normal Heart
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Director
A Free Man Of ColorA Free Man Of Color
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Director
Caroline, or Change
 
[London, 2006]
Director
Mother Courage and Her Children
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Director
This Is How It Goes
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Director
Producer
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Producer
The Controversy of Valladolid
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Producer
Dirty Tricks
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Richard III
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Much Ado About Nothing
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Caroline, or ChangeCaroline, or Change
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Director
Biro
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Well
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Embedded
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
The Story
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
Caroline, or Change
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Director
Producer
Director
Producer
The Two Noble Kinsmen
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
Henry V
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
As You Like It
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
F-ing A
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
Radiant Baby
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Producer
Director
Director
Producer
Boston Marriage
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Caroline, or Change
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Director
Take Me Out
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Twelfth Night
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Blue Surge
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Helen
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Topdog / Underdog
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Director
36 Views
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Producer
Elaine Stritch At Liberty
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Director
Othello
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Director
Producer
The Seagull
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
Topdog / Underdog
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Director
Producer
Measure for Measure
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
Lackawanna Blues
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
References to Salvador Dali Makes Me Hot
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
Dogeaters
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
Book of the Dead (Second Avenue)
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Producer
Kit Marlowe
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Producer
The Winter's Tale
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Producer
The Wild Party
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Director
House Arrest
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Producer
Two Sisters and a Piano
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Producer
Hamlet
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
Space
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
Tartuffe
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
The Taming of the Shrew
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
2.5 Minute Ride
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
Tongue of a Bird
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
Everybody's Ruby
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Producer
On the Town
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Director
Stop Kiss
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
Pericles
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
Cymbeline
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
The Skin of Our Teeth
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
The Cripple of Inishmaan
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
Saturn Returns: A Concert
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Producer
Macbeth
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Director
Producer
Ballad of Yachiyo
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
A Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
On the Town
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Director
Producer
Henry VIII
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
The Gypsy and the Yellow Canary
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
One Flea Spare
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
Antony and Cleopatra
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
A Huey P. Newton Story
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Producer
Insurrection: Holding History
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Henry VI: Part II: Black Storm
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Golden Child
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Henry VI Part I: The Edged Sword
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Timon of Athens
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Henry V
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
The Chang Fragments
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Director
The Skriker
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Venus
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
A Line Around the Block
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Nude Nude Totally Nude
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Dancing on Her Knees
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
King Lear
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Producer
WASPs and Other Plays
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Wake Up, I'm Fat
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Director
Director
Producer
The Tempest
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Director
Troilus and Cressida
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
The Tempest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Director
Producer
Dog Opera
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Dancing on Moonlight
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
A Language of Their Own
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Silence, Cunning, Exile
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
The Merchant of Venice
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Him
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
The Petrified Prince
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Simpatico
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
The Diva is Dismissed
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Blade to the Heat
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Director
Producer
Some People
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Two Gentlemen of Verona
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
The Merry Wives of Windsor
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Big Momma 'N' Em
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Airport Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
All for You
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Director
The Tragedy of Richard II
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Director
Producer
The America Play
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Irene Worth's Portrait of Edith Wharton
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
East Texas Hot Links
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Producer
First Lady Suite
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Angels in America: Perestroika
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Director
The Swan
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
The Treatment
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
All's Well That Ends Well
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Measure for Measure
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Jelly's Last Jam
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Director
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Director
Spunk:Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Director

Writing

Urban Blight
Bookwriter
Paradise!
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
Source Material
Lyricist
Conceiver
Paradise!
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Queenie Pie
Libretto
The Wild Party
Bookwriter

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2025 - Outstanding Direction of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Gypsy

Drama League Awards - 2025 - OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

George C. Wolfe, Gypsy

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe, The Iceman Cometh

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Book of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Direction of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2011 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Director of a Play

George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart

Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Director - Musical

George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change


winner
Drama League Awards - 2004 - Founders Award for Excellence in Directing

George C. Wolfe


winner
Obie Awards - 2004 - Special Citations for his stewardship of the Public Theater

George C. Wolfe

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Caroline

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Direction of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change


winner
Obie Awards - 2002 - Direction

George C. Wolfe, Topdog / Underdog

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Director of a Play

George C. Wolfe, Topdog / Underdog

Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Book of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party

Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Musical

George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party


winner
Drama League Awards - 1996 - Distinguished Achivement in Musical Theatre

George C. Wolfe


winner
Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Direction of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Musical

George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

George C. Wolfe, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1994 - Best Director - Play

George C. Wolfe, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1994 - Best Director - Play

George C. Wolfe, Angels in America

Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe , Angels in America: Perestroika

Drama Desk Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Director - Pla

George C. Wolfe, Angels in America


winner
Tony Awards - 1993 - Best Direction of a Play

George C. Wolfe , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Director - Musical

George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam

Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Book of a Musical

George C. Wolfe, Jelly's Last Jam

Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Direction of a Musical

George C. Wolfe , Jelly's Last Jam


winner
Obie Awards - 1990 - Direction

George C. Wolfe, Spunk

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has George C. Wolfe written?

George C. Wolfe has written 10 shows including Paradise! (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Paradise! (Bookwriter), Queenie Pie (Libretto), The Colored Museum (Playwright), Urban Blight (Bookwriter), Spunk:Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston (Adaptation), Jelly's Last Jam (Bookwriter), Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (Source Material), The Wild Party (Bookwriter), Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (Book Writer).

What awards has George C. Wolfe been nominated for?

Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Gypsy, OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Drama League Awards) for Gypsy, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Iceman Cometh, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Lucky Guy, Best Direction of a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Normal Heart, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Normal Heart, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Normal Heart, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Drama League Awards), Special Citations for his stewardship of the Public Theater (Obie Awards), Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Caroline, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Direction (Obie Awards) for Topdog / Underdog, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Topdog / Underdog , Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Wild Party, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for The Wild Party, Distinguished Achivement in Musical Theatre (Drama League Awards), Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Best Director - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 , Best Director - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Angels in America, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Outstanding Director - Pla (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam and Direction (Obie Awards) for Spunk.

What awards has George C. Wolfe won?

George C. Wolfe has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. His accolades include Best Direction of a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Normal Heart and Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Normal Heart. He also won Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Caroline, or Change. Wolfe received the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Drama League Awards) and Special Citations for his stewardship of the Public Theater (Obie Awards). His direction was honored with an Obie Award for Topdog / Underdog, and he earned Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre (Drama League Awards). Wolfe won Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk and Best Director - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for both Angels in America and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Additionally, he secured Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam. He also received an Obie Award for Direction for Spunk.

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