Randy Reinholz
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Birth Place: Chula Vista
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Randy Reinholz, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and lived in several small towns throughout the Midwest of the United States: Missouri, North Dakota, and Texas. He graduated high school from Camdenton, Missouri and pursued a higher education ...
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Randy Reinholz Biography
Randy Reinholz, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and lived in several small towns throughout the Midwest of the United States: Missouri, North Dakota, and Texas. He graduated high school from Camdenton, Missouri and pursued a higher education afterward. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication from William Jewell College in 1984 and Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from Cornell University in 1988. He is the Producing Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, the nation’s only Equity theater company dedicated exclusively to the development and production of new plays by Native American, First Nations, and Alaska Native playwrights, cofounded with Producing Executive Director Jean Bruce Scott in 1993. They were honored for this work by Playwrights’ Arena with the Lee Melville Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Los Angeles Theatre Community in 2015. Off The Rails, his bawdy and irreverent adaptation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure was developed by Native Voices at the Autry where it had its first production in Los Angeles, February 2015 and its World Premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with Bill Rauch directing in July 2017. Reinholz wrote Up From Violence and Empire for American Theatre’s 20 Years on Wilson’s `Ground’: Voices considering the impact and the lasting legacy of August Wilson’s seminal 1995 speech and was honored as a Legacy Leader of Color for TCG’s “The Ground at 20” video project, he has received a McKnight Fellowship, and a MAP Grant. He has produced more than 35 scripts by Native American playwrights and directed over 60 plays in the United States, Australia, Mexico, and Canada including The Rez Sisters, Urban Tattoo, Jump Kiss, Now Look What You Made Me Do, The Waiting Room, How I Learned To Drive, Madame Mao, Blood At The Root, Anonymous, Wings of Night Sky Wings of Morning Light, The Red Road, and many productions of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Ibsen’s plays. He is a tenured Professor at San Diego State University, where he served as Head of Acting from 1997-2007, Director of the School of Theatre, Television, and Film from 2007-2012, and Director of Community Engagement and Innovation for the College of Professional Studies at SDSU from 2012-2015.Randy Reinholz News
World Premiere of DESERT STORIES FOR LOST GIRLS to be Presented by Latino Theater Company/Native Voices in Septemberby Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2022
Sylvia Cervantes Blush directs the world premiere of Desert Stories for Lost Girls, September 30 through October 16 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.
The National Theatre Conference Announces 2021 Award Recipientsby Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2021
The National Theatre Conference, is an organization of theatermakers that connects, supports, and advocates for the field. Each year, leading theatre professionals and academics gather in New York City to engage in the essential questions of our art.
Sundance Institute Announces 2021 Screenwriters Lab Fellowsby Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 11, 2021
Fifteen emerging storytellers from Chile, India, Kenya, Tunisia and the U.S. will convene digitally for Sundance Institute’s January Screenwriters Lab, taking place online via Sundance Co//ab from January 11 -15, 2021. The Fellows will work to further develop twelve original projects, in collaboration with an experienced group of Creative Advisors.
Company of Fools Presents THE THANKSGIVING PLAYby Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2020
Company of Fools (CoF) will present a rehearsed reading of 'The Thanksgiving Play' by Larissa FastHorse. So that the community can participate in-person or virtually, CoF will offer two in-person readings at the historic Liberty Theatre on Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. along with simultaneous livestreams.
Randy Reinholz, Producing Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, Stepping Down After 26 Yearsby Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2020
Randy Reinholz (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Producing Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, is stepping down after more than two decades leading America's only Equity theatre company devoted exclusively to developing and producing new work by Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations playwrights.
New Play Announced At The Autry: LYING WITH BADGERS By Native Voicesby A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2020
The only Equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing and producing new work by Native American artists, Native Voices presents the world premiere of Lying with Badgers by Jason Grasl (Blackfeet).
Native Voices Appoints DeLanna Studi As New Leaderby A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2020
The Autry announced today the appointment of DeLanna Studi (Cherokee) as the new Co-Artistic Director of Native Voices. As the only Equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing and producing new work by Native American artists, Studi's hiring furthers the theatre company's commitment to developing the next generation of indigenous writers, directors, producers, and performers.Â
SDSU Partners with Native Voices on LYING WITH BADGERSby Julie Musbach - Oct 11, 2019
The SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film presents Lying with Badgers, a timeless story of hope, loss, identity, and wonder, from Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 10 in SDSU's Experimental Theatre.
Native Voices' Randy Reinholz Received The Ellen Stewart Achievement Awardby A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2019
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??The Association for Theatre in Higher Education named Randy Reinholz (Choctaw), the recipient of their most prestigious honor, named for Ellen Stewart, well-known Artistic Director of the acclaimed La MaMa Theater in New York. Reinholz, a celebrated leader in the field of theater and higher education, has been at the forefront of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice for 25 years as the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, the only Equity theater company wholly dedicated to developing and producing Native American plays.
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Returns To McCall For 19th Yearby A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2019
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference returns to McCall with a program of free public events running June 13-22. Now in its 19th year, the Conference brings playwrights and theater artists from around the country together in McCall to develop and present new plays by some of the nation's most exciting new voices in partnership with the Alpine Playhouse.
