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Key Practitioners

Discover biographies of famous theatre practitioners including directors, designers, playwrights, producers, and theorists.

Viola Spolin

Viola Spolin was an American actor and teacher who developed the first professional theatre based on improvisational acting.

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Vsevolod Meyerhold was an innovative Russian who developed a system of actor training known as Biomechanics. He was executed under Stalin's regime.

William Henry Alexander Brown

William Henry Alexander Brown is considered to be the first known black playwright in America.