Randy Reinholz

Randy Reinholz (born December 11, 1961[1]) is a Choctaw[2][3] Native American director, playwright, and professor. He is the co-creator of Native Voices, a Los Angeles theater company that produces new work by indigenous playwrights[4] and is the director of the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University[5]

Randy Reinholz
Randy Reinholz at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, July 29, 2017
Born (1961-12-11) December 11, 1961
St Louis, Missouri
NationalityChoctaw, United States
Occupationprofessor, director, playwright

Education

Reinholz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Jewell College and a Masters of Fine Arts in theatre from Cornell University.[6]

Career

In 1989, Reinholz played Adam Scott on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.[7]

Reinholz has directed more than 75 productions in the US, Australia, and Canada.[8] In 1993, he and his wife, Jean Bruce Scott, co-founded Native Voices, a theatre company that produces new work by indigenous playwrights at the Autry Museum of the American West.

For 10 years, he headed acting at San Diego State University's School of Theatre, Television, and Film, becoming its director in 2007. In 2012, he was named Director of Community Engagement and Innovative Programs for the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at SDSU.[9]

Reinholz's play Off the Rails, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure from a Native American perspective, was produced by Native Voices in 2015.[10] In 2017, the work became the first play by a native writer to be presented by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[11]

References
  1. "Days of Our Lives Former Cast Biographies". www.jason47.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  2. "School of Theatre, Television and Film, San Diego State University". ttf.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  4. "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  5. "School of Theatre, Television and Film, San Diego State University". ttf.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  6. "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  7. "Days of Our Lives Former Cast Biographies". www.jason47.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  8. "Randy Reinholz". HowlRound. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  9. "Theatre Staff". Autry Museum of the American West. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  10. Nees, Heidi L. (2016-01-05). "Off the Rails by Randy Reinholz (review)". Theatre Journal. 67 (4): 724–727. doi:10.1353/tj.2015.0134. ISSN 1086-332X.
  11. "OSF opens first play by a Native American". Napa Valley Register. July 26, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
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