George Ferencz, a longtime mainstay of the Off Broadway scene who directed premieres and revivals of plays by Sam Shepard, Aishah Rahman and Amiri Baraka, died Sept. 14 following a long illness. He…
His death was announced today by the three-time Emmy Award winning costumer designer Sally Lesser, his wife of 35 years and collaborator on more than 65Among the other then-new playwrights directed by Ferencz in significant stagings were Jean-Claude van Itallie, Mac Wellman, and Yasmine Rana. Ferencz also directed established works by playwrights including Eugene O’Neill, Bertolt Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Sean O’Casey, and Agatha Christie.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferencz moved to New York in 1970, and in 1975 co-founded The Impossible Ragtime Theatre with Ted Story, Pam Mitchell, and Cynthia Crane. His breakthrough came the following year with hit productions of two Eugene O’Neill plays starring his longtime friend Ray Wise.
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