Elizabeth LeCompte

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Elizabeth LeCompte is an influential American theater director and founding member of The Wooster Group, known for her experimental and avant-garde stage productions.

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Elizabeth LeCompte canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American person
living person
stage director
theatre director
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts grant

Skowhegan Medal for Performance
basedIn New York City
citizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin United States of America
fieldOfWork experimental performance
performance art
theatre
genre devised theatre
experimental theatre
hasCollaboratedWith Jim Clayburgh
Kate Valk
Ken Kobland
Ron Vawter
Spalding Gray
Willem Dafoe
influenced contemporary experimental theatre directors
devised theatre companies
influencedBy Richard Schechner
The Performance Group
knownFor founding member of The Wooster Group
languageOfWork English
memberOf The Wooster Group
movement avant-garde theatre
postmodern theatre
notableFor avant-garde theatre
experimental theatre
multimedia stage productions
radical reinterpretations of classic texts
use of video and media in live performance
notableWork Brace Up!
Hamlet (stage performances)
surface form: Hamlet (The Wooster Group production)

House/Lights
L.S.D. (…Just the High Points…)
Poor Theater
Route 1 & 9
The Emperor Jones
surface form: The Emperor Jones (The Wooster Group production)

To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre)
occupation actor
artistic director
filmmaker
stage director
theatre director
positionHeld artistic director of The Wooster Group
workLocation New York City

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Willem Dafoe spouse Elizabeth LeCompte
The Wooster Group foundedBy Elizabeth LeCompte
The Wooster Group artisticDirector Elizabeth LeCompte