What is Gerald Freedman?
'''Gerald Freedman''' (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[theatre director]], [[librettist]], and [[lyricist]], and a [[college]] [[Dean (education)|dean]]. He was born in [[Lorain, Ohio]]. Freedman was leading artistic director (1960-1967) and artistic director (1967-1971) of [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[New York Shakespeare Festival]], artistic director of the [[Great Lakes Theater Festival]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (1985-1997), and co-artistic director of [[John Houseman]]’s [[The Acting Company]] (1974-1977). He taught at [[Yale School of Drama]] and the [[Juilliard School]].<ref name=UNCSA_bio>{{cite web |date=November 19, 2012 <!-- |author-link=Lauren Whitaker --> |first=Lauren |last=Whitaker |publisher=University of North Carolina School of the Arts |title=UNCSA NAMES THEATRE FOR GERALD FREEDMAN, DEAN EMERITUS OF SCHOOL OF DRAMA |location=[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] |access-date=2013-12-05 |url=http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/releases2012/Nov2012/FreedmanTheatre.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232753/http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/releases2012/Nov2012/FreedmanTheatre.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was Dean of the Drama School at the [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]] (1991-2012). He was the first American ever invited to direct at the [[Globe Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref name=UNCSA_bio/> He was a member of the [[Kennedy Center]] New Play Committee and the [[College of Fellows of the American Theatre]]. He participated in the Oomoto Institute, [[Kameoka, Kyoto|Kameoka]], [[Japan]].<ref name=UNCSA_bio/> He died on March 17, 2020 in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] of [[kidney failure]], aged 92.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ideastream.org/news/great-lakes-theater-legend-gerald-freedman-dies-at-92 | title=Great Lakes Theater Legend Gerald Freedman Dies at 92 | date=17 March 2020 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Freedman, Gerald}} [[Cate