George Ferencz

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'''George Ferencz''' (born February 3, 1947) is a [[United States|American]] [[theater director]], producer, and teacher of [[Hungarian]] descent who first rose to fame with his productions of [[Eugene O’Neill]]’s [[The Hairy Ape]](1976) and [[Dynamo]] (1976). A major name in American theater, he is renowned for his innovative stagings of plays and musicals by [[Sam Shepard]], [[Eugene O'Neill]], [[Amiri Baraka]]. He has taught Theater at [[Columbia University]], [[Yale University]] and [[New York University]]. He co-founded the Impossible Ragtime Theater in 1975 with [[Pam Mitchell]], [[Ted Story]] and [[Cynthia Crane]]. Ferencz is known for his extensive work with [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]] where he was a resident director from 1982 to 2008. He has directed 19 Shepard productions including [[Shep’N’Rep]] (1979), [[Cowboy Mouth]] (1981), [[The Tooth of Crime]] (1983), and [[Shepard Sets]] (1984); the latter began Ferencz’s collaborative partnership with drummer/composer [[Max Roach]]. Ferencz’s other Off-and Off-Off-Broadway credits include [[Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie]] (1975), [[Paris Lights]] (1980), Battery (1981), Money: A Jazz Opera (1982), Harm’s Way (1985), Welcome Back to Salamaca (1988), Conjur Woman (2008), and Prague, 1912 (2017).

==Biography==

===Early life===
Born in [[Cleveland]], he is the son of George and Anne Ferencz, the eldest of 6 siblings. Wanting to pursue a career as a writer, he became editor of the school newspaper at Padua High, an all-boys school. The first in his family to graduate from college, Ferencz got his degree in theatre from Kent State University. He moved to New York in 1970 and began studying directing with [[Gene Frankel]] and then with [[Carl Weber]].

===Career===

Regionally, he has worked with San Diego Rep, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, The Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, as well as others. A few of Ferencz’s international credits include Percussion Summit (Verona, Italy, 1995), The Lady Aoi (Munich, Germany, 2000)

George Ferencz is Co-Founder and Co-Producer of the Impossible Ragtime Theater, and Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab with musical director [[Tito Puente]]

==Honors and awards==

==Bibliography==
* John J. Winters, ''Sam Shepard A Life'', Counterpoint, Berkeley, 2017
* David J. DeRose, ''Sam Shepard'', Twayne Publishers, New York, 1992
* Matthew Roudane, ''The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard'', Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002
* Mel Gussow, ''Theatre on the Edge: New Visions, New Voices'', Applause, New York, 1998
==See also==

==References==


==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/304vlFC "George Ferencz on Broadway World"]

* [https://ift.tt/2YW8X40 "George Ferencz on the Lortel Archives"]




[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:American people of Hungarian descent]]
[[Category:American theatre directors]]
[[Category:Yale School of Drama faculty]]
[[Category:Columbia University faculty]]
[[Category:New York University faculty]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Cleveland]]
[[Category:Hungarian theatre directors]]

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