Alexander Gelman
| Alexander Gelman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Aleksandr Simonovich Gelman December 21, 1960 Leningrad, USSR |
| Alma mater |
Birmingham-Southern College Boston University |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Parent(s) |
Maria Gelman Simon Gelman |
Alexander Gelman (born December 21, 1960), born: Aleksandr Simonovich Gelman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Си́монович Ге́льман) is an American theater director and the current Producing Artistic Director of Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Alexander Gelman was born in Leningrad, USSR to Maria Gelman, a musician, and Simon Gelman, a physician. Both of his maternal grandparents worked at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre and young Alexander (Sasha) literally took his first steps there. In 1973 the family emigrated to Israel and in 1976 to the USA. In 1978 he graduated from Charles F. Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio.
Gelman received his BFA in theatre from Birmingham-Southern College (1982) and his MFA in Directing from Boston University (1985) He also spends a month at the University of Illinois at a Directing Colloquium conducted by Edwin Sherin, Arvin Brown, John Reich, Garland Wright, Clifford Williams, Vinnette Carroll, and Gerald Freedman.
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