Charles Randolph-Wright

Charles Randolph-Wright
Born	York, South Carolina, United States
Occupation	Film, Television, and Theatre Director, Television Producer, Screenwriter, and Playwright
Website	http://www.randolph-wright.com/

Charles Randolph-Wright is an American film, television, and theatre director, television producer, screenwriter, and playwright.

A native of York, South Carolina, Randolph-Wright graduated with honors from York High School. He attended Duke University where he was a recipient of the prestigious A.B. Duke Scholarship and a pre-med student. As an undergraduate, he studied acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and danced with the Alvin Ailey School in New York City. Randolph-Wright graduated with honors from Duke University with a B.A. degree in theater and religion.

Randolph-Wright's earliest Broadway credit was as a member of the original cast of the musical Dreamgirls. He then went on to establish a distinguished career as a director. His recent credits include Motown: The Musical which opened on Broadway in April 2013; Daniel Beaty's Through The Night, which opened Off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre in the fall of 2010. He also staged a national tour of George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess that launched in 2010 in celebration of the opera's 75th anniversary. Notable credits include Arena Stage's Sophisticated Ladies starring Maurice Hines, which enjoyed a record breaking run at the historic Lincoln Theatre in 2010. Randolph-Wright also directed two acclaimed productions for Arena Stage of musicals written by Frank Loesser. His revival of Guys and Dolls, which also starred Hines, was selected by the Loesser estate to tour in celebration of the musical's 50th anniversary. Randolph-Wright also directed Senor Discretion Himself, the last musical written by Mr. Loesser before his death in 1969, which was based on a story by Budd Schulberg and co-written with Culture Clash. The production earned a 2005 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Regional Musical.

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