Stuart Vaughan

John Walker "Stuart" Vaughan (August 23, 1925 – June 10, 2014) was the Founding Artistic Director of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theatre New Orleans, The New Globe Theatre and Artistic Director of New York’s Phoenix Theatre. He also directed several productions off Broadway and for New Jersey Rep and the Riverside Shakespeare Company. He is a recipient of an Obie Award (1958) and a Drama Desk Award. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He died of prostate cancer in High Bridge, New Jersey in 2014.