Dan Walker passed away a few weeks ago. He was a.) the father of a good friend of mine, Sheafe Walker - b.) the husband of a woman who is in the WPA with me, Dina Harris Walker and c.) a founder and board member of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre. I did not know Dan that well - had only met him a few times and he was in ailing health when I saw him last fall - but the stories were awesome. Sheafe passed on a lovely obit for him, that ran in Cape Cod Today.
Taught theatre at Brearley for years, great, loving family, a founder of a terrific and still ongoing theatre. As he said, "I've had a good run."
About Me
- David Johnston
- David Johnston’s plays have been performed and read at the New Group, Moving Arts, Rude Guerrilla, the Neighborhood Playhouse, Henry Street Settlement, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. He was named one of Time Out’s Playwrights to Watch. Recent regional productions include The George Place at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre. New York productions: with Blue Coyote Theater Group, Conversations on Russian Literature Plus Three More Plays, a new adaptation of The Oresteia, Busted Jesus Comix (GLAAD nominee 2005), and A Bush Carol, or George Dubya and the Xmas of Evil. With director Kevin Newbury, Candy & Dorothy (GLAAD winner, 2006) and The Eumenides. Publications: The Eumenides, (Playing With Canons, published by New York Theatre Experience, Inc.) Leaving Tangier , (Samuel French, produced by Blue Coyote). Awards include Theater Oxford, Turnip Festival, Playwright Residency at the University of Cincinnati, Berrilla Kerr Foundation Grant, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation and the Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation. Education: College of William and Mary, Circle in the Square. Member: Actors Equity, Dramatists Guild, Charles Maryan's Playwrights/Directors Workshop.
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