Adrian Hall is an American

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

. His directing style was described as "bold" by the New York Times, and his work was considered part of the first- and second-generation of the regional theater movement of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the

Trinity Repertory Company Trinity Repertory Company (commonly abbreviated as Trinity Rep) is a non-profit regional theater located at 201 Washington Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The theater is a member of the League of Resident Theatres. Founded in 1963, the thea ...

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...

from 1963 to 1986, and the Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

from 1983 to 1989.Woods, Jeannie. ''Theatre to Change Men's Souls: The Artistry of Adrian Hall''. University of Delaware Press, 1993. page=66 He is considered to have created major and divisive change within both institutions.

Trinity Repertory Company

In addition to his work producing plays at Trinity Repertory, Hall oversaw and participated in the Project Discovery program at Trinity Repertory, which introduced high school students to theater. Actress

Viola Davis Viola Davis (; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the only African-American to achieve the Triple Crow ...

credits Hall's visit to her high school and the subsequent visits to the theater during Hall's tenure as what "changed her path." Two of Hall's productions at Trinity Repertory Company were featured on the PBS series,

Great Performances ''Great Performances'' is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise theatrical performances such as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is p ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Adrian American theatre directors Living people 1927 births