Keith Reddin (born July 7, 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He received his

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in 1978 from

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and then went on to attend

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

until he received his M.A. in 1981. Reddin grew up in

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and attended

Dwight Morrow High School Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Englewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Englewood Public School District. The school also serves students from Engle ...

. His plays ''Life and Limb'', ''Rum and Coke'', ''Highest Standard of Living'' and ''But Not for Me'' all received their world premieres at

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. SCR also produced his adaptation of Alexander Buravsky’s ''The Russian Teacher''. Other plays include ''Nebraska'', ''Life During Wartime'', ''Brutality of Fact'', ''All the Rage'', ''The Prophets of Nature'' and ''Frame 312''. Adaptations include:

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's ''Black Snow'', Shatrov's ''Maybe'',

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's '' The Imaginary Invalid'',

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's ''

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'' and

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’s ''Heaven’s My Destination''. Film and television include, ''Big Time'' (

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), ''The Heart of Justice'' (

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), ''Milken'' (TNT), ''The Alarmist'', and ''All the Rage''.

Awards

* 1992 Whiting Award

Plays

*''Life and Limb'' (1984) *''Rum and Coke'' (1985) *''Big Time'' (1987) *''Nebraska'' (1989) *''The Doors'' (1991) *''Life During Wartime'' (1990) *''Brutality of Fact'' (1993) *''Almost Blue'' (1994) *''You Belong to Me'' (1995) *''All the Rage'' (1997) *''But Not for Me'' (1998) *''Synergy'' (2000) *''Frame 312'' (2003) *''Human Error'' (2004) *''The Missionary Position'' (2006)Pittsburgh Reviews
/ref> *''The Will to Art'' (2008) *''Cleveland Heights'' (2008) *''HmatrixH'' (2010) * ''Acquainted with the Night'' (2011)

References

External links

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Profile at The Whiting Foundation
1956 births 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Dwight Morrow High School alumni Living people People from Englewood, New Jersey Northwestern University alumni Yale School of Drama alumni {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub