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Ralph Remington (born January 2, 1963 in
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, Pennsylvania) is a multidisciplinary artistic leader and community builder, theater director, essayist, actor, writer, and former American politician. Ralph was appointed by Mayor
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as Director of Cultural Affairs for the
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and the City and County of San Francisco in January 2021. Ralph is the former Deputy Director for Arts and Culture for the City of Tempe, Arizona. He also had artistic responsibility for the
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as artistic director. Remington is the former Western Regional Director/Assistant Executive Director of
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. In 2010 he became the Director of Theater and Musical Theater for the
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. He currently resides in
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. Remington has written seven feature screenplays and two plays. He is founding producing
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of Pillsbury House Theatre, in Minneapolis Minnesota where he was also an elected member of the
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. He served one term from 2006 through 2010. Ralph Remington is a
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Veteran, certified
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educator, union member and former
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organizer. He is currently a member of
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and
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(
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) and
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(AEA).


Early life

Ralph grew up in
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. His parents are Ralph and Sadie Satterthwaite. He has two younger siblings Eric and Kristoffer Satterthwaite. He attended Anderson Elementary School, Julia R. Masterman School and Turner Middle School. He was also a student at
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before leaving in his second year for The
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. Ralph Remington is a member of the first graduating class of The
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, in 1980, where he was President of the Student Council for two years. He was a Drama Major and a Dance Minor. He studied Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Modern at
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. While in high school, Ralph was a TV moderator/host for the series ''Perspective Youth'' on the ABC-TV affiliate
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in Philadelphia. Ralph changed his name professionally from Satterthwaite to Remington upon joining the acting unions in the 1980s. His first acting gig under an Equity contract was ''Soulful Scream of a Chosen Son'' with
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, written by
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, at The Philadelphia Festival Theater for New Plays. While living in New York City, he was a member of the company ''Thunder in the Light'', under the direction of Remi Bosseau at The Whole Theatre, under artistic director
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.


Career

Remington is currently Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission. He is the former Deputy Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Tempe, AZ. In that capacity he functioned as Artistic Director for the Tempe Center for the Arts. Remington served as the Western Regional Director/Assistant Executive Director of
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(AEA). The labor union represents 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers of the professional theatre in the United States. Remington served as the Director for Theater and Musical Theater at the
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. He was responsible for the grantmaking processes for theater and musical theater, developing partnerships to advance the theater field as a whole, and leading large-scale theater projects such as the NEA's New Play Development Program. He was appointed by NEA chairman and Broadway theatre producer,
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. In January 2014, Remington become the western regional director for
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, the union of professional actors. Remington has directed, produced and acted in over 50 plays. He served as artistic associate and director of community engagement with
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, overseeing all of the company's outreach and education programs and a staff of 19, managing a $750,000 budget. While at Arena, he led the Living Stage Theater Company, created and toured a devised work piece called ''America: Work in Progress'', and directed
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's critically acclaimed ''The Gimmick'' and ''Talking With'' by
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. In the spring of 2002, Remington directed a production of
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's ''Dutchman'' at the Source Theater in Washington. He was the executive director of the Media Artists Resource Center in St. Paul where he was responsible for fundraising and strategic planning and engineered a successful merger with the Independent Filmmaker Project. Remington founded Pillsbury House Theatre out of the settlement house tradition of community collaboration. He served as Pillsbury's producing artistic director, managing a $500,000 budget. He also selected and oversaw a four-to-six play annual series; founded Breaking Ice, a touring multiracial, socio-political improv company for youth and adults; and created the Chicago Avenue Project where children write and perform original plays with professional actors. The program received a Coming Up Taller award in 2005. Presented by the First Lady
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on behalf of the
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, Coming Up Taller awards recognize outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America's young people. In addition, Remington has directed at Intermedia Arts,
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, The Southern Theater and
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. Remington is also a former member of the
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acting company, in
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, Minnesota with
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in ''The Venetian Twins''. Remington ran to represent Minneapolis's Ward 10 on the
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, defeating Scott Persons 55%–45% in the 2005 election to replace retiring incumbent Dan Niziolek. Remington's term began January 2, 2006. He did not run for reelection in
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and was succeeded by Meg Tuthill at the end of his term on January 4, 2010. He received his
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degree in Drama from
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.


National Endowment for the Arts

He was responsible for designing and leading national leadership initiatives, developing partnerships to advance the theater field, recommending panelists, and managing the review process for theater and musical theatre applications. Remington implemented stronger emphasis on new play development with 75% of NEA funding focused on new plays. Under his leadership fewer grants were awarded at greater financial amounts resulting in higher institutional impact. He makes frequent speeches and public dialogues to national audiences at various venues around the country. Remington has forged stronger relationships with private and public funders nationally. In December 2011 Remington was invited by the Chinese Minister of Culture to be a Keynote Speaker at The 2nd International Forum on the Development of China's Musical Theatre & The 5th Symposium on the Teaching & Creation of China's Musical Theatre, at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy. He specifically addressed the funding and development of Musical Theatre by the United States of America.


Pillsbury House Theatre

* ''Yacub: Mad Scientist or Genius?'' by Homer Jackson director Ralph Remington (1992) * ''Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act'' by
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director Ralph Remington (1992) * ''Gerry Girouard Dancers in The Shadows of the Diamond Realm'' (1992) * ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' by
John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Moonstruck''. His play, '' Doubt: A Parable'', won the 2005 Pulitzer P ...
director Ralph Remington (1993) * ''Slow Dance on the Killing Ground'' by
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director Ralph Remington (1993) * ''Power Tools'' by Xavier Leonard director Ralph Remington (1993) * ''The Taking of Miss Janie'' by
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director Ralph Remington (1993) * ''Azande in Les Mannequins'' by Azande director Azande (1993) * ''The Colors of Desire'' by Alexs Pate and
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director Ralph Remington (1994) * ''Savage in Limbo'' by
John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Moonstruck''. His play, '' Doubt: A Parable'', won the 2005 Pulitzer P ...
director Ralph Remington (1994) * ''Thoughts from a Cultural Revolutionary'' by Ralph Remington director Ralph Remington (1994) * ''Combination Skin'' by
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director Dawn Renee Jones (1994) * ''MultiCultiBoho Sideshow'' by Alexs Pate director Ralph Remington (1994) * ''This City of Dreams'' by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. director Ralph Remington (1995) * ''The Hittite Empire in Undersiege Stories'' by the
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(1995) * ''The Punic Wars'' by
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(1995) * ''Extremities'' by
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director Ralph Remington (1996) * ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' by
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director Dwight Callaway (1996) * ''Bring the Children Home'' by Marci Rendon directors Noel Raymond & Heidi Hunter Batz (1996) * ''Streamers'' by
David Rabe David William Rabe (born March 10, 1940) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 (''Sticks and Bones'') and also received Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 (''In the Boom Boom Room''), 19 ...
director Noel Raymond (1997) * ''Women of Manhattan'' by
John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Moonstruck''. His play, '' Doubt: A Parable'', won the 2005 Pulitzer P ...
director Ralph Remington (1997) * ''The Brunette Breck Girl'' by Heidi Arnesan director Heidi Arnesan (1997) * ''Burn This'' by
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director Ralph Remington (1997) * ''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'' by
Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play ''A Raisin in the Sun'', highlig ...
directors Dwight Callaway & Ralph Remington (1998) * ''Where I'm At'' conceived, developed and directed by Heidi Hunter Batz (1998) * ''Dutchman'' by
LeRoi Jones Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous bo ...
director Brian Goranson (1998) * ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' by
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director Leah C. Gardiner (1999) * ''Shelter'' (staged reading) by Dwight Hobbes director Ralph Remington (1999)


Minneapolis City Council

Neighborhoods in Ward 10 • CARAG: Calhoun Area Residents Action Group
• CIDNA: Cedar Isles Dean Neighborhood Association
• ECCO: East Calhoun Community Organization
• EIRA: East Isles Residents Association
• EHFNA: East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association
• LHENA: Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association
• LNA: Lyndale Neighborhoon Association Major Developments or Initiatives in Ward 10 • Acme Tag
• Blue Apartments
Calhoun Square Redevelopment
• Lake Calhoun City Apartments
• Lumen on Lagoon
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• Mozaic
• Uptown House
• Uptown Small Area Plan
• Urban Village Appointments
Committees • Community Development
• Elections
• Intergovernmental Relations
• Rules, chair
• Taxes
• Zoning and Planning Boards, Commissions and Task Forces
• Meet Minneapolis
• Southwest Corridor Policy Advisory Committee
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Executive Committee
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Public Safety Committee
• MTN Study Commission
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Workgroup
• Civilian Review Authority Workgroup
• Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) Operating Committee
• Midtown Community Works Speeches, Articles and Resolutions • Animal Protection Article
• A Premier Destination Speech
• Closing Speech on Circus Animals
• Circus Animal Ban Speech
• Destroying Tribalism and Creating Community
• Final Cessation of War Resolution
• Impeachment Now
• The City Can and Should Prohibit Animal Circuses


Political Unsupported Claims

Ralph Remington was an early supporter and a
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statewide elected delegate for the nomination of then Senator
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for President of the United States at The
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in
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, Colorado in 2008. As a city council member in Minneapolis, he was one of the earliest elected officials in the country, along with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to support
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for his first Presidential bid. Remington was the first African-American and indeed the first person of color ever elected to represent his ward on the
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.


Awards

2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from Howard University 2010 NEA chairman's Award for Distinguished Service


Military service

After receiving his
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degree from
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, Remington enlisted in the
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. He completed Basic Training at Fort Jackson. He was then sent to Communications School at
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, in
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. After graduation from Fort Gordon he received orders to report to McNair Kaserne 32nd Signal Battalion in
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, Germany in 1985. He was stationed in V Corps under the command of General
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. He lived in Frankfurt, Germany for two and a half years. He received an
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in 1988.


Personal life

Ralph was married to German designer Andrea Moseler in 1988. They divorced in 1991. Ralph has been with current spouse Mary Remington since 2000. He has two step-daughters, Bridget and Brianna. Remington has also lived in New York City,
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and
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as an actor and screenwriter.


References


Speeches and Publications, Minneapolis City Council
(archived)


External links

*http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/Ralph-Remington-NEA-appointment.html/ National Endowment for the Arts Announces Ralph Remington as the New Director of Theater and Musical Theater {{DEFAULTSORT:Remington, Ralph 1963 births Living people Minneapolis City Council members Minnesota Democrats Businesspeople from Philadelphia Politicians from Philadelphia Military personnel from Philadelphia