Paul Weidner Biography (1934-)
Full name, Paul Russell Weidner; born March 29, 1934, in Charleston, SC; sonof Paul Russell (a teacher) and Joanna (Powers) Weidner. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
STAGE DEBUT--Six Characters in Search of an Author, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1963.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Asolo Theatre, Sarasota, FL, 1964.
Argan, The Imaginary Invalid, Asolo Theatre, then Hartford Stage Company,Hartford, CT, both 1964.
Telyegin, Uncle Vanya, Hastings, She Stoops to Conquer, Vladimir, Waitingfor Godot, Trinculo, The Tempest, all Hartford Stage Company, 1965.
Polonius, Hamlet, Nano, Volpone, Demokos, Tiger at the Gates, all Asolo Theatre, 1965.
Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest, general, The Balcony, both Hartford Stage Company, 1966.
Verges, Much Ado about Nothing, Harpagon, The Miser, Mr. Smith, The BaldSoprano, all Asolo Theatre, 1966.
Chebutykin, The Three Sisters, Hartford Stage Company, 1966.
mute, Madwoman of Chaillot, Asolo Theatre, 1967.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
The Farce of Scapino, Asolo Theatre, Sarasota, FL, 1967.
Look Back in Anger, Asolo Theatre, 1968.
The Price, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1970.
My Sister, My Sister, Little Theatre, New York City, 1974.
A Delicate Balance, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1982.
Come Back Little Sheba, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1984.
Master Harold ... and the Boys, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1984.
Also directed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI.
With the Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, all as producer unless indicated: Director, Tartuffe, 1965; director, Twelfth Night, Endgame, Act without Words, all 1966; (also director) The Servant of Two Masters, 1967; The Rose Tattoo, 1968; The Homecoming, Life with Father, both 1969; (also director)The Seagull, The Waltz Invention, A Delicate Balance, The Trial, The Farce ofScapino, all 1969; Joe Egg, Misalliance, Anything Goes, Ring Around the Moon, all 1970; (also director) The Trial of A. Lincoln, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, both 1970; (also director) A Gun Play, The Boys in the Band, Henry V, all 1971; Long Day's Journey into Night, Blithe Spirit, No Place to Be Somebody, all 1971; (also director) Rooted, Tiny Alice, The Misanthrope, all 1972; Charley's Aunt, Loot, A Streetcar Named Desire, all 1972; Juno and the Paycock, Getting Married, both 1973; (also director) My Sister, My Sister,Nightlight, Old Times, You Can't Take It with You, all 1973; (also director)Ubu Roi, A Touch of the Poet, School for Scandal, The Hot l Baltimore, The Cherry Orchard, all 1974; Arsenic and Old Lace, 1974; (also director) AfternoonTea, Room Service, All Over, all 1975; (also director) The Estate, The BloodKnot, Waltz of the Toreadors, all 1976; (also director) A History of the American Film, All the Way Home, Past Tense, all 1977; (also director) Rain, Wedding Band, both 1978; (also director) Galileo, Bonjour la Bonjour, both 1979;guest director, The Lady from Dubuque, 1981.
Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
Director, All Over, WNET, 1975.
PLAYS; TRANSLATOR, ALL PRODUCED BY THE HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY, HARTFORD,CT Servant of Two Masters, 1967.
Scapino, 1969.
Ubu Roi, 1974.