Frank Galati
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Frank Galati (born 1943 in Highland Park, Illinois) is a Tony Award-winning writer, director, and actor. He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, an associate director at Goodman Theatre, and a professor of performance at Northwestern University. In 2004, Galati was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame[1]. He is the recipient of nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for his outstanding contribution to Chicago theatre. [2].
Galati was awarded the Tony Award for Best Play for his adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath in 1990. The production originated at Steppenwolf and transferred to Broadway where, in addition to Best Play, Galati won an additional Tony for Best Direction of a Play. The drama also received six more nominations, including recognition in acting categories for Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney, and Lois Smith.[3] Since his success with The Grapes of Wrath, Galati has gone on to adapt As I Lay Dying in 1995, and Haruki Murakami's After the Quake in 2005. He has also written original work, such as Everyman (1995). All of his work debuts at Steppenwolf [4]. Galati occasionally appears as an actor, and has directed Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabull at New York Theatre Workshop
In 1988, Galati was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. The Accidental Tourist was acclaimed by Roger Ebert[5] amongst other critics and won Geena Davis an Academy Award for her performance.
