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Keith Reddin

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Keith Reddin
Born (1956-07-07) July 7, 1956 (age 70)
EducationNorthwestern University (BS)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationsStage, film, television actor, playwright
Spouse(s)Leslie Lyles (1986–2003), Meg Gibson (2007-present)

Keith Reddin (born July 7, 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He received his B.S. in 1978 from Northwestern University and then went on to attend Yale School of Drama until he received his M.A. in 1981.

Reddin was born in 1956 in Hackensack, New Jersey.[1] He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and attended Dwight Morrow High School.[2][irrelevant citation]

His plays Life and Limb, Rum and Coke, Highest Standard of Living, and But Not for Me all received their world premieres at South Coast Repertory. 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: Bulgakov's Black Snow, Shatrov's Maybe, Molière's The Imaginary Invalid, Anouilh's Antigone, and Thornton Wilder’s Heaven’s My Destination. Film and television include Big Time (American Playhouse), The Heart of Justice (TNT), Milken (TNT), The Alarmist, and All the Rage.

Personal life

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Reddin married actress Meg Gibson in 2007.[3]

Awards

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Plays

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  • 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)[5][6]
  • The Will to Art (2008)
  • Cleveland Heights (2008)
  • HmatrixH (2010)
  • Acquainted with the Night (2011)

References

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  1. 1 2 McElroy, Steven (3 December 2006). "Adapting a Book (and Himself) for the Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Staff. "Freddie Perren", Contemporary Black Biography:Profiles from the International Black Community, p. 122. Gale (publisher), 2007. ISBN 0-7876-7932-1. Accessed August 27, 2018. "At Dwight Morrow High School, Perren was a member of the marching band, the orchestra, and sang in the chorus."
  3. ↑ "Meg Gibson, Keith Reddin". The New York Times. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Reddin's Rage and Zimmerman's Mirror Shine In Chicago Jeff Awards". Playbill. 11 November 1997. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Talkin' Broadway Regional Theatre News & Reviews
  6. ↑ Pittsburgh Reviews
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