Bill Irwin
BILL IRWIN Broadway: Waiting for Godot (Roundabout), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award) and The Goat, both by Edward Albee. Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre devoted its 2003/2004 season to his original work as writer, director and performer. He was an original member of Kraken, directed by Herbert Blau, and of San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus, where he worked with Larry Pisoni and Geoff Hoyle. His original works include the Broadway productions Fool Moon (with David Shiner), Largely New York (five Tony Award nominations; Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards) and The Regard of Flight developed with Doug Skinner, M.C. O'Connor and Nancy Harrington. Other Broadway: Accidental Death of an Anarchist, 5-6-7-8 Dance! Off-Broadway: Waiting for Godot, Scapin, The Tempest, Garden of Earthly Delights, Texts for Nothing (first adapted and directed by Joseph Chaikin, then as director and performer of a second version), A Flea in Her Ear (directed for Roundabout Theatre). Regional: The Seagull, A Man's a Man, The Three Cuckolds, Waiting for Godot. Television: the recent PBS Great Performances telecast Bill Irwin Clown Prince, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Northern Exposure, Sesame Street, Elmo's World, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, The David Letterman Show, The Regard of Flight (also for Great Performances), the closing ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games, The Cosby Show, The Laramie Project, Subway Stories, Bette Midler: Mondo Beyondo, Law & Order, Life on Mars, CSI. Music videos: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) and Let Me Into Your Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter). Film: Rachel Getting Married, Lady in the Water, Dark Matter, Raving, Across The Universe, Popeye, Eight Men Out, Silent Tongue, Illuminata, My Blue Heaven, A New Life, Hot Shots, Scenes From a Mall, Stepping Out, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Igby Goes Down. He is, proudly, an associate artist with the Roundabout Theatre Company. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship; Guggenheim, Fulbright and MacArthur Fellowships. Actors' Equity Association member for 26 years. Bio as of September, 2006. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) At Work and Play: Lead Actors 2009 - April, 2009 - Watch now. Production: Fool Moon - April, 1993 - Watch now. Downstage Center (audio) Bill Irwin - July, 2005 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)