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In the 1980s she moved to the United States to continue her career as teacher and actress. She is a teacher in the Residency Program for Lifeline Theatre, collaborated on a translation of ''THE BARBER OF SEVILLE'' for Court Theatre, served as a dialect coach for British and South African plays, and served as dramaturg and vocal coach at Loyola University Theatre. | In the 1980s she moved to the United States to continue her career as teacher and actress. She is a teacher in the Residency Program for Lifeline Theatre, collaborated on a translation of ''THE BARBER OF SEVILLE'' for Court Theatre, served as a dialect coach for British and South African plays, and served as dramaturg and vocal coach at Loyola University Theatre. | ||
| − | At The Theatre School, she teaches in the Acting Program and has directed numerous productions, including ''Mango Leaf magic'' by James Ambrose Brown (2005), ''ALICE IN WONDERLAND'', ''THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE'' … and ''TOKOLOSHE'' for Chicago Playworks and LAPIN LAPIN for | + | At The Theatre School, she teaches in the Acting Program and has directed numerous productions, including ''Mango Leaf magic'' by James Ambrose Brown (2005), ''ALICE IN WONDERLAND'', ''THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE'' … and ''TOKOLOSHE'' for Chicago Playworks and LAPIN LAPIN for The Theatre School Showcase. |
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Chicago companies for which she has appeared include Steppenwolf, Court, Shattered Globe, Remy Bumppo, Lifeline, Eclipse, Shaw Chicago, Interplay and Footsteps. | Chicago companies for which she has appeared include Steppenwolf, Court, Shattered Globe, Remy Bumppo, Lifeline, Eclipse, Shaw Chicago, Interplay and Footsteps. | ||
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Wrote and directed ''Tales as Old as Africa'' (2007), She is dialect coach for Lifeline Theatre and is on the faculty of the Theatre School of DePaul University. | Wrote and directed ''Tales as Old as Africa'' (2007), She is dialect coach for Lifeline Theatre and is on the faculty of the Theatre School of DePaul University. | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 27 May 2026
Ann Wakefield (19**-). Actress, playwright and director.
Contents
Biography
Training
Career
Ann has worked in England, South Africa, France and the U.S.A.
In the 1980s she moved to the United States to continue her career as teacher and actress. She is a teacher in the Residency Program for Lifeline Theatre, collaborated on a translation of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE for Court Theatre, served as a dialect coach for British and South African plays, and served as dramaturg and vocal coach at Loyola University Theatre.
At The Theatre School, she teaches in the Acting Program and has directed numerous productions, including Mango Leaf magic by James Ambrose Brown (2005), ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE … and TOKOLOSHE for Chicago Playworks and LAPIN LAPIN for The Theatre School Showcase.
Chicago companies for which she has appeared include Steppenwolf, Court, Shattered Globe, Remy Bumppo, Lifeline, Eclipse, Shaw Chicago, Interplay and Footsteps.
Wrote and directed Tales as Old as Africa (2007), She is dialect coach for Lifeline Theatre and is on the faculty of the Theatre School of DePaul University.
In 2013 she directed The Coral King by James Ambrose Brown for DePaul University's Theatre School at the Merle Reskin Theatre, Chicago, as part of the Chicago Playworks Program[1].
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Worked in children’s theatre, i.a. with Pieter Scholtz in Durban and the Brian Way Theatre in Education Company in England
As actress
Stage roles include The Cavern (1968), Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1970), Children of the Wolf (The Space, 1975).
As director
Productions as director (or assistant director) include:
1970: Umabatha (assistant director)
1975/1976?: Miss South Africa
1979: The Beeple
1980: Archy's life of Mehitabel
1984: Booby Beetle and the Protea People
She also directed plays for the Theatre Workshop Company (Durban).,
As playwright
Booby Beetle and the Protea People (1984)
Awards
In Chicago she was awarded Joseph Jefferson Citations for her performances in THE ROAD TO MECCA and ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (also directedby Nick Bowling), and most recently an After Dark Award for her performance in THE LION IN WINTER.
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Theatre programme, 1961.
De Beer 1995.
Joyce, 1999.
Teacher Guide, The Coral King[2]
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