Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of America’s greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of America’s most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Deborah Peretz
Editor
Tracie Holder
Co-Producer
Daniel Childers
Co-Producer
Karen Thorsen
Co-Producer
Don Byron
Music
Karen Thorsen
Writer
Julia Mintz
Co-Producer
Brad Fuller
Editor
Toshiaki Ozawa
Cinematography
Tracie Holder
Writer
Sam Pollard
Editor
Mary Recine
Consulting Producer