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GARRY HYNES founded Druid in 1975 and worked as its artistic director from 1975 to 1991 and from 1995 to date. From 1991 to 1994 she was artistic director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. In addition to DruidSynge, her productions with Druid include, The Year of the Hiker, Sharon's Grave, Sive, On Raftery's Hill (co-production with the Royal Court Theatre), The Lonesome West, Lovers Meeting, Conversations on a Homecoming, Bailegangaire, The Shaughraun, and The Wood of the Whispering. For Abbey Theatre she directed King of the Castle, The Plough and the Stars, The Power of Darkness, Famine, A Whistle in the Dark, and Portia Coughlan. Her other theater credits include The Man of Mode and Song of the Nightingale (Royal Shakespeare Company), Mr. Peters' Connections (Signature Theatre, New York), My Brilliant Divorce (London?s West End), Crestfall ( Gate Theatre, Dublin), 16 Wounded (Broadway), and A Streetcar Named Desire (Kennedy Center, Washington DC). Hynes has received honorary doctorates from University of Dublin (2004), the National University of Ireland (1998), and the National Council for Education Awards (1988). In 1998 she became the first woman to receive a Tony Award for Direction, for The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She is a recipient of many other theater awards, including The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Director (2002) and a Special Tribute Award for her contribution to Irish theater, in February 2005. On June 15 she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Galway.
Bio as of July, 2006.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1998 - Watch now.
Downstage Center (audio)
Garry Hynes - August, 2006 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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