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Corey Fischer is an actor, writer, director and teacher who has been creating and performing theatre for five decades with a focus on collaborative creation, performance and improvisation. His work has often included mask, puppetry and music. Most recently, he played Shimon Peres in Marin Theatre Company's acclaimed west-coast premiere of "Oslo." In 2016, performed his own solo play with music, "Lightning in the Brain," developed with and directed by Naomi Newman. Lightning ran for eight weeks at The Marsh, San Francisco's celebrated solo performance venue.
In 1978, with Albert Greenberg and Naomi Newman, Fischer co-founded Traveling Jewish Theatre, with whom he worked for 34 years until it closed in May, 2012. He collaborated on more than two dozen works for TJT. His solo show, "Sometimes We Need a Story More Than Food" was one of the Los Angeles Times' ten best productions of 1993 and won a Marin county playwriting fellowship. In 1999 he received a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays award for his play, "See Under: Love." (Since then it was published in Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays, University of Texas Press) Recent playwriting commissions include,"I'm Calling the Police," inspired by a story by psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom and Robert Berger and "In the Maze of Our Own Lives," based on the history of the Group Theater. In 2007, Corey played Willy Loman in TJT's groundbreaking production of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," directed by Aaron Davidman. The company's first production of a classic American play received glowing reviews and was on several "best productions" of the year lists.
Later in 2009, Corey played the inscrutable Rabbi Saunders in "The Chosen" at the South Bay's TheatreWorks/Silicon Valley. At the end of 2012, he directed Brecht's "The Good Person of Setzuan" at California State University, East Bay.
Before founding TJT, Corey worked in film, television and theatre in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, B.C.. Along the way, he worked with the legendary acting teacher, Jeff Corey, improvisational innovator Del Close and visionary directors Robert Altman (Corey had featured roles in Altman's M*A*S*H, "Brewster McCloud" and "McCabe and Mrs Miller") and Joseph Chaikin.
Robert Hurwitt, senior drama critic (retired) for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote that Fischer is "One of the Bay Area's acting treasures." Fischer also teaches, coaches and consults with individuals and groups.- Malcolm Terris was born on 11 January 1941 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Train Robbery (1978), The Bounty (1984) and Chaplin (1992). He died on 6 June 2020 in the UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Gary Allen was born on 4 September 1942 in Camden, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Annie Hall (1977), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) and Buddy Buddy (1981). He died on 6 June 2020.- Lul Jody was born on 22 November 2000. He was an actor, known for Lul Jody: Lifestyle (2018), Marbells x Lul Jody x Numba 9: Life Trife (2018) and TSG Dondada x Lul Jody: Cook Shit (2020). He died on 6 June 2020 in Sacramento, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Bob Oechsler was a well known UFO researcher and investigator. He grew up in Turkey and the United States. After graduating high school in 1967 he joined the U.S. Air Force where he served in the U.S. war in Vietnam in Laos and Cambodia for 4 years. Upon returning home, he studied Accounting and Architecture at the University of Maryland. He worked for NASA as a mission specialist. Bob was married with 3 children.- Actress
Marjan was born in 1948 in Shiraz, Fars, Iran. She was an actress, known for Salome (1974), Resting Against the Wind (1978) and Harlot (1974). She was married to Fereydoun Jourak. She died on 6 June 2020.- Jordi Mestre was born on 14 September 1981 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Centro médico (2015), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) and Born (2014). He died on 6 June 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
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Dan Danglo was born on 1 March 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Naughty New York (1957), Tubby the Tuba (1975) and Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985). He was married to Rhoda Firestone. He died on 6 June 2020.- Tyrone Proctor was born on 30 August 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for New Kids on the Block: You Got It (the Right Stuff) (1988) and VH1 Rock Docs (2006). He died on 6 June 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alain Erlande-Brandenburg was born on 2 August 1937 in Luxeuil, France. He died on 6 June 2020 in France.
- Reche Caldwell was born on 28 March 1979 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was married to Sherron L. Patterson. He died on 6 June 2020 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Jean-Marc Chaput was born on 6 November 1930 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was married to Céline Graton. He died on 6 June 2020 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- John Zook was born on 24 September 1947 in Garden City, Kansas, USA. He died on 6 June 2020 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
- Additional Crew
Robert G. Connor was born on 10 April 1947 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California. Robert G. is known for Mother Lode (1982), The Mountain Men (1980) and Alaska (1996). Robert G. died on 6 June 2020 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.- Ivan Prais was born on 3 March 1951 in Vorkuta, USSR. He was an actor, known for Ozhidanie (1981), Nad temnoy vodoy (1993) and Voskresnyy papa (1986). He died on 6 June 2020.
- Thomas Freeman was born on 27 June 1919 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was married to Clarice Estell. He died on 6 June 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- José Barrias was born on 14 June 1944 in Lisbon, Portugal. He died on 6 June 2020 in Milan, Italy.
- Additional Crew
Edith Varga was born on 5 September 1931 in Madaras, Hungary. Edith is known for Szetna, a varázsló (1980). Edith died on 6 June 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.- Milt Earnhart was born on 1 April 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Man Outside (1987). He was married to Mary Elizabeth Robben. He died on 6 June 2020 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA.
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Barney Stewart was born on 7 October 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Groundling Marsh (1997), Last Man Standing (1987) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Ildiko Komaromy and Patricia Davies . He died on 6 June 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.