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
Tracie Holder
Writer
Karen Thorsen
Writer
Don Byron
Music
Toshiaki Ozawa
Cinematography
Brad Fuller
Editor
Deborah Peretz
Editor
Sam Pollard
Editor
Daniel Childers
Co-Producer
Tracie Holder
Co-Producer
Julia Mintz
Co-Producer
Mary Recine
Consulting Producer
Karen Thorsen
Co-Producer