VEISHEA Keynote Speaker - Broadway Bound

Speaker: 
Randall Wreghitt
 
19 Apr 2002
 
12:00 PM
 
Central Campus (Rain Location: Great Hall, Memorial Union)

Randall Wreghitt is currently represented on Broadway by Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production METAMORPHOSES. Earlier this season he produced HEDDA GABLER on Broadway starring Kate Burton. He won a 2001 Tony Award for Best Revival for producing One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest starring Gary Sinese. On Broadway Randall has produced Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West, which was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Play; McDonagh's four-time Tony Award winning play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane; the acclaimed revival of ELECTRA starring Zoe Wanamaker (nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Revival) and the musical, Band In Berlin. He was the Associate Producer of the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. He received a degree in journalism from Iowa State University in 1978, and is a graduate of Clear Lake High School.