Mark Medoff, the prolific playwright and educator best known for his 1979 play “Children of a Lesser God,” died Tuesday of undisclosed causes. He was 79.
His death was announced on Facebook by his daughter, Jessica Medoff Bunchman. The Las Cruces Sun News reported that he was battling cancer at the time of his death.
“It’s heartbreaking to see him move on from this place, but so heartwarming to remember the enormous love he gave,” Medoff Bunchman wrote Tuesday.
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Born in 1940 in Illinois and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, Medoff studied at the University of Miami and Stanford, beginning his career in theater in 1966 with his first play, “The Wager.”
He wrote prolifically over the next decade, but his breakthrough came with “Children of a Lesser God.” The play, which follows the complicated relationship between a deaf woman and her former teacher, was a critical and popular success,...
His death was announced on Facebook by his daughter, Jessica Medoff Bunchman. The Las Cruces Sun News reported that he was battling cancer at the time of his death.
“It’s heartbreaking to see him move on from this place, but so heartwarming to remember the enormous love he gave,” Medoff Bunchman wrote Tuesday.
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2019 (Photos)
Born in 1940 in Illinois and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, Medoff studied at the University of Miami and Stanford, beginning his career in theater in 1966 with his first play, “The Wager.”
He wrote prolifically over the next decade, but his breakthrough came with “Children of a Lesser God.” The play, which follows the complicated relationship between a deaf woman and her former teacher, was a critical and popular success,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Mark Medoff, the playwright who wrote Tony Award-winning play “Children of a Lesser God,” died Tuesday in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 79.
His daughter Jessica Medoff Bunchman posted news of his death on Facebook, and the Las Cruces Sun-News attributed the cause to cancer.
“Children of a Lesser God” starred John Rubinstein and Phyllis Frelich in the original 1980 Broadway production, though the play was first staged at New Mexico State and then in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum. The pair played a deaf woman and a speech therapist at a state school for the deaf who try to build a relationship despite difficulties in understanding each other’s perspectives.
Medoff, who wrote more than 30 plays, crafted “Children of a Lesser God” after speaking with the deaf Frelich, who explained the lack of substantive roles for deaf actors on stage. She and her husband, Robert Steinberg, advised Medoff...
His daughter Jessica Medoff Bunchman posted news of his death on Facebook, and the Las Cruces Sun-News attributed the cause to cancer.
“Children of a Lesser God” starred John Rubinstein and Phyllis Frelich in the original 1980 Broadway production, though the play was first staged at New Mexico State and then in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum. The pair played a deaf woman and a speech therapist at a state school for the deaf who try to build a relationship despite difficulties in understanding each other’s perspectives.
Medoff, who wrote more than 30 plays, crafted “Children of a Lesser God” after speaking with the deaf Frelich, who explained the lack of substantive roles for deaf actors on stage. She and her husband, Robert Steinberg, advised Medoff...
- 4/25/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
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