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Barbara Vann (Barbara Kutner) was born on 12 December, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY, is an American theatre director and actor. Discover Barbara Vann's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?
| Popular As |
Barbara Kutner |
| Occupation |
Theatre director, actor |
| Age |
76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
12 December 1938 |
| Birthday |
12 December |
| Birthplace |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Date of death |
26 August, 2015 |
| Died Place |
N/A |
| Nationality |
United States
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Barbara Vann Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Barbara Vann Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Barbara Vann worth at the age of 76 years old? Barbara Vann’s income source is mostly from being a successful director. She is from United States. We have estimated Barbara Vann's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
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Timeline
Barbara Vann (December 12, 1938 - August 26, 2015) was an American theatre director and actor, best known for co-founding the Off-Off-Broadway company the Medicine Show Theater Ensemble, one of the longest continually running experimental theater companies in New York City.
She was also a founding member of The Open Theater, an early, New York City-based experimental theater group.
Vann was born Barbara Kutner in 1938 in Brooklyn, and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1959.
In 1962, Vann and about 20 other former students of acting teacher Nola Chilton, along with director Joseph Chaikin, founded The Open Theater, under Chaikin's direction.
After The Open Theater dissolved in 1970, she founded The Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble with fellow Open Theater member, James Barbosa, who died in 2003.
At the Medicine Show Theatre, Vann directed Bound to Rise, based on the Horatio Alger story, which led to a 1985 Obie Award in direction.
She also contributed reworkings of Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays; a stage adaption of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake; a translation of Jean Genet's The Balcony; and the original vaudeville piece, "Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Porter", which incorporated Cole Porter songs into Shakespearean tragedies.
She published a series of workshop videos demonstrating the experimental techniques developed for the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble.
Barbara Vann was the recipient of the 1985 Obie Award for Direction, which she received for her work on the production, Bound to Rise, based on the Horatio Alger story.
Vann directed a 1991 production of E. E. Cummings' play Him starring John McIlveen, Cori Thomas, and Norton Banks.
Vann led the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble for 45 years until her death in August 2015.
In addition to her Off-Off-Broadway credits, Vann also directed the live short Gandhi, Untouchables and Me in 2015 and provided voice talent in the 2014 animated short, Privy.
Vann taught at Smith College, Amherst College, Yale University and Colgate University.
She also taught and led master classes at more than 80 universities in North America and on five European tours.
Barbara Vann died on August 26, 2015.
She was survived by her daughter, Regan and two grandchildren.
