Lynne Meadow is an American theatre producer, director and a teacher. She has been the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club since 1972.

Career

A cum laude graduate of Bryn Mawr, Meadow attended the Yale School of Drama. In 1972, she joined the Manhattan Theatre Club as Artistic Director, and in that position, she has directed and produced more than 450 New York City and world premieres of plays by American and international playwrights, including Terrence McNally, Beth Henley, John Guare, Athol Fugard, Brian Friel, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, and John Patrick Shanley. Under Meadow's leadership, MTC has been honored with every prestigious theatre award, including nineteen Tony Awards, six Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, 48 Obie Awards, and 32 Drama Desk Awards, as well as New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Theatre World Awards. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Meadow's directing credits include Sally and Marsha, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Absent Friends and The Commons of Pensacola (2013). Meadow has taught at Yale University, Fordham University, NYU, Circle in the Square Theatre School, and Stony Brook University.

Personal

She is married to attorney Ronald Shechtman.

Education

Awards

Directing credits

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database; Internet Broadway Database

Selected world/New York premieres produced under Meadows' artistic direction

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database; Internet Broadway database