Herbert Blau was an American director and theoretician of performance.
10 Facts About Herbert Blau
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Herbert Blau was named the Byron W and Alice L Lockwood Professor in the Humanities at the University of Washington.
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In 1968, Herbert Blau signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
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In 1968, Herbert Blau was named founding provost and dean of the School of Theatre and Dance of the California Institute of the Arts, where he led the way in designing its educational model.
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In 1971, after three years at CalArts, Herbert Blau moved to Oberlin College, where he formed the experimental theater group KRAKEN, with which he continued presenting challenging productions for another decade.
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In 1974, Herbert Blau became the Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, bringing KRAKEN with him.
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Herbert Blau married actress Beatrice Manley in 1949 and they divorced in 1980.
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Herbert Blau married a second time to Kathleen Woodward and they had one daughter, Jessamyn Herbert Blau.
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Herbert Blau died on his 87th birthday, May 3,2013, in Seattle, Washington, from cancer.
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Herbert Blau is survived by his wife, Kathleen Woodward, three children from his first marriage, a daughter from his second marriage, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.