Esser Leopold Breuer was an American playwright, theater director, academic, educator, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist.
16 Facts About Lee Breuer
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Lee Breuer was a founding co-artistic director of Mabou Mines Theater Company in New York City, which Lee Breuer began in 1970 with colleagues Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Warrilow, and Frederick Neumann.
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Since the birth of the company, Lee Breuer worked with Mabou Mines.
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In 2013, Lee Breuer directed the La Divina Caricatura: Part I The Shaggy Dog which was co-produced by Mabou Mines.
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Lee Breuer directed high definition video adaptation of stage production for Arte television France, which was aired throughout Europe.
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In 1980 Lee Breuer received two Obies for writing and direction of his play, A Prelude to a Death in Venice.
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Lee Breuer wrote and directed An Epidog, the winner of the President's Commission Kennedy Center-American Express Award for Best New Work.
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In 1981, with Ruth Maleczech, Lee Breuer directed The Tempest for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park, starring Raul Julia.
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Lee Breuer has directed 13 Obie Award-winning productions over a period of more than 40 years including: David Warrilow in The Lost Ones ; Bill Raymond in A Prelude to Death in Venice ; Ruth Maleczech in Hajj ; Yoshida Tamamatsu in The Warrior Ant ; Ruth Maleczech, Isabel Monk, Karen Kandel and Greg Mehrten in Mabou Mines Lear ; Karen Kandel in Peter and Wendy ; and Maude Mitchell in Mabou Mines Dollhouse.
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Lee Breuer taught an acting workshop in New Delhi, India during the summer of 2011 where he wrote and directed a workshop production of La Divina Caricatura.
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Lee Breuer studied English at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Lee Breuer had three children by other relationships.
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Mitchell and Mr Lee Breuer met in 1999 at Sundance Theater Lab and became partners; they married in 2015.
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Lee Breuer died at his home in Brooklyn Heights on January 3,2021, at age 83.
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Lee Breuer had advanced kidney disease and metastatic lung cancer.
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In 1998, Lee Breuer, was awarded an honorary degree from California Institute of the Arts.