Cal Pritner (born 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas) is an educator, writer, administrator, and actor. He chaired two university theatre departments and Illinois State University (1970-1981), and he was the founding artistic director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (1978-1990). Pritner is an elected Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre (membership limited to 150 living persons).

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  • Cal Pritner (born 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas) is an educator, writer, administrator, and actor. He chaired two university theatre departments and Illinois State University (1970-1981), and he was the founding artistic director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (1978-1990). Pritner is an elected Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre (membership limited to 150 living persons). He is the author and co-author of three instructional television series on Shakespeare and poetry; he and his wife, Evamarii Johnson, co-authored Page to Stage: Julius Caesar, which won the Wilbur Schramm award as best American instructional series of 1991. With Louis Colaianni he co-authored How to Speak Shakespeare (2001), and with Scott Walters he co-authored Introduction to Play Analysis. Both books are used widely as textbooks in colleges and universities. He is the author of Mark Twain and Me Unlearning Racism (at press). Pritner earned membership in all three American actors' unions: Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He has appeared in several episodic television series, played leading roles in Shakespeare, and he had a featured role in Robert Altman's film, Kansas City. In addition, Pritner has performed five one-person shows, two of which he authored and continues to tour, Mark Twain Traveling and Mark Twain Unlearning Racism. Students from the Illinois State University Department of Theatre, which Pritner served as founding department chair, include a majority of the founding members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble, Tony winners Judith Ivey and Rondi Reed, Oscar nominee John Malkovich, two former Steppenwolf Theatre artistic directors Terry Kinney and Randy Arney, and film and television stars Gary Cole and Jane Lynch.
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  • Cal Pritner (born 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas) is an educator, writer, administrator, and actor. He chaired two university theatre departments and Illinois State University (1970-1981), and he was the founding artistic director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (1978-1990). Pritner is an elected Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre (membership limited to 150 living persons).
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