Jack Reuler

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jack Reuler founded the Mixed Blood Theatre Company at the age of 22. Mixed Blood has presented 75 world premieres and scores of regional premieres. In 2006, he received the Local Legend Award from the United Negro College Fund and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Ivey Awards. In 2009, he also received a Sally Irvine Award for Vision, an Actors’ Equity’s Spirit Award and was named a Facing Race Ambassador by the St. Paul Foundation.
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  • Your mission

    Editorial
    In 2003, the Playwrights Center and the Guthrie issued a national call for manifestos on the future of the American...
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  • Mission speaks

    Editorial
    There is supposed to be a critical distinction between the commercial theater and non-profit theater. The commercial theater asks its...
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