Jeff Zinn
Jeff Zinn is an American director and actor. He appeared in the film, Zabriskie Point directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, played Danny in the off-Broadway production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet and Trety in the Broadway production of The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman starring Derek Jacobi. Zinn was a stand-in and photo-double for John Travolta in the celebrated film Saturday Night Fever in 1977, featured in the iconic opening sequence underscored by the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive". He earned a B.A. from Franconia College where he trained with Ronald Bennet, a former member of the Michael Chekhov Players, and a M.A. from New York University. Post graduate studies include completion of the directing program at the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and a certificate in executive leadership from the Kennedy School of Government.[1] He was artistic director of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater from 1988 -2011 and Managing Director of Gloucester Stage Company from 2015-2018. [2][3] He is the son of historian Howard Zinn.
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| Education | Franconia College (BA) New York University (MA) Harvard University (MFA) |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Simonson, Robert (August 4, 2002). "A New Vigor for Theater on the Cape". New York Times.
- Mullen, Matt (Aug 5, 2015). "Jeff Zinn On The Book That Took Him 20 Years To Write". WBUR. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
