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.

Jeff Zinn
EducationFranconia College (BA)
New York University (MA)
Harvard University (MFA)

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Simonson, Robert (August 4, 2002). "A New Vigor for Theater on the Cape". New York Times.
  3. Mullen, Matt (Aug 5, 2015). "Jeff Zinn On The Book That Took Him 20 Years To Write". WBUR. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
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