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Jean-Claude van Itallie

Jean-Claude Van Itallie‘s more than thirty plays include America Hurrah, The Serpent (with the Open Theatre), The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and Light. Author of Chekhov, the Major Plays and The Playwright’s Workbook, director of Shantigar Foundation for theater, meditation, and healing, van Itallie teaches workshops internationally.