Lyle Kessler

Lyle Kessler
Lyle Kessler’s Orphans has been an international success in almost every country in the world since its Steppenwolf Theater Production in Chicago and New York, directed by Gary Sinise. Albert Finney starred in London’s West End production. The Broadway revival starred Alec Baldwin and Ben Foster, directed by Dan Sullivan. Other plays include The Watering Place, Possession, Robbers, Unlisted, and Collision. His films include Orphans, Gladiator, The Saint of Fort Washington, and Touched, which he co-starred in. Mr. Kessler studied acting with Lee Strasberg and is a member of the Actors Studio and Labyrinth Theater Company where he is developing his new plays. He served as the Director of the Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab. He and Mark Rydell co-moderated the Playwright/Directors Unit of the Actors Studio West for eleven years before Mr. Kessler moved back to New York with his wife, actress Margaret Ladd. Together they developed the Imagination Workshop which brings Theater Artists in to work with hospitalized psychiatric patients. The Imagination Workshop continues to be the longest running arts and mental health program in the world.Perform Lyle Kessler
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Lyle Kessler
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In this modern morality tale, a vicious killer is on the loose, and the kindhearted Douglass finds himself the target of detectives who need a win at any cost.
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Orphans
Lyle Kessler
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Orphans
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3m
Updated Broadway Version!
Nominee! 2013 Tony Award, Best Revival of a Play
Nominee! 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play"A weird, wonderful thriller filled with suspense, pathos and packing an emotional wallop." - WMCA Radio
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House on Fire
Lyle Kessler
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House on Fire
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 4m
In this moving and funny parable of love, resentment, family and redemption, miracles abound in Fishtown, PA, on the edge of the Delaware River, where four-flushers and thieves abound.
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Lyle Kessler
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Orphans
Lyle Kessler
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyOrphans
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3m
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House on Fire
Lyle Kessler
Full-Length Play, DramaHouse on Fire
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 4m