Patricia McIlrath
Patricia McIlrath was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States on January 25th, 1917 and is the American Theatre Director. At the age of 82, Patricia McIlrath biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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McIlrath was hired by the University of Kansas City in 1954 as a professor of theatre and director of its University Playhouse. In 1959, while professionally directing Sophocles' Electra at the Rita Allen Theatre in New York City, McIlrath found herself dismayed at the divide that existed between her academic theatre training and the demands of professional theatrical production. As a result, she became unquestionably convinced of the necessity to integrate professional theatre training into the curriculum of academic theatre programs in the United States.
To that end, McIlrath founded the UMKC Summer Repertory Theatre in 1964 (the same year in which the private University of Kansas City was inducted into the public University of Missouri system, becoming the University of Missouri-Kansas City). The company soon changed its name to the Missouri Repertory Theatre, achieved professional status as an Equity organization in 1966, and founded its own touring wing—Missouri Vanguard Theatre—in 1968. McIlrath remained the head of UMKC Theatre until 1984, and retired as Artistic Director of the Missouri Repertory Theatre in 1985.