John Tillinger


John Tillinger is a theatre director and actor.

Life and career

Joachim F. Tillinger was born in Tabriz, Iran. His father was German Jewish and his mother was Protestant. Tillinger was raised in England, where he was first exposed to the theatre.
He spent his early years on Broadway as an actor, appearing in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Othello, Hay Fever, and The Changing Room.
Tillinger's first Broadway directing credit was Solomon's Child in 1982. Since then he has directed: Love Letters with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards, The Price with Eli Wallach, Three Men on a Horse and The Sunshine Boys, both with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, Inherit the Wind with George C. Scott and Charles Durning, Night Must Fall with Matthew Broderick, Judgment at Nuremberg with George Grizzard and Maximilian Schell, Say Goodnight, Gracie with Frank Gorshin, and Absurd Person Singular with Paxton Whitehead and Sam Robards.
Tillinger's many Off-Broadway directing credits include Entertaining Mr Sloane, After the Fall, Loot, What the Butler Saw, The Lisbon Traviata, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Sylvia, and Jewtopia.
He has directed numerous regional theatre productions. He directed The Wedding Banquet at the Village Theatre, Seattle, Washington, in 2003.
He was the literary consultant for the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut from 1975 to 1997. Additionally, he was the associate artistic director at Long Wharf Theatre. He directed many plays at the Long Wharf Theatre, including This Story of Yours and Solomon's Child, Another Country, and most recently Paddywhack and Broken Glass.

Personal

Tillinger was married to actress/director Dorothy Lyman from 1971 to 1978. They have two children, actor Sebastian Tillinger and producer Emma Tillinger.

Filmography

Awards and nominations