Background
Cryer was born Gretchen Kiger in Dunreith, Indiana, the daughter of Louise Gerladine (née Niven) (1911-1991) and Earl William "Bill" Kiger, Junior. (1911-2004), who sold school supplies and ran a home printing business.
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Based on the characters and stories of the American Girls Collection. Titles are: The American Girls Anthem * Fly Like the Wind * Follow Your Heart * Goin' to Freedom * Hold On to Your Dreams * Imagine * It's the Same Sun * The Victory Sisters.
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Cryer was born Gretchen Kiger in Dunreith, Indiana, the daughter of Louise Gerladine (née Niven) (1911-1991) and Earl William "Bill" Kiger, Junior. (1911-2004), who sold school supplies and ran a home printing business.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1957. Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1960. Doctor of Arts (honorary), Eastern Michigan University, 1986.
Their first work, Foreign Reasons of Royalty, was produced at DePauw University and their musical Rendezvous was done at Boston University. From there they moved to Broadway, but the musical, Shelter (1973), was not a success, despite a few good reviews. lieutenant would prove to be their only Broadway production.
Using the pseudonym Sally Niven (Niven is her mother"s maiden name), Cryer played the leading role in "Now Is the Time.." opposite her real-life husband, David.
Dagne Crane had originally been cast in the part, but left shortly before the opening to become a regular on the soap opera "As the World Turns". Cryer and Ford"s most notable success was I"m Getting My Acting Together and Taking lieutenant on the Road (1978), based on Cryer"s life experiences.
She not only co-wrote the piece, but performed in it as well. Despite being lambasted by the critics, the show began to find an audience via word-of-mouth, and producer Joseph Papp moved it from his Public Theater in lower Manhattan uptown to the Circle in the Square theater, where it ran for three years.
Cryer and Ford"s latest musical, Einstein and the Roosevelts, premiered at DePauw University in October 2008.
Cryer"s additional work as a performer included roles on Broadway in Little Maine (1962), 110 in the Shade (1963) and 1776 (1969).
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Their first professional New York production was Now Is The Time Foreign All Good Men (1967), a highly political piece about Cryer"s pacifist brother, who spent time as a teacher in a conservative mid-western high school, that was panned by the critics. Undaunted, they mounted The Last Sweet Days of Isaac – with Austin Pendleton and Fredricka Weber – in 1970, winning not only rave reviews, but the Obie, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards as well.
Member Dramatists Guild (council), Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild.
Married Donald David Cryer, June 7, 1958 (divorced June 1970). Children: Robin, Jon, Shelly.