Background
Papp, Joseph was born on June 21, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Yetta (Miritch) Papirofsky.
Papp, Joseph was born on June 21, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Yetta (Miritch) Papirofsky.
Graduate, Actors Laboratory, Hollywood, California, 1948. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Columbia College, Chicago, 1971. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Northwestern University, 1972.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), City University of New York, 1974. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Villanova University, 1976. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Kalamazoo College, 1977.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), New York University, 1978. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Carnegie-Mellon University, 1978. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Princeton University, 1979.
Founder nonprofit, Shakespeare Workshop (name changed to New York Shakespeare Festival 1960)including Delacorte Theater, New York City, 1954;
founder nonprofit, Mobile Theater, Public Theater complex (6 theaters) with productions on Broadway, film, television and cable television
Lincoln Center constituent at Beaumont and Newhouse theaters, 1973-1977. Distinguished seminar professor L.I.U., 1965-1966. Adjunct Professor directing Yale University School Drama, New Haven, 1966-1967.
Adjunct Professor play directing Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1969. Visiting fellow humanities U. Colorado, 1965. Resident faculty Florida State University School Theater, Tallahassee, 1985-1986.
Member Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1981, International Rescue Committee, 1980. Member advisory council on theater Princeton University, 1977. Member American Theater Planning Board, 1977, Lincoln Center Inc.
Board, 1973-1977; member playwrights nominating committee Rockefeller Foundation, 1971. Member national screening committee Fulbright-Hays awards, 1962-1967. Member advisory committee New York Education Task Force on Performing Arts Centers, 1962.
Member board overseers theater arts Brandeis University. Board directors Harlem Cultural Committee. Member Mayor's Advisory Committee for Broadway District, 1982, 83, Save the Morosco and Helen Hayes Theaters Campaign, 1982, Vietnam Veterans, 1982.
Founder New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater. With United States Navy, 1942-1946. Member American National Theatre and Academy (president 1969, director annual award 1965), Directors Guild American, International Theater Institute, Actors Equity Association, National Academy television Arts and Sciences, Sigma Alpha Delta (honorary).
Son of Samuel and Yetta (Miritch) Papirofsky. M. Gail Bovard Merrifield, January 18, 1976. Children by previous marriages: Susan, Barbara, Michael, Miranda, Anthony.