A graduate and founding member of Robert Brusteins Yale Repertory Company Roger went on to direct and act for Joe Papps New York Shakespeare Festival and also Londons Royal Court Theatre Dublins Abbey Theatre Edinburgh Festival Lincoln Center Brooklyn Academy of Music La Mama Roundabout Juilliard Opera Los Angeles Theatre Center the Williamstown Theatre Festival ONeill Playwrights Conference Folger Shakespeare Group Great Lakes Theatre Festival PBS Metromedia and BBCTV and National Public Radio Elected to Notable Names in American Theatre Roger has directed in London New York and international festival premieres by Tennessee Williams Sam Shepard David Hare Michael Weller John Guare Terrence McNally Lanford Wilson Israel Horowitz JeanClaude van Itallie Megan Terry and William Saroyan He has directed John Lithgow John Travolta James Earl Jones James Woods Tovah Feldshuh Samuel L Jackson Dick Shawn and Judith Ivey to name but a few Roger has directed plays and taught all aspects of communications in India Pakistan Iran Nigeria South Africa and throughout Europe for the USIA and US State Department In the United States he has taught at UCLA Columbia University Yale University NYU Juilliard Brooklyn College Roger is the founding artistic director for both The Simon Studio since 1978 in New York City and the Los Angeles Theatre Center Classical Theatre Lab since 1990 Roger was awarded an NEA grant as producing director of National Public Radios Simon Studio Presents also on XM Sirius cable radio and Time Warner Public Access TV As an actor he recently played a role based on Hank Greenberg of AIG in Oliver Stones Wall Street2 opposite Michael Douglas and played the lead roles in the critically acclaimed indie feature The Sublet in the film short Jimmys Cafe Newport Beach Film Festival and currently coproduces directs and acts in The Simon Studio and Sarah Levine Simons musical web series Bread Today
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