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Martin Benson Dies: Co-Founder Of Tony-Winning South Coast Rep Was 87
South Coast Rep is one of the country's leading regional theaters, launching careers and an august roster of Broadway- and Off Broadway-bound plays.
Founded in 1964 by Benson and his San Francisco State University classmate David Emmes, South Coast Rep would go on to become of the country’s leading regional theaters, launching careers and an august roster of Broadway- and Off Broadway-bound plays. Among the latter: Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit, Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss, Donald Margulies Sight Unseen, Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain and The Violet Hour, Sam Shepard’s True West and Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel. Benson, who maintained an office at South Coast Rep until earlier this year, continued directing one play each season until 2020’s Outside Mullingar.
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