Robert Patrick, a pioneering playwright in the Off Off Broadway movement who later won wider acclaim for the 1975 Broadway staging of his play Kennedy’s Children, died in his sleep at home in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 23. He was 85
His death was announced by Jason Jenn, a longtime friend and associate.starred Shirley Knight, who won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress, beating out a competitive roster that included Meryl Streep, Mary Beth Hurt and Lois Nettleton.'Good Night, Oscar' Broadway Review: Sean Hayes Pays Tribute To Golden Age Second Banana
Robert Patrick O’Connor was born in Kilgore, Texas to migrant workers, later joining the Air Force for a stint cut short when a poem he wrote to a fellow serviceman was discovered. On a trip to New York City in 1961, according to Jenn, Patrick followed an attractive young man into the now-legendary Caffe Cino theater, “and found himself in the middle of a rehearsal for a play.”
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