The HistoryMakers video oral history with Charles "Chuck" Smith.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.167 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Chuck, 1938- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Charles "Chuck" Smith |
| Portion of title | Charles "Chuck" Smith |
| Abstract | Theatrical director Chuck Smith was born on March 7, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Parker High School in 1956, and after serving in the Marines, worked for the United States Post Office. In 1963, he won a role in the Dramatic Arts Guild's production of McAdam and Eve. In 1970, he landed his first paying role. Smith started teaching at Columbia College in 1983 and earned a B.A. degree in theatre in 1984 from Governors State University. That same year, Smith co-founded the Chicago Theatre Company with Douglas Alan Mann. After directing The Meeting, Smith, with actors Harry Lennix and Gregory Alan-Williams, formed the touring company, Legacy Productions. Beginning in 1992, he served as a Goodman Theatre Artistic Associate. The winner of Chicago Emmy Awards for NBC's Crime of Innocence and Fast Break to Glory, Smith was a board member of the African American Arts Alliance and a recipient of the Paul Robeson Award. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 July 18. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.167 HistoryMakers |