George C. Wolfe Biography

George C. Wolfe grew up in Frankfort Kentucky and began to pursue his interest in the dramatic arts while still in grade school. At Frankfort High School Wolfe directed and performed in several plays and wrote poetry and prose for his high school literary journal.
The actor playwright and director received a BA in Directing from Pomona College in Claremont California. After graduation Wolfe taught at the Inner-City Cultural Center in Los Angeles for several years before moving to New York where he earned his MFA in dramatic writing and musical theater at New York University.
Wolfe's first off-Broadway productions the musical Paradise and the play The Colored Museum were met with mixed reviews. It wasn't until his 1991 production Jelly's Last Jam a musical about jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton that Wolfe received national notice. Jelly's Last Jam received 11 Tony nominations. Wolfe's first Tony Award came just two years later with Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Wolfe has now won numerous Tony Awards for his theatrical work.
From 1993 to 2004 Wolfe served as the Artistic Director and Producer for the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1996 he created the musical Bring in 'Da Noise Bring in 'Da Funk a combination of tap and music which earned him his second Tony Award.

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