David Drake (actor)
David Drake (* 27. June 1963 in Edgewood , Maryland as David Dracula ) is an American actor , playwright , theater director and LGBT activist.
In his works he deals with topics such as gay identity, gender , politics and AIDS . Drake is best known for his solo play The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me , for which he has received several awards.
Life
David Drake comes from a family of Romanian descent, which, according to Drake's own research, was allegedly owned by Vlad III. Drăculea descends.
He studied acting at Herbert Berghof's New York drama school HB Studio . From the mid-1980s he appeared in off-Broadway plays such as Street Theater , Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Pageant .
In 1985 Drake saw a performance of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart , which had a lasting impact on him. He became a member of the Act Up and Queer Nation activist groups . In 1990 he began work on the play The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me , in which Drake is a solo performer dealing with the story of a homosexual man in the age of AIDS . The play premiered at the Perry Street Theater in June 1992. It ran there until Drake's 30th birthday on June 27, 1993, which also marked the 24th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Drake received several awards for his performance, including the Obie Award 1993 for best performance. He then toured Europe and Australia with the piece.
From the end of the 1980s, she made her first appearances in film and television productions. In 1993 Drake himself appeared in a performance of Kramer's The Normal Heart . His second solo piece, Son of Drakula , followed in 2002 , in which he deals with his origins. In 1993 he was in Jonathan Demme's AIDS drama Philadelphia alongside Tom Hanks as Bruno to see. In 2000, Tim Kirkman filmed Drake's appearance in Larry Kramer 's The Night Kissed Me and released the result as a film.
From the 2010s he directed several theater productions in the Provincetown Theater. In November 2017 he was appointed artistic director of the theater, which had to lay off numerous employees in a difficult financial situation.
In parallel, Drake teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1989: Friendship for life (Longtime Companion)
- 1992, 2001, 2008: Law & Order (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1993: Naked in New York
- 1993: Bob (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: Philadelphia
- 1994: What is Pat? (It's Pat)
- 1995: New York Undercover (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1997: David Searching
- 1997: Peoria Babylon
- 1999: Hit and Runway
- 2000: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
- 2003: Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008: We Pedal Uphill
- 2010: BearCity
- 2012: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Producing Juliet (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2016: Vinyl (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2017: After Louie
theatre
actor
- 1984: Street Theater (Actors' Playhouse)
- 1986: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Provincetown Playhouse)
- 1991: Pageant (Blue Angel)
- 1992: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (Perry Street Theater)
- 1995: A Language of Their Own (Joseph Papp Public Theater / Susan Stein Shiva Theater)
- 1996: The Boys in the Band (Lucille Lortel Theater)
- 2000: End of the World Party (47th Street Theater)
- 2002: Son of Drakula (Dance Theater Workshop)
- 2010: The Divine Sister (Soho Playhouse)
author
- 1992: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (Perry Street Theater)
- 2002: Son of Drakula (Dance Theater Workshop)
Director
- 2005: Terre Haute (Sundance Institute Theater Lab)
- 2010: Our Town (Provincetown Theater)
- 2011: The Weight of Water (Provincetown Theater)
- 2012: The Divine Sister (Provincetown Theater)
- 2016: The Importance of Being Earnest (Provincetown Theater)
Awards (selection)
- 1993: Obie Award for Performance in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
- 1994: Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
Web links
- David Drake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- David Drake in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Emmanuel S. Nelson (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States . Greenwood, 2009, ISBN 978-0-3133-4859-4 , 185 .
- ↑ a b c Tim Murphy: A Very Enduring Kiss . In: poz.com, accessed January 10, 2018
- ^ Owen Keehnen: Footlight Activism: Talking with David Drake, Performer and Playwright of 'The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me' . In: queerculturalcenter.org, accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ "Dracula was my ancestor!" The true-life odyssey of actor / playwright David Drake . In: hollywoodinvestigator.com, accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ 1993 Obie Awards . In: obieawards.com, accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ a b c Howard Karren: David Drake named artistic director of Provincetown Theater - announcement comes amid show cancellations and staff cutbacks . In: provincetown.wickedlocal.com, accessed January 10, 2018
- ^ Adam Hetrick: David Drake Named Artistic Director of Provincetown Theater . In: playbill.com, accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ a b David Noh: Cape Cod's New Impresario . In: gaycitynews.nyc, accessed January 10, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drake, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dracula, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, playwright, theater director and LGBT activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edgewood , Maryland |