page_title: Margo Jones
hierarchical_section_title: Margo Jones
caption_attribution_description: English: A Texas Historical Marker remembers the birthplace of Margo Jones the world-famed genius of drama. Won Broadway acclaim directing “The Glass Menagerie”. Led move to decentralize American theater. Established, in Dallas, theater-in-the-round (first professional, resident, repertory theater of its kind) and wrote book on its technique. Premiered 58 new plays. Discovered Tennessee Williams, William Inge and others. A dedicated “artistic humanist”, she provided channels through which the spiritual qualities of creative people could be communicated.
context_page_description: Margo Jones, nicknamed "The Texas Tornado," was an American stage director and producer best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas. In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre '47 in Dallas. Of the 85 plays Jones staged during her Dallas career, 57 were new, and one-third of those new plays had a continued life on stage, television and radio. Jones played an important role in the early careers of a range of playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Joseph Hayes, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee.
context_section_description: Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24, 1955), nicknamed "The Texas Tornado," was an American stage director and producer best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas. In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre '47 in Dallas. Of the 85 plays Jones staged during her Dallas career, 57 were new, and one-third of those new plays had a continued life on stage, television and radio. Jones played an important role in the early careers of a range of playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Joseph Hayes, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee.
caption: Texas Historical Marker (center) marks the birthplace of Margo Jones in Livingston, Texas
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