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amarillo , texas american 24 february 1940 thumb marshall w. mason
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marshall w. mason

marshall w. mason -lrb- born february 24 , 1940 -rrb- is an american theater director , educator and author .
he was the founder and for eighteen years , artistic director of the circle repertory company in new york city -lrb- 1969-1987 -rrb- .
born in amarillo , texas , mason graduated in 1961 with a b.s. in theater from northwestern university , where he directed `` cat on a hot tin roof '' at the age of 19 , winning his first award for directing .
upon graduating , he relocated to manhattan , where he began working in the off-off-broadway theater scene in such venues as caffe cino , the la mama experimental theatre club , and judson poets theatre .
he made his off-broadway debut in 1964 with a revival of the henrik ibsen play `` little eyolf '' .
