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24 july 1955 dallas , texas , u.s. livingston , texas , u.s. 250px 12 december 1911 margaret virginia jones margojones1.jpg margo jones
 margo jones theater director and producer
margo jones

margo jones -lrb- december 12 , 1911 -- july 24 , 1955 -rrb- was an influential 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 .
