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Marion McClinton

1954–2019

United States

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Marion Isaac McClinton (July 26, 1954 – November 28, 2019) was an American theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award for King Hedley II. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production and the 1999–2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for Jitney, and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award. McClinton's early theater career was at Penumbra Theatre Company in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he was born.

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