Remembering Everett Quinton

Join us to celebrate the memory of Everett Quinton: a beloved member of the La MaMa family, Artistic Director of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, and icon of the downtown New York theatre scene.

Everett Quinton was a versatile mainstay of the downtown New York theater scene for more than four decades.  He was an actor, director, designer, writer, mentor, activist, volunteer, beloved brother and friend.  He was a member of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company and served as its Artistic Director from 1987-1997. He appeared in Charles Ludlam's Medea, The Secret Lives of the Sexists, Salammbo, Galas, The Artificial Jungle, and the original production of The Mystery of Irma Vep (OBIE and Drama Desk Award). His spectacular quick-change costume designs for Irma Vep were honored with the Hewes Design Award. He was also seen in Georg Osterman's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Brother Truckers (Bessie Award); Richard and Michael Simon's Murder at Minsing Manor (Drama League Award), as well as in his own plays: Carmen, Linda, Movieland, A Tale of Two Cities (OBIE Award), and Call Me Sarah Bernhardt. Throughout his career, Everett directed revivals of Charles Ludlam's Big Hotel, Camille, Der Ring Gott Farblonjet, Artificial Jungle, Conquest of the Universe, and How to Write a Play, among many others. He also directed Brother Truckers (in New York, London, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Carmen, Sebastian Stewart's Under the Kerosene Moon, and The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as The Beaux Stratagem at the Yale Rep and Treasure Island at the Omaha Theatre for Young People. Other prominent roles included The Witch of Edmonton at Red Bull Theater, as Florence Wexler in Devil Boys from Beyond at New World Stages, as Idris Seabright in Drop Dead Perfect at St. Clement's, as Dr. Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., and as Jacob Marley in The McCarter Theatre's A Christmas Carol. Everett received the 2008 Callaway Award from Actors' Equity Association for Best Actor in a classical revival for Red Bull's Women Beware Women. A huge supporter of the indie theater movement, he appeared in Theatre Askew's productions of Cornbury: The Queen's Governor and Horseplay at La MaMa and Shelter Theatre Group's Macbeth, as well as many other productions. Everett was also a member of Cleveland State University's Summer Stages where he appeared as Madame Rosepettle in O Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad. Film and TV credits include Natural Born Killers, Big Business, Deadly Illusion, Forever Lulu, Bros, Miami Vice,Nurse Jackie, and Law & Order.