Adrian Hall (director)

{{short description|American theater director (1927–2023)}}

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| name = Adrian Hall

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|12|03}}

| birth_place = Van, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|2|4|1927|12|3}}

| death_place = Tyler, Texas, U.S.

| alma_mater = East Texas State Teachers College

| occupation = Actor, director, artistic director

| known_for = Work in regional theatre

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Adrian Hall (December 3, 1927 – February 4, 2023) was an American theater director. His directing style was described as "bold" by the New York Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/01/theater/theater-how-a-bold-director-has-transformed-a-regional-theater.html|title=Theater; How a Bold Director Has Transformed a Regional Theater|last=Gerard|first=Jeremy|date=November 1, 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 26, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement of the 1960s and late 1980s.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/03/theater/theater-new-paths-for-regional-theaters.html|title=THEATER; New Paths for Regional Theaters|last=de Vries|first=Hilary|date=September 3, 1989|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 26, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986,{{Cite book|title="Providence is no longer just a train stop" : the Trinity Repertory Company : its first twelve years|last=Stanzler, Milton.|date=1995|publisher=Professional Press|isbn=1570872112|location=Chapel Hill, NC|oclc=47004434}} and the Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas from 1983 to 1989.Woods, Jeannie. Theatre to Change Men's Souls: The Artistry of Adrian Hall. University of Delaware Press, 1993. {{ISBN|0-87413-451-X}} page=66 He is considered to have created major and divisive change within both institutions.