Vincent J. Cardinal

{{short description|American dramatist}}

Vincent J. Cardinal (born August 9, 1960 in Ashtabula, Ohio) is a graduate of Yale School of Drama. He is a playwright and director. He has written The Colorado Catechism{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/22/theater/review-theater-long-road-back-that-passed-through-colorado.html|title=Long road back that passed through Colorado|last=Rich|first=Frank|date=22 October 1990|work=The New York Times|page=13|access-date=26 June 2011}} and directed Queens Blvd.{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=2&res=9a03eede1131f93ba15755c0a961958260|title=Spare Times|last=Van Gelder|first=Lawrence|date=28 June 1997|work=The New York Times|page=38|access-date=26 June 2011}} and Steve Hayes' Hollywood Reunion.{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117712-Hopes-Edward-the-King-Will-Open-GayFest-2008|title=Hopes' Edward the King will open GayFest 2008|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=13 May 2008|publisher=Playbill|access-date=26 June 2011}}

Cardinal is the former chair of the Department of Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.{{Cite web|url=http://arts.umich.edu/news-features/vincent-cardinal-named-new-chair-of-u-m-department-of-musical-theatre/|title=Vincent Cardinal named new chair of U-M Department of Musical Theatre | Arts & Culture|date=June 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=https://smtd.umich.edu/about/faculty-profiles/michael-mcelroy/|title=Michael McElroy | U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance}}