{{more citations needed|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Jack Clay |image = |caption = |birth_name = Jack DeWayne Clay |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|20}} |birth_place = Decatur, Illinois |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|2|1926|10|20}} | death_place = Seattle, Washington |other_names = |known_for = an acting teacher, director and actor |education = Northwestern University |employer = Oberlin College, University of Miami, University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, and University of Washington |occupation = }} '''Jack DeWayne Clay''' (October 20, 1926 – September 2, 2019) was an American acting teacher, director and actor.
A graduate of the Northwestern University school of speech under Alvina Krause, Clay taught at Oberlin College (1956 - 1957), University of Miami (1957 - 1961), and the University of South Florida (1961 - 1966). He also headed the Professional Actors Training Programs at Southern Methodist University (1966 - 1986) and the University of Washington (1986 - 1991). While in Dallas, he founded "Stage #1," a professional acting company, and served as its artistic director for eight years. Clay's teachers included Lee Strasberg, Martha Graham and Eric Hawkins. Among his best-known students were Kathy Bates, Powers Boothe, Patricia Richardson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley and Christopher Evan Welch.
Clay was also a distinguished member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre.
Clay died on September 2, 2019, in Seattle.<ref>[https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/performing-arts/2019/09/05/jack-clay-whose-smu-drama-proteges-included-oscar-and-pulitzer-prize-winners-dies-at-92/ Jack Clay, whose SMU drama protégés included Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winners, dies at 92] by Michael Granberry. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 5 Sep 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-08.</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite news | last=Hulbert | first=Dan | title=Suddenly the Accent is Southern | work=The New York Times | date=December 6, 1981 | url = http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C0CE3D61738F935A35751C1A967948260 |accessdate=2006-10-03 }}<!--SUDDENLY THE ACCENT IS SOUTHERN By MEL GUSSOW Dan Hulbert is theater critic for The Dallas Times Herald. By DAN HULBERT DALLAS The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University here has discovered an interesting formula for developing young playwrights - offer them degrees in every area of theater except playwriting, then send them out into the world as journeymen actors and directors. After a few years, says Jack Heifner, author of ''Vanities,'' ''situa... December 6, 1981 Arts Review - snippet for article research. Please do no delete. --> *{{cite video | people=Kathy Bates, James Lipton | title=Inside the Actors Studio, Episode #4.12 | medium=VHS | publisher=Actors Studio Drama School | location=New School University, New York, New York | date=November 8, 1998 }} *{{cite news | last=Wilonsky | first=Robert | title=In Character | work=The Dallas Observer | date=April 24, 2003 | url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2003-04-24/film/film5_full.html | accessdate=2006-10-03 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *{{cite web | title=Members | publisher=College of Fellows of the American Theatre | url=http://www.thecollegeoffellows.org/html/members.html | accessdate=2006-10-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929182701/http://www.thecollegeoffellows.org/html/members.html | archive-date=2006-09-29 | url-status=dead }} *{{cite web | title=The Jack Clay Endowed Fellowship | publisher=University of Washington School of Drama | url=http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/support/fundsandprograms.html | accessdate=2006-10-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829024855/http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/support/fundsandprograms.html |archivedate=2006-08-29}}
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