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Albert Innaurato (Cyclopedia of World Authors)

Albert Innaurato (ihn-ohr-AH-toh) was born in the Italian area of South Philadelphia. His background in this neighborhood provided a source for many of the situations and characters in his plays. He received his bachelor’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an M.F.A. degree in 1974. Innaurato was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975 and an Obie Award in 1977. He has also been playwright-in-residence at the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Circle Repertory Company in New York.

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