'Children of a Lesser God' writer Mark Medoff dies at 79

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Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose 'Children of a Lesser God' won Tony and Olivier awards and whose screen adaptation of his play earned an Oscar nomination, has died in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was 79.

FILE - In this April 8, 2004 file photo, playwright Mark Medoff, left, and actress Phyllis Frelich pose for a photo in New York. Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose "Children of a Lesser God" won Tony and Olivier awards and whose screen adaptation of his play earned an Oscar nomination, has died in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was 79.

Phyllis Frelich won a Tony in 1980 for her Broadway portrayal of Sarah Norman, the deaf woman at the heart of the play, which ran for almost 900 performances. It was later made into a movie, which won an Academy Award for actress Marlee Matlin, who co-starred opposite William Hurt."He had a way of making every creative heart with whom he worked feel as if their work, or their part in his work, was the single most important thing to him in the moment.

Medoff's work often tackled social issues, from animal testing and AIDS in the play "Prymate," to American myths and disorders in the Obie-winning stage work "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder" to poverty in India in his screenplay for the 1992 film "City of Joy." His 2015 play, "Marilee and Baby Lamb: The Assassination of an American Goddess," is about the last days of Marilyn Monroe.

Medoff was co-founder of the American Southwest Theatre Company and head of the Department of Theatre Arts for nine years at New Mexico State University, where he taught for years. He helped form the Creative Media Institute for Film & Digital Arts in 2005. His second original Broadway play was in 2004 with "Prymate," which closed quickly after 23 previews and five performances, having in one week only grossed 8 per cent of the theatre's capacity.

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