Wes Sanders performed a variety of roles in Chicago, Boston and New York theaters––joining Equity in 1966––while completing his doctoral work in Drama at Northwestern University (P...visualizza altroWes Sanders performed a variety of roles in Chicago, Boston and New York theaters––joining Equity in 1966––while completing his doctoral work in Drama at Northwestern University (Ph.D., 1969). He served as a tenured Associate Professor of Theater & English at Oberlin College, 1967-78, directing 17 productions from Euripides to Beckett.Wes resigned from Oberlin, to start Underground Railway Theater (URT) with partner Debra Wise (1978). He served as Founding Artistic Director of the troupe for 20 years––acting, directing, singing, making and performing puppets, playwriting and teaching art-residencies. The company built its own theater in 2008 (Cambridge, Mass.) and celebrated 44 years of continuous production in 2022.Wes resigned from the staff of URT in 1998 to work on climate-change full-time. He lives in Denver.visualizza meno