Ronald Tavel (1936-2009) was an American screenwriter, director, novelist, poet, and actor best known for his work with Andy Warhol and The Factory. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Tavel graduated from Brooklyn College and later attended the University of Wyoming, where he earned a master's degree in creative writing in 1959. Tavel worked as a screenwriter during the 1960s for many of Andy Warhol's underground films including Chelsea Girls. Tavel worked with other members of Warhol's Factory crowd, including Freddie Herko, Ondine, Mary Woronov, Billy Name, and Brigid Berlin. He also received the Obie Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theater in 1969, for the musical drama Boy on the Straight Back Chair.
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting
Ronald Tavel
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting
Region: Gulfport, FL
MacDowell Fellowships: 1988
More:
www.ronaldtavel.com
Studios
Mixter
Ronald Tavel worked in the Mixter studio.
Built in 1927–1930, the Florence Kilpatrick Mixter Studio was funded by its namesake and designed by the architect F. Winsor, Jr., who also designed MacDowell's original Savidge Library in 1925. Mixter Studio, solidly built of yellow and grey-hued granite, once had sweeping views of Pack Monadnock to the east. The lush forest has now grown…