Frank A. Barnhart
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Frank A. Barnhart is an American actor, producer, director, and college professor. An openly
Coming out
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gay
Gay
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man, his primary work is in Gay and Lesbian Theatre. He was responsible for moving "The National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival" to Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
in 2002. He was director of The Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival through 2006. In 2003 he received the OOBR Award for Outstanding off-off Broadway Play for his production of Members of the Tribe. His one man version of Marlowe's Edward the Second, titled One Edward 2, played the Wings Theatre in NYC in 1997. He is currently the executive director of Actors Theatre of Columbus
Actors Theatre of Columbus
Actors Theatre of Columbus is a performing arts theater troupe located in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1982 by Gary and Patricia Ellson, and was initially called Actors' Summer Theatre...
, Ohio, which produces classic theater in a wonderful outdoor setting in the heart of German Village
German Village
German Village is a historic neighborhood just south of downtown Columbus. It was settled by a large number of German immigrants in the early-to-mid-19th century, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the population of the entire city...
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Frank Barnhart is also a professor for theater and communications classes at Columbus State Community College, as well as Capital University, both located in Columbus Ohio.