From his NY Times Obituary, June 25, 1991
Kevin O’Connor, An Actor, Director And Teacher, 56
Kevin O’Connor, a theater actor, director and teacher, died on Saturday at the New York University Medical Center. He was 56 years old and lived at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan.
He died of cancer, his brother, Patrick, said.
Mr. O’Connor made his first appearances as an actor Off Off Broadway at the Theater Genesis, and in 1965 joined the experimental Off Broadway troupe La Mama. He made three European tours with the company, and also performed at the Spoleto and Edinburgh Festivals and in London’s West End.
He appeared in plays by Leonard Melfi, Sam Shepard, Rochelle Owens and Lanford Wilson, among others, and won the Drama Desk Award for acting in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. His last performances at La Mama were in 1985, in “The Dark and Mr. Stone,” by Paul Foster. Portrayed ‘Madness Itself’
In a review of Mr. O’Connor’s performance in “Eyes of Chalk” in 1972, the New York Times critic Mel Gussow wrote that the actor “is able to portray not only a person going mad, but madness itself.”
| Credit Type | Production | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | Thrombo | 1984-85 Season |