Director, producer, writer Shepard Traube was born February 27, 1907 in Malden, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1929. During World War II he served with the U. S. Army Signal Corps where he received the Meritorious Unit Citation and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's Medal for Distinguished War Entertainment.
Traube's involvement with theater spans more than 50 years. His earliest jobs included being a theater press representative and later a director and actor with the Washington Square Players. In 1930 he served as assistant stage manager for Twelfth Night. The following year he co-produced Precedent and No More Frontier at the Provincetown Playhouse, and was also director of the latter production.
Other plays which Traube both produced/co-produced and directed are Angel Street (1941, 1975 revival), But Not for Love (1934), Children of the Wind (1973), The Gioconda Smile (1950), The Girl in the Pink Tights (1954), Goodbye Again (1956), The Grand Prize (1955), The Green Bay Tree (1951), Holiday for Lovers (1957), Keep Off the Grass (1973), Memo (1963), Monique (1957), The Sophisticrats (1933), The Stranger (1945), and Time Out for Ginger (1952).
Traube directed The Patriots (1943), which was voted Best Play by the New York Drama Critics Circle; The Tunnel of Love (1958, tour); Venus at Large (1963); and Winter Soldiers (1942). He also produced Bell, Book, and Candle (1951-1953, tour) and Undercover Man (1966).
His motion picture credits include Goose Step, Street of Memories, The Bride Wore Crutches and For Beauty's Sake, all of which he directed.
In addition Traube authored several works including the book So You Want to Go into the Theatre; a novel, Glory Road; and several magazine articles.
