“My mama does not want people to be sad,” Jesse Osborne said. It was a notably empowered and empowering take on an often-problematic character and a reminder of Mortensen’s comfort with the biggest artistic risks. But the director, William Brown, set up Mortensen’s character as a go-getter who had yet to learn how the wisdom of age should and can overcome unwise temptation. In 2016, Mortensen, who had not generally done musicals, left her comfort zone entirely to play Joanne in the Writers Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” a role for which she seemed too young. “I saw ‘Faith Healer’ again and again and I was just stunned that this actress was also my mom. “Art really imitated life,” said Jesse Osborne, the couple’s oldest daughter. Lia made everyone better than they were.” “When you were on stage with Lia,” Si Osborne said, “you danced like Nureyev, you spoke like James Earl Jones, you thought like Einstein and you moved like the wind. “That was classic Frank.Lia Mortensen in "Company" at Writers Theatre. “His first remarks when I helped him to the stage, because he was in a wheelchair at the time, was the Beckett quote : ‘You must go on. Galati was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in November, an honor bestowed “on those who have made outstanding contributions to the American Theater.” It was Jones who introduced his dear friend at the event. The impact he had on Chicago theater, on American theater over 50 years as a writer, director, teacher and innovator is simply immeasurable. “Frank was always concerned that no matter how dynamic or innovative his works were they had to connect with with audience.
He found joy wherever possible, and yet he was as serious a theater artist as you’ll find,” said Roche Schulfer, executive director/CEO of the Goodman Theater. “Nobody loved to laugh like Frank Galati. Galati’s sense of joy that permeated the reminiscences of his colleagues and friends. Galati a “brilliant writer, director and actor, a tremendous talent, and while his loss will be felt with sadness by all of us, his legacy of great work and his genuine kindness and generosity as a wonderful person will live on and on.” In a statement to the Sun-Times, Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder and actor Gary Sinise called Mr. Other accolades include the League of Chicago Theatres Artistic Leadership Award, and an NAACP Theatre Award. He is the recipient of nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work in Chicago theater. Galati was inducted in to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2004. The sad news came out this weekend that the long-time actress had passed away. Frank carved out a legacy not only in Chicago theater but in national and international theater.” Markie Post, who played Barbara Bunny Fletcher on the Chicago P.D. Galati’s adaptation of “East of Eden” at Steppenwolf in 2015, said his late friend was the epitome of “leading through encouragement.
You’re gonna find it through practicing.’ ”
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At the end of a scene he was directing, even if it was a very long scene, where most directors would have a long critique or a series of fixes, would just giggle and tell the actors, ‘I love it. He knew criticism was the enemy of creating things. “This is just unbearable,” Kinney said, crying, as he continued to speak of the loss of his friend and colleague.
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