REX KNOWLES

Rex Knowles is Executive Director of the Chattanooga State Repertory Theatre (CSRT) and the Professional Actor Training Program at Chattanooga State Community College in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

As a theatrical producer, his productions have garnered numerous Los Angeles Drama Critic's awards (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Drama-Logue, LA Reader, LA Weekly), including awards for best production, best director, best actor, and best ensemble. In the Fall of 2008l, he produced That Other Woman’s Child for the New York Musical Theatre Festival.  Critics wrote about the musical, written by Sherry Landrum, his wife, and George S. Clinton, a long-time friend, "That Other Woman’s Child could do for the bluegrass state what Oklahoma did for the territories and Riverdance did for the Emerald Isle.” “Don’t miss this show. Its beautifully staged, well performed, and a great time.” 

As an actor, Rex has appeared in commercials, movies, television shows, includig the classics M*A*S*H, Starsky and Hutch and The Dukes of Hazzard.  Most recently he played Roy Cohn in CSRT's production of Angels in America. He performs with the award winning impro comedy troupe, Chattanoodle.

Rex has written for the game shows "Jackpot," "The New $25,000 Pyramid," "Top Card," and "Academic Bowl" and was associate producer on ABC’s “Double Talk.”  He wrote The Nutcracker Christmas Carol, a musical comedy presented by the CSRT.  His comedy, The Night Reginald Filbert Called it Quits, was Grand Prize winner of the Festival of New Plays at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Rosemary Leaves was produced by CSRT for their summer theatre festival.

Rex lived with his family for fifteen years in Los Angeles, where his daughters were born. For ten years, he lived in New York where he was full-time faculty and administrator of The New Actors Workshop, a two year professional actor training program founded by George Morrison, Mike Nichols and Paul Sills.

Rex holds a Masters Degree in Theology and the Arts from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He is a member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and the Dramatists Guild. He is the proud father of two daughters, Canedy and Jessie, and one granddaughter, Lexi.