Paul W. Dervis
February 28, 1955 ~ June 13, 2022
Resided in:
Portland, Maine
Portland - Paul Dervis, born February 28, 1955 in Boston, died peacefully June 13, 2022, in Portland, Maine.
Paul, a graduate of Tufts University, was a playwright, director, teacher and critic. He founded and ran Alley Theatre and Theatre Redux, both Cambridge MA, the New Ottawa Repertory Theatre Ottawa Canada and Storm Warnings Theatre, Portland Maine. Paul wrote over thirty plays, directed hundreds of plays and particularly loved new scripts.
He passionately followed Boston sports teams and spent decades creating an outstanding sports card collection.
Paul is survived and mourned by his wife, Pamela Walker (Ottawa); daughter, Esmé Dervis, (McGill University and Ottawa); his grandchildren, Dianne Dervis (Cambridge MA) and Tyler Dervis (Old Orchard Beach, Maine); and their grandmother, Jennifer Dervis. He was predeceased by his daughter, Kimberly and his brother Peter Dervis. He will be missed by many beloved family and friends in New York, Boston, Maine, and Canada.
Tributes to Paul can be read at https://artsfuse.org/259197/a-remembrance-of-theater-artist-paul-dervis-embracing-the-incomprehensible/
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Paul was my best and most consistent friend in the theater. He allowed me to spend my early days at the Alley Theatre in Cambridge during the 80s. He championed my play and staged a production in the 90s. Then we met again in New York decades later and started meeting every summer to work on his new scripts. And talk. A lot. Whether at Tara’s apartment or his favorite Starbucks or Gena’s Grill on 1st Ave or just hanging around. I even spent a weekend in Portland at the house he shared with his father so I could see a Scottish music festival in Old Beach.
This summer is not the same. I miss him.