Robert Kelly taking final bows after 50 years at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A portrait of the founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. The company recently won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A portrait of the founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. The company recently won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A portrait of the founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. The company recently won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A portrait of the founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. The company recently won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A portrait of the founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. The company recently won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A miniature set of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's production, "The Language Archive," is visible in the office of the founding artistic director, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley was recently awarded the Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor a regional theater can receive. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A miniature set of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's production, "The Language Archive," is visible in the office of the founding artistic director, Robert Kelley, on June 27, 2019. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: A miniature set of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's production, "Twentieth Century," is displayed in the company's headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., on June 27, 2019. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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REDWOOD CITY, CA - JUNE 27: Founding artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Robert Kelley, talks during an interview with this news organization on June 27, 2019, in Redwood City, Calif. Kelley is retiring after 50 years at the company he founded and has run since shortly after graduating from Stanford University in 1970. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)