- Son of Viola Spolin
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "Story Theatre."
- Read with Robert De Niro for the role of Father Gabriel.
- He was awarded the 1971 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Direction for "Metamorphoses" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- (August 20, 1953) He played Peleg in his play, "The Coming of Bildad," at the Playwrights Theatre Club in Chicago, Illinois with Eugene Troobnick (Bildad); Owen Canliffe (Jered); Bob Michaels (Friend); Joy Grodzins (Marta); Edward Asner (Brother Thomas); Thomas Erhart (Brother John); Creighton Clarke (Brother Samuel); Zohra Alton and Estelle Luttrell (street vendors); and Jean Mowry (Anora) in the cast. David Shepherd was director.
- "Paul Sills Story Theatre" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Production.
- Paul Sills was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Direction for "Paul Sills Story Theatre" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- "Metamorphoses," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1971 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Production.
- Cofounder of Compass Players in Chicago with David Shepherd ( Manhattan, 10 October 1924--17 December 2018 Holyoke, Massachussets,).
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