Joe Dowling
Artistic Director of The Guthrie Theatre.
Guthrie Theatre Artistic Director Joe Dowling talks about the company’s move from its historic home into a brand new facility, including the reaction of the Minneapolis audiences to the shift; his own training as an actor at Ireland’s Abbey School of Acting and his swift rise to the position of artistic director at the Abbey at age 29 — only to depart seven years later; why his post-Ireland career took him to America instead of England; his first New York productions — an acclaimed Translations for Manhattan Theatre Club and a panned Playboy of the Western World for Roundabout; why he particularly enjoyed working with American actors when he arrived — even more than with their Irish counterparts; and why he believes there will never be an American national theatre on the European model.
Original airdate – June 8, 2007.
Running time – 58:04.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Joe Dowling program page.
You can also download directly the Joe Dowling program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
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