Emily Mann
Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre.
As she celebrates her 20th season as artistic director of Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, Emily Mann recalls the factors she considered when taking on the job; counsel she received at the time from directors Peter Hall and Mark Lamos; how she has evolved the McCarter audience in the direction of the work that most appeals to her; and her unique role as artistic director, director and playwright – including whether each of those roles ever gets in the way of the others. She also talks about making her way in the theatre as a female director and playwright coming up in the 1970s; her breakthrough as the first woman to direct on the mainstage of the Guthrie Theatre during Alvin Epstein’s brief tenure leading the company; the development of her own playwriting style of documentary theatre through such acclaimed plays as Still Life and Execution of Justice; sharing a toast with Harold Pinter just after President Obama’s election; working with Edward Albee on several plays, notably his newest, Me Myself & I; and why she chose to revisit Having Our Say at McCarter 14 years after its original Broadway success.
Original airdate – January 18, 2010.
Running time – 59:58.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Emily Mann program page.
You can also download directly the Emily Mann program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:44 am
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