Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Regional Theatre
In January of 1987, noted director, educator and SDC Board Member Mary Robinson met with directors Mark Lamos and Nagle Jackson to discuss running regional theatres. At the time, these two men were the Artistic Directors of Hartford Stage and Princeton’s McCarter Theatre respectively. The conversation begins as many of SDCF’s one-on-one [...]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Directing Shakespeare
In May of 1988, esteemed Shakespearean acting teacher Ada Brown Mather discussed the bard’s work with three of its contemporary master directors: Zoe Caldwell, Gerald Freedman, and Stuart Vaughn. Mather first introduces us to the work of the panelists, and then she begins a discussion framed by the questions “why do we get [...]
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Susan H. Schulman
In March of 1994, not long after the close of her hit Broadway production of The Secret Garden, Susan H. Schulman sat down with Director Melvin Bernhardt to discuss her life in the theatre. Ms. Schulman walks a captivated audience of early-career Directors and Choreographers through her career to date, spanning neighborhood [...]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
In this discussion with Director-Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett in February of 2000, listen to a two-time Tony nominee share her research into the complex history and techniques of competitive swing dance. She tells about the improvisation and experimentation involved during her workshop process to adapt this dance form for the Broadway stage in the [...]
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Marshall Mason and Lanford Wilson
For decades, Marshall Mason and Lanford Wilson have been seminal figures in the theatre industry. Their artistic partnership spans nearly forty years and is recognized as being among the most enduring in the American Theatre. Their work together – from Balm in Gilead to the more recent Book of Days [...]
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