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 …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:52AMIn 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 Va…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:52AMIn 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…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:38AMIn 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 compe…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:13AMFor 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 mo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:24AMIn this ninety minute discussion with Arthur Penn, catch a glimpse of the artistic processes which make this legend of directing such an artistic triple threat. To date, he is still the only…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:08PMWorld renowned designer for the stage Ming Cho Lee spoke to a crowd of early career directors and choreographers in April of 1999 at SDCF's annual Symposium. The focus of this discussion was…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:37AMFamed playwright Edward Albee sat for an interview with frequent collaborator Larry Sacharow before an audience of professional theatre artists and students at Fordham University in December…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:18AMBeginning in January 1985, SDCF held a series of interviews with Actors Who Direct in order to explore with live audiences of theatre enthusiasts, professional theatre artists, and SDC Membe…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:25PMIn January of 2000, Joe Dowling met with SDC Members and guests at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre to discuss his career in the classics. It is a career that began long before his appointment a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:31AMIn 2002, theatre icon Harold Prince gave the opening remarks to a packed house of esteemed theatre artists, professional directors and choreographers, and aspiring early-career post graduate…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:57PMIn June of 1995, SDCF brought one of Broadway's most beloved directors to New Dramatists for a conversation about comedy. Collaborators are quoted as saying "I would like to be surgically a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:30PMRenowned stage and film actor and Tony nominated stage director Austin Pendleton made time for an interview in April of 1999 with former SDCF Executive Director David Diamond. This 90 minut…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:12PMDays before the close of 1986's Tony Award winner for "Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical" "Hay Fever", Director Brian Murray sat down with Ada Brown Mather to discuss Mr. Coward's retur…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:04PMJust two months after the opening of his Tony Award winning production of "The House of Blue Leaves", Director Jerry Zaks spoke to a packed house at Westside Arts Theater in the first instal…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:07PMSDCF's James Furlong sat down with two preeminent stage directors who also design, Richard Foreman and Wilford Leach, for a 90 minute discussion about navigating the often contentious relati…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:27PMAt St. Mary's Church in Manhattan on September 19, 1986 SDCF hosted the second installation in a series of interviews with "Actors Who Direct". This interview moderated by Ike Schambelan, f…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:31AMOff-Off Broadway pioneer Ellen Stewart gave a candid interview to SDCF Executive Director David Diamond for a packed audience of theatre artists at ArtsConnection on June 13, 1994. The cent…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:54PMOn February 4, 1996 the Drama League Directors Project co-hosted with SDCF a moderated discussion between Director/Choreographer Gillian Lynne and musical Director/Arranger Marvin Laird. In …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:32AMFresh off of the successful opening of "Driving Miss Daisy" starring Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman, Director Ron Lagomarsino sat down with SDCF's Steve Kaplan in January of 1988 to discuss di…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:07PMIn April of 1986, the day after their play "The Petition", staring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, began its short lived run on Broadway, writer/producer Brian Clark and producer/director Rob…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:06AMFritz Ertl sat down with George Ferencz to discuss Sam Shepard at New Dramatists in January of 1985. The conversation begins dominated by questions concerning the musicality of Shepard's ea…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:52PMProfessor/Playwright Steven Drukman sat down with theatre artist Richard Foreman in April of 1997 at Artsconnection to discuss theatrical innovation in an interview co-sponsored by SDCF and …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:10PMIn 2001, Charles Repole and Joe Miloscia of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation had the opportunity to bring together a trio of Broadway's hottest hit-makers for a special conv…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:12AMOn April 27, 1986 frequent SDCF interviewer and legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with director Sir Jonathan Miller to discuss Eugene O'Neill's work one day before his revival…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:35AMIn November of 1986, legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with Roderick Cook at Westside Arts Theatre to discuss his affinity for acting, directing and presenting the words and w…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:28AMIn December of 2001, renowned director Jack O'Brien was interviewed by his former protégé, John Rando, as part of SDCF's One-on-One conversation series. In this 30-minute session Rando an…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:54PMOn November 28, 1988 Elinor Renfield sat down with Austin Pendelton at Westside Arts Theatre to discuss the experience of directing Michael Weller's "Spoils of War". In this candid in-depth…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:14PMIn December of 1992 a conversation with David Mamet was presented in New York City at Marymount Manhattan College. In this candid discussion Mamet covers writing, directing, the critics and …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:57PMIn Spring of 2006, Tony-award winning directors Daniel Sullivan and Doug Hughes were both in the midst of mounting shows at the Manhattan Theatre Club and agreed to sit down with MTC directo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:32PMOn February 9, 2004, Tony Award winning choreographer and director Kathleen Marshall sat down for a One-on-One Conversation with Ted Chapin, President and Executive Director of the Rodgers a…
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