I recently started an interview series The Working Director , very much modeled after Adam Szymkowicz’s I Interview Playwrights blog. Since the idea is to start conversation around what it means to be a working director, I followed up with the original interviews. We’d love your comments! Today is Che’Rae Adams part 2 ~ Read …
Tag Archive: Directors Lab West
Aug
17
The Working Director Follow-up | Richard Tatum
I recently started an interview series The Working Director, very much modeled after Adam Szymkowicz’s I Interview Playwrights blog. Since the idea is to start conversation around what it means to be a working director, I followed up with the original interviews. We’d love your comments! First up is Richard Tatum, who had two shows …
Jun
15
2 Plays Premiere, San Diego & a Lab
Hi all! A special thank you to everyone for your support through our Voices From Chornobyl 25th Anniversary Events. Thanks to your support we were able to bring the show to three very different groups of audiences, and #3 on this list is greatly due to what we were able to accomplish in April. The …
May
23
The Working Director | Che’Rae Adams
Che’Rae Adams is a good friend, and amazing collaborator as Director & Dramaturg. Remounting Karen Anzoategui’s solo show SER at the Hollywood Fringe Festival interests me and so I invited her to be profiled as a Working Director. You can also read about my personal experience in her workshop at the LA Writer’s Center here, …
May
17
The Working Director | Jacob Smith
I was interested in interviewing Jacob because of the high praise he received from a colleague Gregory Crafts , while in rehearsals and performance at Theatre Unleashed . This theater company and director caught my attention in large part because they always donate a portion of their ticket income to a related cause, much like …
Apr
30
If A Director Falls in the Woods…
Directing is a solitary vocation. There’s a great story Anne Bogart tells in an American Theater Wing podcast. She arrived at an event for Directors and when asked why she was late, Bogart replied she had been in rehearsal. All the Directors stopped and immediately went to take care of her. “Oh, you’ve been in …
Feb
11
Through
I just found and very much like this quote. It’s exactly how I feel at this moment: “The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as …
Sep
02
Directors Lab West Alum Profiles: Janet Miller
Directors Lab West Alum Profiles: Janet Miller “Long Live Directors Lab West!” It was a great experience being with like minded colleagues for an entire week. Definitely exceeded expectations! The panels and speakers were so inspiring. Most memorable moment? Stephen Wadsworth. His session was our very last and the perfect way to finish the Lab. …
Sep
02
Directors Lab West Alum Profiles: Pavel Cerny
Directors Lab West Alum Profiles This Saturday, the tenth annual Directors Lab West begins. I continue profiling Lab Alums with: Pavel Cerny “check it out in history books” Being originally a film director, I did not know a whole lot about working with stage actors (even though I of course picked up a lot in …
Aug
23
Directors Lab West Alum: Che'Rae Adams & John Kauffman
Continuing this series of Alum Profiles, I bring you Che’Rae Adams & John Kauffman: Che’Rae Adams I attended the lab in 2000 and it was fantastic! I met many other directors who were like minded and learned a lot about our community. My favorite memory…is when George Furth came and told his wild stories! My …
Aug
08
Directors Lab West Alum Profile: Carrie Klewin
The Directors Lab West kicks off its tenth year on September 4th, hosted by the LATC. This is the first in a series of profiles, where you’ll meet the many great directors who attended the Lab: ten days of workshops, panels, shows and more. Learn what the experience means to Directors and how they benefited. …
Jul
22
Writing from Directors Lab West workshop
In 2008, I had the pleasure of attending the Directors Lab West, a series of workshops, talks, field trips and amazing cups of coffee with colleagues. Although more poetic to say that it’s hard to explain exactly how the Lab helped me and my career, that it just not the case. I can directly trace …
