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Director Whitney White on Depth and the Magic of Theater
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English - April 23, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Music Music Commentary wnyc wqxr composers artists music interviews sound design classical Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Whitney White is an actor, singer, Obie Award winner, and winner of the Lilly Award, which recognizes extraordinary women in theater. White has directed productions of James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner; Aleshea Harris’ What to Send Up When It Goes Down, a work about the victims of racialized violence; and Jocelyn Bioh’s Broadway play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. She also directed productions of Shakespeare’s Richard III and Othello. In this episode, White shares how powerful moments on stage often originate in the body, not the mind. She also talks about how she preserves her inner self amidst the demands of large-scale productions, and what it means to embrace and live in her full self.