SDCF Podcast Series
404 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAbout: The SDCF Podcast series includes insightful and in-depth conversations about the working processes and experiences of directors and choreographers. This series features four decades of interviews and panel discussions with some of the field’s most distinguished luminaries, including Hal Prince and Lloyd Richards. Recent episodes include conversations with such notable artists as Anne Kauffman, Raja Feather Kelly, Seret Scott, Leigh Silverman, Twyla Tharp, and Mark Valdez. Dive into our archives to hear the story of the American theatre, told by those who helped create its history and are charting the course of its future.
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Please note: The conversations in these podcasts date back to 1980 and may contain language that is not representative of the Foundation’s current ethos. We believe these conversations should be made available as an educational and informative resource for theatre artists. Due to the historical nature of this podcast archive, there may be outdated language or content. Therefore, we ask listeners to reach out to us if they feel any of our podcasts need additional review due to content. Additionally, we are happy to have any of our episodes transcribed upon request.
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Episodes
Generating Your Own Work
October 08, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBOn July 22, 2013, SDCF and New York’s Culture Project co-hosted a panel discussion on generating your own work. The panel consisted of three highly regarded artists: Rachel Alderman, Leigh Fondakowski, and Maija Garcia.
SAGF + SDCF Panel: The New Generation of Musical Theatre
September 24, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 259 MBOn July 8, 2013, SDCF hosted a panel discussion focused on the future of musical theatre. The panel featured writer Rick Elice, songwriter Jeff Bowen, singer/songwriter Amanda Green, director Stafford Arima, choreographer Kelly Devine and songwriter Benj Pasek. This conversation zeroes in on collaboration, the audition process and accepted genres of music as changing factors in the development of musical theatre today.
TDF Replay: In Conversation with Joe Mantello
September 10, 2014 14:00 - 111 MBIn June 2011, Thomas Kail sat in conversation with Joe Mantello backstage at the Golden Theater. From Mantello's dressing room, their conversation traces his arc from actor to director and back, and the responsibility of taking risks to continue to evolve throughout a career.
SDCF Podcast Series Replay: One-on-One Conversation with Joe Mantello and Thomas Kail
September 10, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBIn June 2011, Thomas Kail sat in conversation with Joe Mantello backstage at the Golden Theater. From Mantello's dressing room, their conversation traces his arc from actor to director and back, and the responsibility of taking risks to continue to evolve throughout a career.
How to Use a Dramaturg
August 27, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBRecorded in 1989 by SDC Foundation, How to Use A Dramaturg explores the invaluable and often misunderstood position of dramaturgy in the theatrical process. Moderated by James Leverett, the panel consisted of playwright Richard Dresser, New York Theatre Workshop Artistic Director Jim Nicola, freelance dramaturg Morgan Jenness, and Playwrights Horizons Literary Manager Tim Sanford.
One-on-One Conversation with Sean Mathias and Derek McLane
August 13, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBOn March 24, 2014, director Sean Mathias and designer Derek McLane sat down for a One-on-One coversation at New York’s National Opera Center. Listen as they discuss the collaborative exchange between directors and designers while detailing many of their individual styles and techniques.
Sean Mathias and Derek McLane One-on-One
August 13, 2014 14:00 - 166 MBOn March 24, 2014, director Sean Mathias and designer Derek McLane sat down for a One-on-One coversation at New York’s National Opera Center. Listen as they discuss the collaborative exchange between directors and designers while detailing many of their individual styles and techniques.
The Cycle of Assisting
July 23, 2014 15:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBOn May 20, 2013, at the Emerging Artists Symposium on Musicals, SDCF hosted a panel discussion called “The Cycle of Assisting” with dir/chor Maija Garcia and directors Shaun Peknic and Seth Sklar-Hey.
Barlett Sher Julie Taymor One-on-One
July 02, 2014 16:00 - 172 MBOn April 29, 2014, director Anne Bogart moderated a One-on-One discussion with directors Bartlett Sher and Julie Taymor at New York’s National Opera Center. Listen as they discuss their respective backgrounds, training, and inspirations.
One-on-One Conversation with Barlett Sher and Julie Taymor
July 02, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBOn April 29, 2014, director Anne Bogart moderated a One-on-One discussion with directors Bartlett Sher and Julie Taymor at New York’s National Opera Center. Listen as they discuss their respective backgrounds, training, and inspirations.
On collaboration: Marshall Mason
April 04, 2014 19:55 - 19.2 MBOn collaboration: Marshall Mason: At the SDCF 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Plays on June 17, 2013, SDCF hosted legendary director Marshall Mason to speak about his extraordinary collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford. Mason's collaboration with Wilson has been certified by Playbill as the longest collaboration between a writer and director in the history of the American theater, and is perhaps the finest example of collaboration in the recent American Theatre. List...
On Collaboration: Marshall Mason
April 04, 2014 19:55 - 1 hour - 19.2 MBAt the SDCF 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Plays on June 17, 2013, SDCF hosted legendary director Marshall Mason to speak about his extraordinary collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford. Mason's collaboration with Wilson has been certified by Playbill as the longest collaboration between a writer and director in the history of the American theater, and is perhaps the finest example of collaboration in the recent American Theatre. Listen in is as Mason gives his person...
Marianne Weems/Erica Laird: Directing with Technology and Music
April 04, 2014 19:54 - 18.4 MBMarianne Weems/Erica Laird: Directing w/Technology and Music: At its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Plays, SDCF hosted Artistic Director and Managing Director of The Builders Association, Marianne Weems and Erica Laird, in conversation on the process of directing and producing a production using multi-media elements. Listen as they share the intricacies involved in rehearsing and maintaining a piece when working with both human and non-human counterparts and how to fuse the two to symbiot...
Marianne Weems & Erica Laird on Directing with Technology and Music
April 04, 2014 19:54 - 1 hour - 18.4 MBAt its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Plays, SDCF hosted Artistic Director and Managing Director of The Builders Association, Marianne Weems and Erica Laird, in conversation on the process of directing and producing a production using multi-media elements. Listen as they share the intricacies involved in rehearsing and maintaining a piece when working with both human and non-human counterparts and how to fuse the two to symbiotically create a piece of holistic, organic art. The two will ...
Directing and Choreographing New Musicals: Dan Knechtges
April 04, 2014 19:52 - 17.2 MBDirecting and Choreographing New Musicals: Dan Knechtges: At its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, SDCF hosted Tony nominated Dan Knechtges (Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, Spelling Bee) in conversation with Producing Director Ellen Rusconi on his experiences directing and choreographing musicals from the classics to more contemporary works. From his theatre experiences while growing up in Cleveland to his transition from performer to the other side of the table, this discussion - pepper...
Dan Knechtges on Directing and Choreographing New Musicals
April 04, 2014 19:52 - 59 minutes - 17.2 MBAt its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, SDCF hosted Tony nominated Dan Knechtges (Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, Spelling Bee) in conversation with Producing Director Ellen Rusconi on his experiences directing and choreographing musicals from the classics to more contemporary works. From his theatre experiences while growing up in Cleveland to his transition from performer to the other side of the table, this discussion - peppered with a dash of humor, sentiment, and survival jobs - ex...
A Director's Life: Creative Development and Renewal
April 04, 2014 19:50 - 1 hour - 23.6 MBA Director's Life: Creative Development and Renewal: On June 18, 2011, SDCF Executive Director Laura Penn moderated a panel at the TCG conference featuring Gil Cates, Curt Columbus, Jeffrey Horowitz, Susan Medak, Madeline Puzo, and Julie Taymor to consider the centrality of the director's role in theatre today. This panel of well-regarded directors and national theatre leaders engages in thoughtful and dynamic discussion about how directors grow as distinctive artists over a lifetime and ho...
Mary Overlie and Moises Kaufman
April 04, 2014 19:48 - 25.7 MBMary Overlie and Moises Kaufman: On May 19th, 1999, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation hosted a One-on-One Conversation with Moises Kaufman, playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project, and Mary Overlie, the discoverer of Viewpoints. The two artists discuss the meaning behind theatrical theory and how that relates to their work. Kaufman describes his process in developing The Laramie Project as an exploration of relating theatre to recent current events. He and hi...
One-on-One Conversation with Mary Overlie and Moisés Kaufman
April 04, 2014 19:48 - 1 hour - 25.7 MBMary Overlie and Moisés Kaufman: On May 19th, 1999, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation hosted a One-on-One Conversation with Moisés Kaufman, playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project, and Mary Overlie, the discoverer of Viewpoints. The two artists discuss the meaning behind theatrical theory and how that relates to their work. Kaufman describes his process in developing The Laramie Project as an exploration of relating theatre to recent current events. He and hi...
Staging Revivals: Marcia Milgrom Dodge and Chet Walker
April 04, 2014 19:46 - 1 hour - 19.9 MBStaging Revivals: Marcia Milgrom Dodge and Chet Walker: At the SDCF 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals on May 20, 2013, internationally-acclaimed director/choreographers Chet Walker and Marcia Milgrom Dodge shared their expertise of applying a fresh perspective to the revival of a musical subsequent to an iconic production. They share their personal artistic processes, the questions they ask of a piece, and their thoughts on casting actors’ familiar with prior productions. This candi...
Discovering Talent and New Work: Robyn Goodman
April 04, 2014 19:43 - 1 hour - 20.3 MBDiscovering Talent and New Work: Robyn Goodman: At its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, Robyn Goodman, Commercial Producer and Founder of Second Stage Theatre, spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about discovering talent and developing new work in today's dynamic theatre climate. Goodman (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Altar Boyz) infuses her perspective as an actor turned producer with a well-rounded view of a production from page to ...
2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals: Discovering Talent and New Work with Robyn Goodman
April 04, 2014 19:43 - 1 hour - 20.3 MBAt its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, Robyn Goodman, Commercial Producer and Founder of Second Stage Theatre, spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about discovering talent and developing new work in today's dynamic theatre climate. Goodman (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Altar Boyz) infuses her perspective as an actor turned producer with a well-rounded view of a production from page to stage and everything in between. Listen to her a...
One on One with Steven Hoggett
April 04, 2014 19:41 - 22.9 MBOne on One with Steven Hoggett: On July 13, 2013, Stage Directors and Choreographer Foundation hosted a One-on-One Conversation with acclaimed Director, Choreographer, and Movement Director Steven Hoggett (Blackwatch, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once), discussing his artistic vision, career trajectory, and rehearsal processes. Moderated by Ryan Donovan, the conversation explores Steven's journey from his beginnings as a self-sustaining artist in Wales with Frantic Assembly to his big-budget v...
One-on-One Conversation with Steven Hoggett and Ryan Donovan
April 04, 2014 19:41 - 1 hour - 22.9 MBOn July 13, 2013, Stage Directors and Choreographer Foundation hosted a One-on-One Conversation with acclaimed Director, Choreographer, and Movement Director Steven Hoggett (Blackwatch, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once), discussing his artistic vision, career trajectory, and rehearsal processes. Moderated by Ryan Donovan, the conversation explores Steven's journey from his beginnings as a self-sustaining artist in Wales with Frantic Assembly to his big-budget ventures on Broadway and around ...
One on One with Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall
April 04, 2014 19:39 - 28.2 MBOne on One with Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall:On June 12, 2013, award-winning directors Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about their work and career. They discuss the nuts and bolts of the rehearsal process from the Illuminating qualities of auditions and early design meetings to the continuous evolution of a piece as gauged by audience, producers, and associates. Both speak to theatre as an apprentice art and the significance of ment...
One-on-One Conversation with Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall
April 04, 2014 19:39 - 28.2 MBOn June 12, 2013, award-winning directors Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about their work and career. They discuss the nuts and bolts of the rehearsal process from the Illuminating qualities of auditions and early design meetings to the continuous evolution of a piece as gauged by audience, producers, and associates. Both speak to theatre as an apprentice art and the significance of mentor relationships when transitioning to different pha...
Director/Founder
April 04, 2014 19:37 - 1 hour - 23.2 MBDirector/Founder: On May 6th, 2013, Oliver Butler of The Debate Society and Jack E. Cummings III of Transport Group spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi on their experiences simultaneously managing a directing career and theatrical company. The in-depth discussion follows the ebb and flow of two singular directing careers each affected by a loyalty to their own growing theatre companies. Each recounts the arduous yet fulfilling relationship that comes with being a founder and ar...
Fight Direction
April 04, 2014 19:35 - 1 hour - 26.5 MBFight Direction: On April 8, 2013, Fight Directors Erica Gould and Rick Sordelet spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi to discuss the responsibilities and roles of theatre's fight directors. Listen in as Rick and Erica share their approaches to working with a director, to assessing actors' skills and potential for fight direction, and to creating a variety of fights for the course of one play to avoid "battle fatigue" in the audience. They share their experiences of working with p...
Running Regional Theatres
April 04, 2014 19:33 - 1 hour - 23.6 MBRunning Regional Theatres: On January 7, 1987, Artistic Directors Nagle Jackson (of Hartford Stage) and Mark Lamos (of McCarter Theatre) sat down with director Mary Robinson to speak about leadership in regional theatre. Jackson and Lamos discuss the challenges they face throughout their day-to-day routines and the struggle to balance the administrative and artistic aspects of the job. These artistic directors offer insight into the politics of and logistics behind choosing a season and the ...
Women in Chicago
April 04, 2014 19:31 - 1 hour - 23.3 MBOn Tuesday, December 4, 2012, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society hosted a panel on women directors and choreographers in Chicago with Rachel Rockwell, Joanie Schultz, Kimberly Senior, and Leigh Silverman. This informal town-hall discussion explores the positive and negative experiences women may encounter while pursuing a career as a director or choreographer. The conversation includes deliberation on the unique challenges and opportunities facing women directors and choreographe...
Playwright/Director 1987
April 04, 2014 19:29 - 1 hour - 24.1 MBPlaywright/Director 1987: In 1987, SDCF and the Dramatists Guild jointly held a panel discussion exploring the symbiotic and complex relationship between playwright and director. Peter Stone moderates a panel of playwrights and directors including Sam Bobrick, Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, David Henry Hwang, Bernet Kellman, Tom Moore, David Rosenak, Gene Saks, and Stephen Tobolowsky. The consensus from this riveting 90-minute discussion is that the playwright/director relationship and the proce...
Maximizing Your Relationship with Sound Designers
April 04, 2014 19:28 - 1 hour - 21.9 MBOn Tuesday, December 6, 2011, SDCF hosted a conversation between sound designers Jill BC Du Boff (Good People, Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home), Brett Jarvis (Kiki and Herb - Alive on Broadway!, The Donkey Show), and Rob Kaplowitz (Fela!, Pumpgirl) to find out how to work with designers to maximize the creativity and productivity of sound design. Designing the sound of a production is not only about finding the right sound effects or choosing the right song - it is its own art form that s...
Understanding Automation
April 04, 2014 19:26 - 1 hour - 19.9 MBUnderstanding Automation: On January 7, 2013, SDCF spoke with Production Managers/Technical Directors David Benken and Martin Pavloff about "Understanding Automation: What Every Director Should Know Before Technical Rehearsals." This is a master class on automation from two practitioners who have supervised automated lights and scenery for Broadway and touring productions including The Lion King, Magic/Bird, Woman in White, Mary Poppins, and the 2008 - 2011 touring production of Dreamgirls. ...
Theatre for Social Change
April 04, 2014 19:24 - 1 hour - 20.8 MBOn December 17, 2012, SDCF and SDC hosted a discussion of Theatre for Social Change with guests Erik Ehn and Kamilah Forbes (Hip Hop Theatre Festival) moderated by SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi. Erik Ehn, a playwright, director, and educator, produces the Arts in the One World conference yearly, is Current Director of Writing for Performance at Brown University, and a founder of the RAT movement. Kamilah Forbes is the Artistic Director of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF), a non-pr...
Robert Lewis
April 04, 2014 19:23 - 1 hour - 17.6 MBRobert Lewis: On November 2, 1987, SDCF hosted a talk by Robert Lewis, a founding member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Group Theatre, and the Actors Studio. He speaks with great charisma and dynamism of the founding of the Group Theatre, the Actors Studio, his experiences with some of the greatest stage actors of the 20th century (including Julie Harris, John Garfield), his views on a variety of topics including the reason for the lack of theatre companies, the absenc...
Effective Playwriting
April 04, 2014 19:21 - 1 hour - 22.5 MBOn February 27, 1986, SDCF held a conversation on Effective Playwriting with Directors Stephen Porter and Howard Rossen, moderated by Playwright Stephen Fife. The jumping off point of this conversation is Somerset Maugham's quote "The purpose of prose drama is to afford delight. I do not think it can usefully concern itself with the welfare of humanity or the saving of civilization. In my opinion, what the theatre does best is to give pleasure by telling a story, delineating character, and b...
Downtown Opportunities for Directors and Choreographers
April 04, 2014 19:00 - 1 hour - 22.8 MBDowntown Opportunities for Directors and Choreographers: On October 1, 1998, SDCF hosted a panel on Downtown Opportunities for Directing and Choreography featuring producers from the vibrant downtown NY theatre scene including John Clancy, Ellie Covan, Kristin Marting, Wendy Rohan, Mark Russell, and David Tyree. These artistic leaders at the head of particularly prolific producing and presenting organizations discuss everything an artist or producer needs to know about working through these ...
Directing Opera
April 04, 2014 18:40 - 1 hour - 25.2 MBOn September 25, 1996, James Graves, Associate Director of SDCF, moderated a panel about Directing Opera. Panelists included Lillian Garrett-Groag, Mark Lamos, and Rhoda Levine. With great vibrancy and humor, the panelists consider the challenges of working in foreign countries, methods to navigate working in a foreign language, and the skills and knowledge necessary for theatre artists to work in opera. Most interestingly, their backgrounds are varied: a choreographer (Ms. Levine), a musici...
Career Transitions
April 04, 2014 18:38 - 1 hour - 25.5 MBOn November 20, 1996, SDCF in partnership with The Drama League explored the subject of Career Transitions with a panel of four Directors and Choreographers - Seth Barrish, Kathleen Marshall, Richard Sabellico, and Marlies Yearby - who had recently reached a new point in career. Listen to this discussion to discover how their transitions came about, the experiences and encounters that led these artists to new opportunities on projects with higher profiles, and the challenges to process that ...
Directing Green
April 04, 2014 18:37 - 1 hour - 24.5 MBOn October 1, 2012, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation in partnership with Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) held a conversation entitled Directing Green at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York. Director/Choreographer John Carrafa, SDC's representative to BGA, led this discussion, which starts with Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), describing the state of the global environment and the critical role the entertainment industry can pla...
Intellectual Property
April 04, 2014 18:35 - 1 hour - 23.9 MBIn 1996, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation and the Drama League co-sponsored a discussion with then SDC Executive Director Barbara Hauptman, SDC Attorney Ron Shechtman, and director Pamela Berlin moderated by David Diamond about protection of intellectual property rights for stage directors. Through personal anecdotes regarding the controversial productions of Love! Valour! Compassion! originally directed by Joe Mantello and The Most Happy Fella directed by Gerald Gutierrez w...
Developing Musicals
April 04, 2014 18:34 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBOn July 23, 2012, Director Stafford Arima (2012 revisal of Carrie, Altar Boyz) and Director/Choreographer Christopher Windom (Central Avenue Breakdown) spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi at a Director/Choreographer Network panel hosted by The New York Musical Theatre Festival discussion about developing new musicals. These two artists offer their experiences in developing musicals in a variety of ways - festivals, workshops, regional productions - and share insight into his ind...
Critics' Perceptions of Directors' Work
April 04, 2014 18:32 - 1 hour - 19.8 MBCritics' Perceptions of Directors' Work: On March 1, 1984 director James Furlong moderated a panel of theater critics featuring Theater Editor for Village Voice Erika Munk, Theater Critic for WNEW-TV Stewart Klein, and Theater Critic for New York Magazine John Simon. They address the impact of good and bad reviews and the dynamic relationship between theater artists and critics. The discussion includes what these particular critics perceive as good direction, the criteria they use when analy...
Politics in the Theatre
April 04, 2014 18:23 - 46 minutes - 13.4 MBOn October 28, 1985, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation invited Peter Zeisler to moderate a panel featuring journalists Thulani Davis and Erika Munk, playwright William Hoffman, and directors Rhoda Levine, Judith Malina, and Emily Mann. They speak in-depth about the role of theatre in society in the past, present, and how it is evolving into the future. In this conversation, theatre's reach and impact is compared to the mediums of film and television. Other topics include how fict...
Producers Symposium 1983
April 04, 2014 18:22 - 1 hour - 25.9 MBProducers Symposium 1983: On February 25, 1983, director Nola Hague moderated a panel featuring esteemed producers Nelle Nugent, T. Edward Hambleton, and Michel Stuart, and director Judith Haskell. This passionate and experienced group spoke about the collaboration between directors and producers. Drawing from personal experience they share their beliefs on qualities that constitute a good director and producer. They divulge lessons learned from experiences over the span of their careers. Ot...
Artistic Directors
April 04, 2014 18:20 - 1 hour - 19.8 MBArtistic Directors: In 1999, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by Executive Director of SSDC, Barbara Hauptman featuring Artistic Director of Adobe Theatre Company Jeremy Dobrish, Artistic Director of Drama Dept. Theatre Company Douglas Carter Beane, Artistic Director of Blue Light Theater Company Greg Naughton, Artistic Director of Abingdon Theatre Company Jan Buttram, and Co-Artistic Director of The Barrow Group Seth Barrish. The panelists discuss the importance of the collaborative approach a...
Copyright, Fair Use, Parody
April 04, 2014 18:19 - 1 hour - 25.2 MBOn April 24, 2012, SDCF hosted entertainment attorney Neil Rosini, of Franklin, Weinrib, Vassallo, and Rudell, to speak about how artists can use existing work to create new work without infringing on copyright. Rosini paints a clear picture of the nature of rights under copyright. He covers reproduction, adaptation, distribution, public performance, and public display. Other topics include the infringement of copyright and the fair use defense. Rosini also covers how to test for transformat...
One-on-One with Elizabeth LeCompte and Young Jean Lee
April 04, 2014 18:17 - 21.7 MBOne-on-One with Elizabeth LeCompte and Young Jean Lee: On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) hosted a One-on-One Conversation at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater with award-winning theatre makers Elizabeth LeCompte, Founding Member and Director of The Wooster Group, and Young Jean Lee, Artistic Director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company. Moderated by Kristin Marting, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of HERE, these two highly accomplished, ...
One-on-One Conversation with Elizabeth LeCompte and Young Jean Lee
April 04, 2014 18:17 - 1 hour - 21.7 MBOn Saturday, May 19, 2012, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) hosted a One-on-One Conversation at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater with award-winning theatre makers Elizabeth LeCompte, Founding Member and Director of The Wooster Group, and Young Jean Lee, Artistic Director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company. Moderated by Kristin Marting, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of HERE, these two highly accomplished, adventurous theatre artists talk about how they build t...
Adaptation Rights
April 04, 2014 18:16 - 1 hour - 21.3 MBOn April 2, 2012, SDCF invited entertainment attorney Elliot Brown to speak about securing theatrical adaptation rights with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi. Brown gives animated examples of when adaptation rights are and are not necessary. He sheds light on how to start the process of engaging an attorney when interested in creating a piece of theater from an article, book, or film and he walks through what the concerns are of the rights-holder. Brown also speaks about standard arrang...