Directing

Holly Derr contemplates how a director can foster a feminist production.

In this installment, Paul Adolphsen interviews South African director Jayne Batzofin about her journey to directing and her work with the Chaeli Campaign. ​

Maegan Clearwood on the all-male production of Taming of the Shrew, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.

Director José Carrasquillo shares his first encounter with Octavio Solis’ El Paso Blue and his journey to directing the piece.

Shelby-Allison Hibbs collects thoughts from Dallas theatremakers about the sustainability of the city’s theatre scene.

Edward Einhorn describes his experiences as a director, adaptor, and translator, and the similarities and differences between them.

Corey Ruzicano interviews director Leigh Silverman as part of the Battle Series.

Corey Bradberry’s theme and production considerations for staging Moby Dick for a contemporary audience in the deep South.

Making a career as a young, white male theatre director.

Porsche McGovern unveils the results of the latest phase of her study of LORT theatre designers. 

Director Cristy Andrea Altamirano seeks thoughts on an upcoming production of The Tempest.

Josh Platt reflects on Boston-based director Summer Williams’ interpretation of Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara, in light of her recent direction of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

In this third installment, Victoria Masteller discusses her experience as Associate Director and examines how space informed the production of Love Sonnets.

In this first installment, Director Caitlin Bailey shares her directorial process for Love Sonnets: Things Women Say, a compilation of monologues for women written by Chuck Mee.

Arianna Soloway writes about her struggle to self-define as a director when she works full-time as a real estate agent.

Holly L. Derr deconstructs a new dynamic in her theatre department.

JD Caudill writes about his personal experiences navigating Chicago as an early career director, and asks how the field can better support such artists.

Olivia Rubino-Finn on the Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, directed by Ivo van Hove. 

Monty Cole addresses ensembles who say they want to diversify, and his recent experience directing The Hairy Ape.

Andrew Bailes interviews director Monty Cole about his all-male, all-black production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape in Chicago, Illinois.

Translator Henning Bochert talks with playwright Andrea Stolowitz who was recently in residence in Berlin at the English Theatre Berlin.

Patrick Walsh discusses his work within the prison Two Rivers Correctional Facility and how it revived him and his commitment to theatre.