Directing

Bessie Rowen interviews Emma Rice about her international touring theatre company, diversity, and collaboration.

In this meditation, Will Davis argues for more opportunities and artistic programs dedicated to up-and-coming directors.

In this meditation, Morgan Gould advocates for a paradigm shift in which up-and-coming directors and playwrights work toward a more mutually beneficial relationship.

Barry Martin writes about the importance of slowing down – and how the speed of a show can enhance or betray its script.

Karla Boos discusses theatre in Pittsburgh, and the relationship between playwrights and directors.

Like farmers who rotate crops to ensure that the soil contains a variety of nutrients, if I only direct, then my only perspective will be the director’s perspective.

I am a director. I am a playwright. It has taken me many years of hard work to come to appreciate what each of those professions require and to experience them both independently and combined.

P.Carl meditates on the power of saying Yes instead of No to new ideas.

Taylor Mac discusses actor professionalism, and trusting rather than auditioning them.

Sean Daniels dishes on the role of the associate artistic director, legendary poker player Marc Masterson, and being the sheriff/Interim Artistic Director of Actors Theatre Louisville.

Adam Szymkowicz interviews director Hal Brooks about his process and aspirations as a director.

Vincent Delaney interviews Kate Whoriskey about her experience as an artistic director and the playwrights with whom she collaborates.