Here’s the first of several spotlights on British stage directors. Have a great remainder of the week! Meet Darren A. Furniss Current Town: East Midlands, UK Theatre Affiliation: Artistic Director of 4FRONT Performance Company 1. What does a director eat for breakfast? I usually don’t eat breakfast so I...
Here’s this week’s installment of the 2amt director-to-director interview series. Meet Justine Lambert Hometown: Manhattan. Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Current town: Back to my roots in Park Slope. Theatre Affiliation: Artistic Director at The Looking Glass Theatre lookingglasstheatrenyc.com 1. What attracted you to directing? Like so many of my...
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview seres. Meet Sabrina Evertt Hometown: Grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia Current town: 17 km (11 miles) west in Vancouver, British Columbia Company: I currently do most of my directing for Twenty Something Theatre, a company I founded in 2006....
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. And in the coming weeks, the British are coming, the British are coming! I’ve rallied some fine UK directors to share their stories. Stay tuned. Meet Jason King Jones Hometown: Nixa, Missouri Current Town: Boston, Massachusetts Theatre/Co: Boston University (currently completing...
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. Enjoy! Meet Jessica Hutchinson Hometown: I was an Air Force Brat, but I claim Omaha, Nebraska Current City: Chicago Theatre affiliation: Artistic Director of New Leaf Theatre 1. What attracted you to directing? I started as an actor, but midway through...
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. To date, the directors I have interviewed have been either freelance directors or directors affiliated with a particular company; this week’s spotlight marks a departure and an avenue I’d like to explore more in this series. Suzanne Westfall is a professor...
Here’s this week’s installment of the 2amt director-to-director interview series. Meet Leigh Hile 1. What attracted you to directing? All throughout my childhood and about half of college I thought I wanted to be an actor, but the more I pushed myself as a performer, the more frustrated I became....
Here’s the latest installment of the director-to-director interview series… Meet Tlaloc Rivas Hometown: Tijuana, Baja California Raised in: Escondido, CA and then Watsonville, CA Current city: St. Louis, MO Occupation: Assistant Professor of Directing & Performance, University of Missouri-St. Louis Profession: Stage Director (www.tlalocrivas.com) 1) What attracted you to directing? In...
Here’s the next installment in the director-to-director interview series. A big thanks to all who have participated in the series and to all who have been participating in the directing conversation on Twitter with the #2amdir hashtag! Meet Bries Vannon Hometown: George, Iowa Current: Chicago Company Affiliation: Creator/Director of The...
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. Meet Julieanne Ehre Current Town: Chicago, IL Freelance Director 1. What attracted you to directing? The first play I directed was THE SALIVA MILKSHAKE by Howard Brenton when I was a senior in high school. One day, while I was in...