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Rare insights into the working process of America's most seminal directors and choreographers are the focus of "Masters of the Stage." This series features more than three decades of priceless One-on-One interviews and panel discussions with theatre's most distinguished luminaries. Listen to these never before broadcast programs and hear the story of the American theatre told by those who helped chart its course. The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation brings you to this series through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and the American Theatre Wing.
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Director Playwright Collaboration |
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With:
Paul Benedict - Director
Pamela Berlin - Director
John Bishop - Playwright
Steve Carter - Playwright
Tony Giordano - Director
Jack Heifner - Playwright
Woodie King Jr. - Playwright
Reinaldo Povod - Playwright
Joseph Melillo - Moderator
On Tuesday, March 29, 1988, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation and New Dramatists hosted a seminar on the director-playwright relationship with directors Tony Giordano, Pamela Berlin, Paul Benedict, and Woodie King, Jr., and writers Steve Carter, Jack Heifner, John Bishop and Reinaldo Povod. This lively ninety-minute conversation includes discussions of the director's role on a new play, what playwrights look for in a director, and colorful nature of the collaboration described as a marriage, an affair and a divorce. Other topics include the role of the producer as mediator and ownership of the play along with several horror stories of disastrous collaborations. Anyone interested in the current national conversation about new play development and playwrights should listen to this podcast to discover just how much and how little the director-playwright relationship has evolved over the past twenty-two years.
Originally recorded - March 29, 1988
Running Time - 1:25:49
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