Directors

Ambe J. Williams - "Exhaling on Intention" (Episode 122)

“My philosophy definitely starts with the person. I want to show the person in their best, most comfortable, most joyful, most...

Leroy Church - "Overflowing With Thank Yous" (Episode 119)

“Another thing that I know is that the overflow of gratitude equals joy, so in order to have that joy and that strength, you have to have...

Thaïs Bass-Moore - "Doing Everything and Anything" (Episode 115)

“Something that I learned a long time ago at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, she said, ‘When you’re nervous, we are scared of our nervous...

The Oral History of Holler If Ya Hear Me (Episode 110)

Happy 10th anniversary, Holler If Ya Hear Me! A decade ago, today, a musical featuring a score from one of history's most influential...

"Claiming Artistic Freedom" - 5 Artist-Creators Share Their Definitions (Episode 102)

For the season five finale of call and response, we celebrate FREEDOM. In a time where fear and scarcity feel wide-spread, how can we...

Tonya Pinkins - "Building My Own Castle" (Episode 98)

"I sometimes wonder with young people today that there's a fragility born of carrying around violence machines every day of your life...

"Igniting The Fire This Time Festival" (Episode 96)

"I think the way we measure our success is how successful we are at maintaining that sense of community. This industry is up and down—no...

Raja Feather Kelly - "Creating a New Form" (Episode 80)

"Everyone in the audience will hopefully be able to look at this Black woman and be like 'Oh, wow, is it real that I'm finding a...

Miranda Haymon—"Diversifying Diversity" (Episode 66)

"It’s complicated to be a member of a marginalized community and be both a beneficiary of and token of so much institutionalized...

Whitney White—"Monstering the World" (Episode 65)

"Every play is like a score to me. It has a rhythm, it has beats, it has a vibe, it has tone. It has arias—or longer sections where...

Kent Gash—"Erasing the Line" (Episode 57)

"We were raised that we could do anything, that we were every bit as good as—in fact we’re singular and distinctive. There was something...

Saheem Ali—"Collaborating For The Truth; or, We Go Together" (Episode 56)

“A lot of these theatres are having these conversations in ways they never have before, they’re opening their doors to these stories, and...

Zhailon Levingston—"Imagining New Way to Be Together" (Episode 13)

“I think that the role of producer is incredible important in these times because they are the Chief Imagineer. In this crazy political...

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