Podcasts about mccarter theatre center

Katie checks in with actor, Eli Mayer (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Barrington Stage, the MUNY, Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage and McCarter Theatre Center, and currently Reuven in The Chosen at Cincinatti Playhouse).

A conversation with Director of Presented Programming at the McCarter Theatre Center Paula Abreu halfway through her first season on the job!  Abreu took over from her predecessor Bill Lockwood who ran the program for 60 (yes, 60) years. We discuss the balance between honoring his legacy and introducing her own vision, some history about the McCarter Theatre Center, its connection to Princeton University, and its unique role as a cultural powerhouse. (The McCarter Theater Center is known not just as one of the country's leading regional theaters but also as a performing arts center presenting music, dance, spoken word and more)  We talk about the process behind planning a season of presented programming, ensuring diversity in art forms, and the representation of different communities, how the two strands of programming at the McCarter coordinate to create a cohesive season, and the importance of partnerships on and off campus in enhancing cultural experiences and creating deeper connections. We also discuss Abreu's journey from Brazil, experience as an industrial engineer, years of traveling and living around the world, on her masters' degree in performing arts administration,  subsequent work at NYC's Summer Stage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and how all these diverse experiences inform her approach to programming. She also shares her approach to taking calculated risks in selecting shows and artists and the challenge of planning for both the immediate and future seasons.

A conversation with Director of Presented Programming at the McCarter Theatre Center Paula Abreu halfway through her first season on the job!  Abreu took over from her predecessor Bill Lockwood who ran the program for 60 (yes, 60) years. We discuss the balance between honoring his legacy and introducing her own vision, some history about the McCarter Theatre Center, its connection to Princeton University, and its unique role as a cultural powerhouse. (The McCarter Theater Center is known not just as one of the country's leading regional theaters but also as a performing arts center presenting music, dance, spoken word and more)  We talk about the process behind planning a season of presented programming, ensuring diversity in art forms, and the representation of different communities, how the two strands of programming at the McCarter coordinate to create a cohesive season, and the importance of partnerships on and off campus in enhancing cultural experiences and creating deeper connections. We also discuss Abreu's journey from Brazil, experience as an industrial engineer, years of traveling and living around the world, on her masters' degree in performing arts administration,  subsequent work at NYC's Summer Stage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and how all these diverse experiences inform her approach to programming. She also shares her approach to taking calculated risks in selecting shows and artists and the challenge of planning for both the immediate and future seasons.

If you give her a real corset, she'll wear it forever! A fan of authentic costumes and even authentic-er accents, Jordan Boatman, who plays Lucy (and others) in Dracula, answers her fang mail while trying to read Andrew's lips at the same time she's listening to death metal music. Jordan originated the role of Zoe in Eleanor Burgess's The Niceties (Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Geffen Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company) for which she won an Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress. Other theatre: Simon Stone's Medea (The Brooklyn Academy of Music), Murder on the Orient Express (The Cape Playhouse). Upcoming & recent Film/TV: Chiwetel Ejiofor's “Rob Peace,” “Bull” (CBS), “The Good Fight” (Paramount Plus), “The Path” (Hulu). Boatman is a graduate of UNC School of the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 36 of the Princeton Podcast, our host, Mayor Mark Freda, welcomed Sarah Rasmussen, the new Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre Center.In addition to discussing her role as the Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre, Sarah described McCarter's Theatre Series of original productions, including 'Blues For An Alabama Sky', McCarter's current production written by Pearl Cleage and directed by McCarter's Associate Artistic Director, Nicole A. Watson.Sarah also detailed McCarter's Presented Series, a innovative mix of performances and cultural attractions including the upcoming performance of Eddie Palmieri and his Salsa Orchestra, McCarter's Jazz in June series presenting 6 events over 3 weekends including Samara Joy, the 2023 Grammy award winning Best New Artist, as well as the return of the McCarter Theatre Dance Series and Classical Music performances.Mark and Sarah also touched on McCarter Theatre Center's Educational and Community Engagement programs including camps and classes for both children and adults.

Adit joins the show to talk about his career, love for cryptocurrency and more! ***********Unconventional in reel & real life, Adit Dileep is an actor, writer, producer and former investment banker.Born in Bangalore, India, his parents named him Aditya, which means The Sun, a name he aspires and grows towards. His family is made up of his mother and father and his older sister, Divya.At age two, his family moved to Singapore for his father's IT profession, and his mother gave up her position as a Journalist interviewing Indian Celebrities for India Today. His family moved throughout their eight years in Singapore, and moved again to the United States before Y2K.After settling in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Aditya, now 10 years old and fresh off the boat, had to start over. Upon learning that nobody on the school bus could pronounce this new boy's name, some student called him "Adit," and it stuck.Adit wanted to be an actor, but nobody really knew what he meant or why he had such crazy ideas. When it came time for him to go to college, his parents banned him from applying to art school and gave him three options: medicine, law or engineering. Never one to give in to authority, Adit chose business school, thinking he could learn how to be self-sufficient and run his own brand and company.Adit went on to be accepted in the Scholar's Program at NYU Stern Business School. Fun fact, Aziz Ansari followed the exact same path. While Aziz went straight into comedy after graduating, Adit took jobs in various different sectors within Marketing, Startups, Publishing and of course, Accounting and Finance. He graduated with a B.S. in Finance & Marketing and, still at a loss for how to make his dreams come true, took the highest paying job he could find in investment banking.Two years later, he saved up enough to quit and educate himself on the industry. Bright-eyed and idealistic, Adit printed out Yale Drama School's syllabus and crafted his own curriculum with reputable studios and teachers in New York City. Adit got his first big break with a role in Mystic India: The World Tour in 2015, voicing and narrating a script he wrote himself and performing around the U.S. and Europe.The show got Adit his first Manager, and a few Managers later he booked his first Equity show at Hudson Stage Company in NY, NY followed by long-term theatre contracts at the renown Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN and McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ. These projects earned Adit his first round of Agency meetings, and he couldn't be happier to sign with Artists & Representatives FKA Stone Manners Salners in NY and LA.He continues to work with Artists & Representatives to this day, along with MKSD Management and Innovative Artists NY for Commercial and VoiceOver.Theatre "Disgraced" (Guthrie Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center), "Animals Out of Paper"(Hudson Stage Company)TV Appearances on "Billions" (Showtime), "Succession" (HBO), "Law & Order: SVU" (NBC), "Brown Nation" (Netflix), "Shades of Blue" (NBC), "Deadbeat" (Hulu), "Breakfast in Bangalore" (Amazon Prime)Film "The Sound of Silence" (Sundance 2019) "Magic Hour" starring Miriam Shor (2020)Commercial Work: Coinmaster - with Emily Ratajkowski, American Express , Brooks Brothers, WeWork, Geico, Grammarly, Jersey Mike's, Denny's, Wealthsimple, JC Penney, Pandora, Google, Trojan, PWC, Optimum, Carl's Jr.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thecitylife.org/2023/03/01/mccarter-theatre-center-presents-ragamala-dance-company-fires-of-varanasi-dance-of-the-eternal-pilgrim/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/support

We discussed a number of things including:1. Michael's journey to McCarter2. Intersection of arts and innovation3. Pandemic innovations at McCarter and theatres nationwide4. Post pandemic vision and trends5. Ride the Cyclone musicalMichael has been the Managing Director at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton since 2018. McCarter's mission is to create stories and experiences that enliven minds, expand imaginations and engage communities.  This year, work created by McCarter is traveling to other cities like Boston and New York, and next year to Seattle, New York, and Washington, DC.  From 2009 – 2018 Mike was the Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego where he helped develop and produce dozens of new plays and musicals - 9 of which transferred to Broadway, 3 to the London's West End, and 3 that toured Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, and South Korea.  During his tenure, the Playhouse was awarded multi-million dollar grants from the NEA and the Wallace and Irvine Foundations to accelerate experiments meant to develop multi-ethnic projects, expand opportunities for family engagement and build the capacity to sustain community arts programs in off-site locations.Previously, Mike was Co-Founder and Executive Director of Drama Dept., a New York non-profit theater collective, where for fourteen years he produced new works by the likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight, Isaac Mizrahi, Paul Rudnick, and David & Amy Sedaris.He is a member of the NJ Governor's Arts and Culture Recovery Task Force and a Trustee of Cubing USA, the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the speed cubing community in the United States. 

Website: https://campequity.com/ (https://campequity.com/) Instagram: @campequity https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/ (Me And My White Supremacy) https://www.ibramxkendi.com/ (Dr. Ibram X Kendi) https://nkjemisin.com/ (N. K. Jemisin Fantasy Writer) Mandy Bynum Mc Laughlin (she/her): Mandy is an entrepreneur, investor, and founder of https://campequity.com/core-team/raceequalityproject.com (The Race Equ(al)ity Project), a mission-driven innovation studio that builds solutions to drive approachable, transparent, and actionable accountability for equity, inclusion, and social responsibility. Mandy is a well-known thought leader and influencer within the Silicon Valley tech/startup ecosystem and partners with high-scale growth companies to design strategies for equity, inclusion, and social responsibility. She is a board member and advisor for early-stage startups in the future-of-work technology space. In 2020, Mandy co-founded The Race Equ(al)ity Project with Dion McKenzie to design a comprehensive Index for companies to measure and benchmark their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The Race Equ(al)ity Index has helped teams throughout tech as a tool to hold their leadership team accountable for funding and resourcing important changes within their organization. Prior to Camp Equity, Mandy served as the organization's Chair of the Board. Throughout the last 18 months, she has seen how Camp Equity has changed the lives of hundreds of students by using age-appropriate language and frameworks to change their view of social justice, anti-racism, and how they become active participants in dismantling the structures that perpetuate inequities and white supremacy in our society. Moreover how many campers transformed the perspective of their parents/caregivers, and immediate friend groups. She is thrilled to be serving as the organization's interim CEO as the organization grows! Alex La Torre (she/her): Alex La Torre is a queer, bilingual teaching artist, administrator, and advocate. She was born in Lima, Perú and immigrated to the US as a child. She attended Boston College where she studied Secondary Education, English, and Educational Theatre. Alex spent three years teaching, creating, and supervising programs in McCarter Theatre Center's Education Department working with students of all ages in a variety of school districts in central New Jersey. Her work has consisted of centering the arts, theatre, and storytelling in the classroom as a way to help students express their voices and tell their own stories. Before joining Camp Equity, Alex freelanced as a project coordinator, working with organizations such as the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Alex spends her free time singing, playing her ukulele, and listening to podcasts.

In the second part of our conversation with Toni, welcoming theatregoers back to Broadway, reframing the narrative that Broadway is for you, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT TONI R. ISREAL Toni R. Isreal, is the CEO and Founder of REALEMN Productions LLC, Broadway's leading multicultural marketing and PR team, run by Black Women. ‘The Real Team's' current client list includes Broadway's leading shows including 8 Time Tony Award Winning HADESTOWN, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's "powerful and provocative," PASS OVER, 2021 FIRST Broadway show to open - MJ THE MUSICAL, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, and also, New York Theatre Workshop, Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, New Brunswick's George Street Playhouse, and the North American HADESTOWN Tour 2021. In addition to being a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television, this co-founding member of The Industry Standard Group is also a consultant with New York's World-Famous Apollo Theater, where she has secured over a million dollars in sales. Previously, Isreal was the Managing Director of Walker International Communications Group (WICG) where she led a team providing all aspects of marketing consultation to arts organizations including audience development, media support, and socially & technology driven initiatives. A proud member of CTI – Commercial Theater Institute, Isreal was instrumental in multiple projects inclusive of, 2018 Tony Award Winning ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Disney's ALADDIN and THE LION KING, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, BABY IT'S YOU and STICKFLY, Boston's BORN FOR THIS at ArtsEmerson Theatre and Off-Broadway's SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ, LITTLE ROCK, THROUGH THE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT, BOOTYCANDY, KING LIZ, WHORL, INVISIBLE THREAD, SMART PEOPLE, DOT, and AUTUMN. REALEMN Productions is actively prospecting producing and marketing opportunities for film, television, and/or theater. Proud to state my first of many Producing credit under ReAct; HADESTOWN North American Tour and in Oct 2021 (NEW) Fellow Member of the Broadway League. And as a sincere advocate for BIPOC, Isreal enjoys promoting arts and entertainment to multicultural communities and delivering engaging experiences that encourage audiences to secure their seats and tune in! www.RealemnProductions.com follow @realemnproductions and listen to Callbacks Podcast, that's powered by Realemn Productions. Connect with Toni! realemnproductions.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Chicken & Biscuits on Facebook: facebook.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Get Your Tickets: chickenandbiscuitsbway.com --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork YouTube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first part of our conversation with Toni R. Isreal, BIPOC Marketing for Chicken & Biscuits, we chat Realemn Productions, finding an audience for the show, ways to dive into the world of the play through marketing and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT TONI R. ISREAL Toni R. Isreal, is the CEO and Founder of REALEMN Productions LLC, Broadway's leading multicultural marketing and PR team, run by Black Women. ‘The Real Team's' current client list includes Broadway's leading shows including 8 Time Tony Award Winning HADESTOWN, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's "powerful and provocative," PASS OVER, 2021 FIRST Broadway show to open - MJ THE MUSICAL, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, and also, New York Theatre Workshop, Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, New Brunswick's George Street Playhouse, and the North American HADESTOWN Tour 2021. In addition to being a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television, this co-founding member of The Industry Standard Group is also a consultant with New York's World-Famous Apollo Theater, where she has secured over a million dollars in sales. Previously, Isreal was the Managing Director of Walker International Communications Group (WICG) where she led a team providing all aspects of marketing consultation to arts organizations including audience development, media support, and socially & technology driven initiatives. A proud member of CTI – Commercial Theater Institute, Isreal was instrumental in multiple projects inclusive of, 2018 Tony Award Winning ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Disney's ALADDIN and THE LION KING, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, BABY IT'S YOU and STICKFLY, Boston's BORN FOR THIS at ArtsEmerson Theatre and Off-Broadway's SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ, LITTLE ROCK, THROUGH THE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT, BOOTYCANDY, KING LIZ, WHORL, INVISIBLE THREAD, SMART PEOPLE, DOT, and AUTUMN. REALEMN Productions is actively prospecting producing and marketing opportunities for film, television, and/or theater. Proud to state my first of many Producing credit under ReAct; HADESTOWN North American Tour and in Oct 2021 (NEW) Fellow Member of the Broadway League. And as a sincere advocate for BIPOC, Isreal enjoys promoting arts and entertainment to multicultural communities and delivering engaging experiences that encourage audiences to secure their seats and tune in! www.RealemnProductions.com follow @realemnproductions and listen to Callbacks Podcast, that's powered by Realemn Productions. Connect with Toni! realemnproductions.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Chicken & Biscuits on Facebook: facebook.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Get Your Tickets: chickenandbiscuitsbway.com --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork YouTube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2014, Lisa McNulty became the fourth Artistic Director of WP Theater (Women’s Project Theater), the country’s oldest company dedicated to the work of women, trans, and non-binary artists. Since then, she’s expanded WP’s programing both on and off stage with their Pipeline Festival, becoming one of the city’s most popular programs for emerging female-identified artists. Prior to becoming Artistic Director of Women’s Project, Lisa was Artistic Line Producer at Manhattan Theatre Club and also worked at 13P and the McCarter Theatre Center. Today, she’s joining us to talk about her work and how theater can survive in these wild times.  You can listen and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast platform https://bit.ly/ShesAWomanPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Season 1, Episode 1 with Emily Mann. Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. The podcast launched on Thursday, March 18 with our first episode and guest: Tony-nominated playwright, director, screenwriter and former Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre Center, Emily Mann. Tune in as she and Danielle discuss Gloria: A Life, Emily's work on Holocaust theatre, and women's rights issues. Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro. CW: discussions of sexual violence, anti-semitism, and Nazi slogans abound.

Theatre Schmooze is an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Enjoy this short 1-minute promo before our official launch. Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. The podcast launches Thursday, March 18 with our first guest: Tony-nominated playwright, director, screenwriter and former Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre Center, Emily Mann. Tune in as she and Danielle discuss Gloria: A Life, Emily's work on Holocaust theatre, and women's rights issues. Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro. Theatre Schmooze will be available starting Thursday, March 18, 2021, on all your favorite podcast platforms!

Lisa speaks with Bobby Conte Thornton about second chances, hard work, getting back to the core of why we do what we do and embracing your inner child. Bobby is a New York-based actor and singer who made his Broadway debut originating the role of Calogero in A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks. He returned to Broadway this spring singing “Another Hundred People” as P.J. in Marianne Elliott’s gender-bent revival of Company. Other New York stage credits include My Fair Lady directed by Michael Arden and Starting Here, Starting Now directed by its lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, BCT starred as Danny Zuko in Grease at Paper Mill Playhouse and Enjolras in Les Misérables at the Muny while pursing his BFA. He subsequently trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Upon graduation, his regional stage credits include the new musical Last Days of Summer at George Street Playhouse, Two River Theater's all-male A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the world premiere co-production of Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors at McCarter Theatre Center and Cleveland Play House, and three seasons at the Muny. BCT made his feature film debut in If Beale Street Could Talk, adapted and directed by Barry Jenkins. Television credits include “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, “Madam Secretary” and “The Code”. His debut studio album, Along the Way, is available across all digital music providers. The record is based off his touring solo cabaret, Blame It on My Youth, which premiered at the historic Venetian Room in the Fairmont San Francisco prior to a sold-out engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below. As a concert artist, he has headlined at Lincoln Center, the Carolina Philharmonic and as Tony in Oakland Symphony’s concert version of West Side Story. A native of San Francisco, California, BCT currently resides in Manhattan and is quarantining in Big Sky, Montana. Follow @bobby_contehttps://www.amazon.com/Along-Way-Bobby-Conte-Thornton/dp/B0875RF2CY

The Founder's Series was created by Anne Kauffman, Artistic Director of Encores! Off Center at New York City Center, as part of SDCF’s Masters of the Stage. In this series, Anne interviews artistic directors and founders who have had a lasting impact on the nonprofit theater community around the country. In this episode Anne talks with Emily Mann, Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre Center, about her career journey as a female director, the adversity she’s faced, and how she has navigated these situations, including the current COVID-19 crisis, with strength.

A conversation with my longtime friend and playwright of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Alexis Scheer. Alexis is one of the most intelligent people I know. She is as kind and caring and compassionate as she is articulate and witty. Her knowledge of herself and her experiences is refreshing and straight-up inspiring. I've wanted to sit down and put microphones in front of our mouths for a long time, but with her play currently running at WP Theatre off-Broadway - now seemed like the perfect time to go deep and break down what this experience has been like. This is Alexis' New York debut as a playwright and it is the very beginning of what I am certain will be a long and incredibly exciting career in this industry. Our conversation starts off with a quick recap of the history of this play and spirals into a dialogue about representation, spirituality, creative fulfillment, trust, relationships, and lands with a recent revelation about the "struggling artist" mentality. I have no doubt that you'll find a plethora of wisdom-nuggets that you'll carry with you. Alexis has a way of speaking about abstract topics in a way that's digestible and easy to grip on to. She inspires me to move through the world with more grace and trust that what I have to say is worth hearing. Alexis was named Rising Theatre Star by Improper Bostonian in the Boston's Best Issue and is currently featured on the Kilroys' List and Remezcla's 8 Exciting Latinx Playwrights. Plays include Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (world premiere Off-Broadway WP Theater/Second Stage; developed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off the Grid Theatre, and McCarter Theatre Center; Kilroys' List, featured finalist at HowlRound's LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work, Relentless Award semi-finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist, 50PP's Best Unproduced Latinx Plays, 50PP's Best Latinx Plays for College); Laughs in Spanish (developed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre and San Diego REP), Christina (developed at Cleveland Playhouse; Roe Green Award Winner) and Chosen (BCA She Said Festival, Sanguine Theatre's Playwrights' Week). She is a proud Miami native and New World School of the Arts alum, and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. She also moonlights as the Producing Artistic Director of award-winning fringe company, Off the Grid Theatre.  The Come Up is a podcast that holds space for honest conversations about the reality of being a growing artist in the entertainment industry today. The myth of "making it" tells us that our happiness and fulfillment is dependent on a specific outcome when the truth is that there is no moment of arrival - the journey is never ending. This podcast will serve as an archive of individual perspectives and a source of inspiration for anyone navigating their own creative path. It's an opportunity to reflect on where we've been, where we're at, and where we're going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Mann is a triple threat: an award-winning playwright known for her “theater of testimony,” a sought-after director, and the artistic director of one of America's preeminent regional theaters, the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey. She is stepping down as artistic director after the 2019-2020 season, her 30th at the McCarter. In this special edition of the Jersey Arts Podcast, producer Susan Wallner talks with Mann about her career, her future projects, and her final season, which begins with her play Gloria: A Life starring Mary McDonnell ("Dances with Wolves," "Battlestar Galactica").

Cheryl Mintz is in her 29th season as the Resident Production Stage Manager at the Tony Award winning McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton NJ, with 35 productions with Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, Emily Mann. Cheryl has enjoyed 13 collaborations with Maestro Gian Carlo Menotti and the Spoleto Festival USA and Italy, and has stage managed 40 operas and musicals, three tours, and three PBS telecasts for New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. She has been a member of Stage Managers' Association of the United States since 1986 and is currently the chair of the Del Hughes Awards which is the only annual Stage Management Awards in the country. For more information about the Stage Managers Association, visit https://www.stagemanagers.org/ For more information about McCarter Theatre Center, visit https://www.mccarter.org/ Attribution: ----more---- Logo: Ritzy Remix font by Nick Curtis - www.nicksfonts.com Music and Soundcello_tuning by flcellogrl / Licence: CC BY 3.0freesound.org/people/flcellogrl/sounds/195138/ Flute Play C - 08 by cms4f / Licence: CC0 1.0freesound.org/people/cms4f/sounds/159123/ "Danse Macabre - Violin Hook" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) / Licence: CC BY 3.0 LicensesCC BY 3.0 - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/CC0 1.0 - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/  

Ana Kuzmanic is Yugoslav born, Chicago based costume designer. Her theatrical work has been seen on Broadway (August: Osage County, Desire Under the Elms, Superior Donuts), off-Broadway (The Jacksonian), in the U.K. (The Royal National Theatre) and Australia (Sydney Theatre Company). Based in Evanston, she is closely associated with many Chicago companies including the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Looking Glass Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and The House. Among the regional companies with whom she has worked are Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Berkley Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Washington Shakespeare Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Geffen Playhouse. The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Don Giovanni, directed by her long-time collaborator Tony Award-winning director Robert Falls was Ana’s opera debut.Ana earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Costume and Fashion Design from Faculty of Applied Arts and Design in Belgrade, Serbia and her Master of Fine Arts in Stage Design from Northwestern University, USA. She has designed for her fashion label from 1993 to 2002.Ana is an Associate Professor of costume design at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA.

2002 Symposium: Assembling the Team: At its 3-day Musical Theatre Symposium in June of 2002, SDCF hosted a panel on assembling creative teams moderated by Arthur Bartow. Speakers included producers Marty Bell (Ragtime) and Sally Campbell Morse(Urinetown), choreographers Larry Fuller (Evita) and Daniel Pelzig (33 Variations), Roundabout Artistic Director Todd Haimes, directors Christopher Ashley (Memphis) and David Warren (Summer and Smoke), and composer Lucy Simon (The Secret Garden). These speakers provide case histories of collaborations that they put together that were either successful or dire failures, and include tales of Ragtime, the 1998 Revival of Cabaret,  Urinetown and the original collaboration on the Maltby/Shire musical Take Flight, which had a successful run at the McCarter Theatre Center in April of 2010 with a different creative team. Other topics include the role of the producer in initiating projects and finding good collaborations, the function of the director as part of a team, and the importance of workshops in the creative process for everyone involved. Listen to this podcast for an informative conversation with fascinating anecdotes on what it means to find the right people to make it to Broadway. Originally recorded - June 1, 2002. Running Time - 1:31:32 © 2002 SDCF

At its 3-day Musical Theatre Symposium in June of 2002, SDCF hosted a panel on assembling creative teams moderated by Arthur Bartow. Speakers included producers Marty Bell ("Ragtime") and Sally Campbell Morse ("Urinetown"), choreographers Larry Fuller ("Evita") and Daniel Pelzig ("33 Variations"), Roundabout Artistic Director Todd Haimes, directors Christopher Ashley ("Memphis") and David Warren ("Summer and Smoke"), and composer Lucy Simon ("The Secret Garden"). These speakers provide case histories of collaborations that they put together that were either successful or dire failures, and include tales of "Ragtime", the 1998 Revival of "Cabaret", "Urinetown" and the original collaboration on the Maltby/Shire musical "Take Flight", which had a successful run at the McCarter Theatre Center in April of 2010 with a different creative team. Other topics include the role of the producer in initiating projects and finding good collaborations, the function of the director as part of a team, and the importance of workshops in the creative process for everyone involved. Listen to this podcast for a informative conversation with fascinating anecdotes on what it means to find the right people to make it to Broadway.

The artistic directors of four major not-for-profit companies -- Susan V. Booth of the Alliance Theatre, Oskar Eustis of The Public Theater (which produced the 2009 Tony-winning revival of Hair), Emily Mann of the McCarter Theatre Center (1994 Regional Theatre Tony Award) and Michael Wilson of Hartford Stage (1989 Regional Theatre Tony Award) -- discuss the unique task of the artistic director, touching upon issues including how they balance their personal artistic goals as directors with the institutional needs of their companies, whether their focus is on the local community or the larger national artistic community, the relationship between not-for-profit theatres and commercial producers, how they measure success, and their responsibility for developing the next generation of theatre artists.

The artistic directors of four major not-for-profit companies - Susan V. Booth of the Alliance Theatre, Oskar Eustis of The Public Theater, Emily Mann of the McCarter Theatre Center and Michael Wilson of Hartford Stage - discuss the unique task of the artistic director, touching upon issues including how they balance their personal artistic goals as directors with the institutional needs of their companies, whether their focus is on the local community or the larger national artistic community, the relationship between not-for-profit theatres and commercial producers, how they measure success, and their responsibility for developing the next generation of theatre artists.