Synopsis

What distinguishes the theatre from all other art forms is that the subject matter of the theatre is always social systems. Each play asks: How are we getting along within the context of our families and within our communities? How are we getting along as a society? How might we get along better? Even, within the theatre itself, both during a rehearsal as well as during a performance, the question arises, how are we engaging with one another in this very room?

We are currently experiencing significant social, cultural, and political changes within our communities, in the workplace, as well as on a global scale. How do we in the theatre adjust to these paradigmatic changes?

About Anne Bogart

Anne is a theatre and opera director and a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. She is the author of six books: A Director Prepares; The Viewpoints Book; And Then, You Act; Conversations with Anne, What’s the Story and The Art of Resonance. Works with SITI include “Radio Christmas Carol”; “Falling & Loving”; “The Bacchae”; “Chess Match No. 5”; “Lost in the Stars”; “The Theater is a Blank Page”; “Persians”; and “Steel Hammer” among many others. Recent operas include Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle”, Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde”, Ruders’ “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Handel’s “Alcina”, Dvorak’s “Dimitrij”, Verdi’s “Macbeth”, Bellini’s “Norma” and Bizet’s “Carmen”.

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