TA(L)KING DIRECTION The Drama League

Recorded on Wednesday, May 3, 2022
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Associate Artistic Director Nilan speak with four time Tony Award winning director Jerry Zaks about his first loves, his current productions, and his legendary career. 
 
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Recorded on Tuesday, April 26, 2022
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Associate Artistic Director Nilan speak with Daniel Banks, one of the country’s most innovative and imaginative arts leaders and directors. They discuss Daniel’s work with DNAWORKS, being at the forefront of important conversations around equity, social justice, and community engagement; and the important conversations the field needs to have moving forward. Trigger Warning: this episode contains references to racial violence.
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Recorded on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
 
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Associate Artistic Director Nilan speak with Timothy Douglas, recipient of the Lloyd Richards Director Award, who has over 120 productions from some of the most prominent theater companies to his credit. They talk about Timothy’s impressive and inspiring career as a director and educator, his thoughts on American theater today and the changes he has seen as a Black director in mostly White institutions, and the areas where he thinks work still needs to be done. 
 
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Recorded on Tuesday March 22, 2022
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Associate Artistic Director Nilan speaks with Tony-nominated director and playwright, Robert O’Hara, who has been essential in bringing new perspectives and stories about Black bodies and queer lives to the stage. They talk about working outside of the box, what it’s like to be both writer and director of a show, working in the classical canon as Black director, and what the actual labor of creating a production is like.
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Recorded on Wednesday, March 16, 2022
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Associate Artistic Director Nilan speak with Tony Award-winning director, Rebecca Taichman. Known as a director who is committed to the development of the projects she works on, they discuss her role as director and co-creator of Indecent, her dedication and determination to bringing Sing Street to Broadway, as well as her thoughts on gender parity in the theater, considering she has an exclusive role as one of only 10 women directors to have received a Tony Award for direction.
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Recorded on Wednesday, December 8, 2021
In this episode of TA(L)KING DIRECTION, Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Associate Artistic Director Nilan speak with Snehal Desai, Producing Artistic Director of East West Players. Located in L.A., East West Players, now entering its 56th Season, is one of the longest continuously-operating theaters of color in the United States. A former Drama League Fellow, Snehal discusses what it’s like to be a leader of such an institution in our current times and his vision for the company and its future. 
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