Animal Farm: Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests presented by City Garage

Natasha Tripney is a writer, editor and critic based in London. She is the reviews editor for The Stage, the newspaper of the UK theatre industry. In 2011, she co-founded Exeunt, an online theatre magazine, which she edited until 2016. She is a contributor to the Guardian, the Independent, the BBC, Tortoise and Kosovo 2.0. Learn more here: https://seestage.org/author/natasha-tripney/

Adam Esquenazi Douglas is a playwright who was born in Texas, grew up in Arkansas, was raised by a Jewish father and a Cuban mother. His plays have been produced across the United States from Los Angeles to New York City, as well as in Canada and Japan. https://twitter.com/adamwritesplays

Magda Romanska is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Dramaturgy at Emerson College in Boston, the Chair of Transmedia Arts seminar at Harvard University Mahindra Humanities Center, and the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of TheTheatreTimes.com, the largest global digital theatre portal. City Garage produced her play "Opheliamachine" in 2013. Learn more about her work here: https://magdaromanska.com/

Nastazja Domaradzka, a Polish-born performer and stage director who has spent her career working in the UK, at such venues as the Almeida Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, and Royal Court Theatre, all in London.

Deniz Başar is a playwright and theatre scholar from Turkey.

Lisa Sanaye Dring is a playwright who has worked with Theatre of Note, EastWest Players, the Geffen Playhouse Rogue Artists Ensemble, and Hero Theatre, among other venues. Learn more about her here: https://www.lisasanayedring.com/about.html

Doruntina Basha is a playwright and screenwriter from Prishtina, Kosovo.

Travis Preston is Artistic Director of the CalArts Center for New Performance and Dean of the CalArts School of Theater. He directs theater and opera throughout the world. Learn more about him here: https://theater.calarts.edu/programs/experience-design-and-production/program-faculty/travis-preston

Katherine Connor Duff and Matthew Domenico co-founded Foxhole Theater Company, which focuses on telling the stories of US Veterans and their experiences of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Foxhole fosters communication between veterans and civilians, working to create visions with which everyone is passionate and treating all stories with equal importance. Learn more here: https://foxholetheatercompany.com/ourmission

Lisa Shurga, an actor and writer, is currently a teacher and a director with The Groundlings. Lisa is also the co-creator and writer of “The News Tank” where, much to her mother’s dismay, she gets drunk and reports on the news. Find it on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube!