Why should we care about systemic issues in the field of directing? Because what happens in one rehearsal room affects ALL rehearsal rooms.

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New York Times Chief Theatre Critic, Jesse Green, just published a potent article entitled "Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters?" and we need to talk about it. 

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We're going to start our deconstruction journey by examining the implicit assumptions a lot of people seem to have about directing and offer a counter perspective. Most of these will be returned to in full episodes, but my hope is that this is a good snapshot of the issues in the field and the necessity for change.

Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Something is broken in the field of directing. A new paradigm manifesto, Deconstructing Directing is a blog, podcast, and TikTok series about the field of directing and how we can fix it. Episode 01: The Why, introduces listeners to creator Andrew Roblyer (they/he) and the impetus behind this series.

Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod