SDCF Podcast Series

SDCF Podcast Series

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SDCF Podcast Series episodes

  • One-on-One Conversation with Rachel Chavkin and Jacob G Padron

    Join Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation's Director David Roberts as he sits down with director Rachel Chavkin and artistic producer Jacob Padrón to discuss the the current climate of theatre organizations, funders, and freedom of expression.

    SDC Foundation's One-on-One Conversation series illuminates the creative processes, secret mottos, and personal and professional experiences that guide today's luminary directors and choreographers as they forge artistic careers in a profession that has no handbook. These intimate and dynamic conversations between today's most successful artists offer audiences rare insights into the challenging and ever-changing world of theatre making.

    57 min
  • SDCF Podcast Series Replay: One-on-One Conversation with Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall

    Welcome to SDCF Podcast Series Replay, which revisits podcasts that seem especially relevant this season. As we approach the 2017 "Mr. Abbott" Award Gala honoring director Kenny Leon, we will be featuring discussions by previous "Mr. Abbott" Award recipients. Also, in acknowledgement of Women's History Month, this week's podcast features two directors at the top of their game who also happen to be women; SDC President Pam MacKinnon and 2005 "Mr. Abbott" Award honoree Kathleen Marshall. Originally recorded – June 12, 2013

    1 hr 38 min
  • SDCF Podcast Series Replay: George C. Wolfe with Hope Clarke

    Welcome to SDCF Podcast Series Replay, which revisits podcasts that seem especially relevant this season. As we approach the 2017 "Mr. Abbott" Award Gala honoring director Kenny Leon, we will be featuring discussions by previous "Mr. Abbott" Award recipients.

    Today's podcast features George C. Wolfe. On April 18th, 1994 collaborator and colleague Hope Clarke sat down to interview writer-director George C. Wolfe. In this post-Jelly pre-Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk interview, Mr. Wolfe discusses his origins as an artist, the difficulty and fulfillment of writing and directing, his experience running the New York Shakespeare Festival and the future of his career. Originally recorded - April 18, 1994.

    1 hr 4 min
  • SDC Collaboration Symposia: Marshall Mason Keynote Address

    On May 8th, 2015, director Marshall Mason spoke to audiences at the SDC Collaboration Symposia in a keynote address. In this speech, Mason discusses how a director's greatest challenge is often reconciling the invisibility of their work. Mason then relates this difficulty to the importance of collaboration and trust with other artists and focuses on the director's relationship with the actor. Additionally, Mason describes his rehearsal process by illustrating how he navigates memorization, breaks down beats, molds staging around actors' impulses, reviews material, and maintains his productions. Listen in to hear about this master director's process, challenges, and values in a speech overflowing with directorial wisdom and guidance.

    57 min
  • DCN with May Adrales, Anne Kauffman, and Lonny Price

    In a DCN focused on preparing for the first rehearsal, directors May Adrales, Anne Kauffman, and Lonny Price describe how they respectively get from picking a project to the rehearsal room. Listen in as these three master directors discuss how they prepare to stage a piece, how they initially approach the all important collaborations with their fellow artists, how they compartmentalize when juggling multiple projects in pre-production at the same time, and more broadly, how they approach time management.

    1 hr 6 min

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About: The SDCF Podcast series includes insightful and in-depth conversations about the working processes and experiences of directors and choreographers. This series features four decades of interviews and panel discussions with some of the field's most distinguished luminaries, including Hal Prince and Lloyd Richards. Recent episodes include conversations with such notable artists as Anne Kauffman, Raja Feather Kelly, Seret Scott, Leigh Silverman, Twyla Tharp, and Mark Valdez. Dive into our archives to hear the story of the American theatre, told by those who helped create its history and are charting the course of its future.