Category Archives: Podcasts

The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 26: Cheryl Ikemiya

Posted on May 10, 2012 by ddower

I somehow had the good fortune to spend time on the phone with Cheryl Ikemiya, Senior Program Officer for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, in the middle of a very busy season for the Foundation. They’ve just announced this roster of artists as the inaugural class of
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 25: Braden Abraham

Posted on May 10, 2012 by ddower

Braden Abraham, Associate Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory talks to me as part of the Seattle City Series this week. Contributors have been talking about the Writers’ Group there and here Braden breaks it down a bit for us—why they are doing it, how it works, what they are learning,
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 24: Pam MacKinnon

Posted on May 3, 2012 by ddower

This week I talk with director Pam MacKinnon. She’s just been nominated for a Tony for her work on Clybourne Park and I am really grateful she made the time to talk to me anyway. We spend some time on her journey with that play—from Playwrights Horizons in NYC to
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 23: Meiyin Wang

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ddower

The discussion around the announced season at The Guthrie, and Polly’s powerful, and powerfully personal, response to it have put me in mind of the richness and vibrancy of the American Theater as I experience it. It is a far from homogeneous community, and one filled with gifted, experienced, and
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 22: Anne Bogart

Posted on April 19, 2012 by ddower

To continue the focus this week on ArtsEmerson, the Commons, and the College, I have the sheer pleasure of talking with Anne Bogart. There is so much here we could have talked for hours. Such generosity in this person. She naturally calls out the bright spots in her own experiences
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 21: Heather McDonald

Posted on April 12, 2012 by ddower

Today I talk with DC-based playwright Heather McDonald. I have read, seen, and even directed Heather’s beautiful plays for more than twenty years. You can hear how she weaves a story—the poetry, the heart, the openness, in this entire conversation. We talk about her career, parenting, her DC bright spots,
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 20: Rajiv Joseph

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ddower

I am really grateful to Rajiv for making time to talk to me in the middle of so many different deadlines. We talk about his work on the big musical he’s developing, on his role as a writer on Nurse Jackie, and his playwriting and how all these different ways
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 19: Brian Otaño

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ddower

The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunity, what they are planning for it, and where they are headed. Start following these writers now! This is call three of three. I spoke with
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The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 18: Jackie Sibblies Drury

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ddower

The David Dower Friday Phone Call # 17: Charise Smith

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ddower