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Posted Mar 28, 2013, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
More than Appropriate: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Receive Tennessee Williams Award
“Tennessee Williams, ironically enough, is a very important person to me. He’s an artist I’m constantly returning to, who I’ve…
Posted Feb 28, 2013, by Philip Himberg, Artistic Director, Theatre Program
Role Reversal: Philip Himberg Preps Paper Dolls For Opening Night
Philip Himberg is the Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program where he works to support the projects of…
Posted Feb 19, 2013, by Matthew Paul Olmos, Playwrights Retreat at Ucross
Writing From An Unlocked Building...With Nobody Around For Miles
Matthew Paul Olmos is currently in Wyoming attending the Sundance Institute Plawrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, an 18-day…
Posted Aug 13, 2012, by John Price, Former U.S. Ambassador
Artistic Endeavor Can Change the Face of Africa
John Price is the former U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros and a founding board member of the Utah…
Posted Apr 23, 2012, by Philip Himberg, Producing Artistic Director, Theatre Program
"Azmari Bets": Day Five of the Theatre Stage Directors Workshop in Addis Ababa
Friday night might be Shabbat on the Upper West Side, but in Addis Ababa, it’s “Azmari Bets” – meaning “House of Singers”. The…
Posted Apr 20, 2012, by Phillip Himberg, Producing Artistic Director, Sundance Theatre Program
First Kisses: Day Four of the Theatre Stage Directors Workshop in Addis Ababa
Liesl Tommy (Workshop leader): “I know you guys don’t kiss on stage in Ethiopia, is that right?”
Silence.
Workshop…
Posted Apr 20, 2012, by David Diamond, , Co-Coordinator, La MaMa Umbria International Summer Programs
Freddy’s Group: Day Three of the Theatre Stage Directors Workshop in Addis Ababa
I was in Freddy’s group.
Liesl Tommy, creative advisor for the workshops, had given us the assignment to create a staged piece…
Posted Apr 17, 2012, by Philip Himberg, Producing Artistic Director, Sundance Theatre Program
The Revelations Begin: Day Three of the Theatre Stage Directors Workshop in Addis Ababa
"Ubuntu." An African concept meaning: Humanness. “I am because we are and because we are, therefore I am.”
The Ethiopian…
Posted Apr 16, 2012, by Phillip Himberg, Artistic Director/Vampire
Out of Africa: The Theatre Stage Directors Workshop in Addis Ababa Gets Off to a Bloody Good Start
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Orthodox Easter Sunday, Addis Ababa -- “And what is that?” I ask, pointing to a bowl of what appears to…
Posted Apr 9, 2012, by Christine Spines
Sundance Institute Alumni Spotlight: Five Questions for Doug Wright
Doug Wright's career has been defined by its distinct undefinability. Wright, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for I Am My…
