SEGAL TALKS Lee Breuer and Maude Mitchell on Wednesday 15 July 2020
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2020-07-15

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents SEGAL TALKS: Lee Breuer and Maude Mitchell livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 July 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC +2).

Lee Breuer (Chevalier and MacArthur Fellow) is a writer, director, poet, lyricist, filmmaker, adapter, producer, and teacher whose work expands the boundaries of storytelling in the theatre. He is a founding artistic director of Mabou Mines. "The Gospel of Colonus", his unprecedented merger of Greek theatre and gospel service, is now a classic of the contemporary stage, as is his post-Brechtian production "Mabou Mines DollHouse". Recent publications: "Getting Off", Theatre Communications Group. "La Divina Caricatura: Bunraku Meets Motown", Seagull Books.

Maude Mitchell (Mabou Mines Associate Artist) actor, dramaturge, adapter. Drama League Nomination, Backstage West Garland Award, Elliot Norton Award, & Village Voice Obie Award for playing Nora in Mabou Mines DollHouse (33 venues on 5 continents, 2003-2011). Two decades of ongoing collaborations with partner director/writer Lee Breuer. Recently: Guest speaker: The American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt & The Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre. Global Doll’s House The Ibsen Centre, Oslo, Norway (via Zoom). Guest presentation of Medea, Oxford, UK, 2019.

ABOUT SEGAL TALKS:

SEGAL TALKS is a daily one-hour LIVE online conversation from Monday to Friday about making art and making sense in the Time of Corona.

SEGAL TALKS was conceived, created and curated by Frank Hentschker in March 2020.

SEGAL TALKS has been made possible by the support of Susan and Jack Rudin, the Hearst Foundation, and Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Chair, The Graduate Center CUNY.

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