A Conversation with Taylor Mac and Craig Lucas—TCG National Conference—San Diego—Friday 20 June 2014
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2018-02-10

Plenary | A Conversation with Taylor Mac and Craig Lucas | 3:15-4:45pm PDT/5:15-6:45pm CDT/6:15-7:45pm EDT



Craig Lucas wrote & directed Ode to Joy at Rattlestick, the movie The Dying Gaul & the world premiere of The Light in the Piazza (scored by Adam Guettel). He won an Obie for directing Kondoleon's Saved or Destroyed. Other works include play and film versions ofBlue Window, Reckless & Prelude to a Kiss, films Secret Lives of Dentists and Longtime Companion & plays Small Tragedy (Obie Award, Best Play), Prayer for My Enemy, Stranger, Missing Persons, The Singing Forest and God's Heart. He has twice been nominated for a Tony and has been a Pulitzer Finalist.
Taylor Mac is a theater artist (who uses the gender pronoun, judy), which means judy’s a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, cabaret performer, performance artist, director and producer. Time Out New York has called Mac “One of the most exciting theater artists of our time,” naming judy the best cabaret performer in New York in 2012, and a future theater legend. American Theatre wrote “Mac is one of this country’s most heroic and disarmingly funny playwrights.” The New Yorker says, (of Mac’s acting in the title role of Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan), “One of contemporary theater’s more unforgettable performances.” Village Voice named judy the best theater actor in New York (2013), andThe New York Times says of Mac in general, “Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming every one of them.” Judy's work has been performed at New York City's Lincoln Center Theater and The Public Theater, the Sydney Opera House, American Repertory Theater, Stockholm's Sodra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, Dublin's Project Arts Centre, London's Soho Theatre, and literally hundreds of other theaters, museums, music halls, cabarets, and festivals around the globe. Judy is the author of sixteen full-length plays and performance pieces. 

The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) presented 24th TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network ​ Thursday 19 June - Saturday 21 June. The 24th TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders will live up to its title in literal fashion when some sessions cross our national border into Tijuana, Mexico. However, that boundary-defying spirit will be present through every aspect of our programming. At each step, we will be challenging assumptions and dismantling barriers to strengthen our field's vitality. Above all, the TCG National Conference is an opportunity to see old friends, make new connections, and engage in frank discussions with peers and expert presenters. Join this essential gathering of diverse theater-makers from across our country—and world—for model sharing, knowledge exchange, and a journey across our many borders. Events that will be livestreamed on HowlRound TV are as follows. In Twitter, follow @TCG, @HowlRoundTV and use #TCG14.

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