Manhattan Theatre Club will host a special edition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's One-on-One Conversation Series with Tony Award winning directors Doug Hughes (Defiance, Doubt) and Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole, Proof) with moderator Mandy Greenfield, MTC Director of Artistic Operations, on Monday, March 13 at 6:30 PM at New York City Center– Stage I (131 West 55th Street).
"The SDCF's
One-on-One Conversations Series explores the careers and creative processes of the theatre's foremost directors and choreographers," state press notes." These evenings provide the rare opportunity to interact with masters of the theatre, and hear them speak on a broad range of topics. Each 90-minute session is an in-depth interview of artists by the moderator, with questions from an audience of directors, choreographers, students, theatre artists and theatre enthusiasts."
Past participants of the series have included such renowned artists as
Kathleen Marshall,
Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marshall Mason, Lanford Wilson, Sir Peter Hall, Harold Prince, Jack O'Brien,
Susan Stroman,
James Lapine,
Stanley Donen,
Robert Wilson, and
Jerry Zaks.
In addition to directing two
John Patrick Shanley plays--the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning
Doubt and the upcoming
Defiance--Hughes has helmed
A Touch of the Poet, The Paris Letter, Frozen and others. He received a 2005 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
Sullivan received a Tony Award for directing
Proof. Other Broadway credits include
After The Night and The Music, Sight Unseen, Brooklyn Boy, Julius Caesar, The Sisters Rosensweig and
The Heidi Chronicles, while off-Broadway credits include
Third, Dinner with Friends and
Ten Unknowns.For tickets, please contact Tracy Mendez at SDCF at 212-391-1070 x 252 or via e-mail at TMendez@ssdc.org. Ticket are $10 for the general public and $5 to MTC subscribers & SSDC Members and Associate Members. For more on MTC, visit
www.mtc-nyc.org.
