SDCF to Host Free Conversation with Sean Mathias and Derek McLane

SDCF presents a free conversation with acclaimed Director Sean Mathias (No Man's Land, Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany's) and Scenic Designer Derek McLane (Ragtime, 33 Variations, 2014 Academy Awards) in conversation aboutcraft and career. Listen firsthand as they explore the relationship between director and designer and discuss their approaches to projects, their creative processes, and the turning points of their careers. Tickets for this event are free. Please RSVP to Conversations@SDCweb.org to reserve tickets. Seating is limited.

About the participants: Sean Mathias has received global acclaim from Northern Ireland to New Zealand, from the West End to Broadway. He has earned an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, a Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival, a London Critics' Circle Award, and an Evening Standard Award, as well as nominations for Olivier and Tony Awards. He was artistic director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2009-10 where he staged Waiting for Godot starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, and the debut production of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Derek McLane's Scenic Design credits include: Broadway: Beautiful, The Heiress, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Best Man, Follies, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business..., Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo...., Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, 33 Variations (Tony Award, Best Scenic Design), Grease, Little Women, The Pajama Game, I Am My Own Wife, The Women, Present Laughter. Off-Bway: Ruined, Lie of the Mind, Marie and Bruce, Starry Messenger, The Voysey Inheritance, Two Trains Running, Macbeth (Shakespeare in the Park), Hurlyburly, Abigail's Party, Aunt Dan and Lemon. Recently designed the 2013 and 2014 Oscars, as well as NBC's Sound of Music, Live. Opera and theatre designs in London, Paris, Dublin, Glasgow, Moscow, Krakow, Sydney, and Warsaw. AWARDS: Winner of 1997, 2004 OBIE Awards, 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards; 2009 Tony Award, 2011 Drama Desk Award, 2013 Emmy Nomination. He is member of the board of directors of the New Group and a mentor with TDF's Open Doors program. SDCF is the nation's only organization that exists to foster, support and promote the crafts of theatre directors and choreographers at all levels of career.

SDCF Programming in 2013-2014 is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Kurt Weill Foundaton for Music, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and many generous corporations and individuals.

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Photo by Walter McBride