The Long Revolution: Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theater - by Zelda Fichandler

Content from sixty years of essays, speeches, and manifestos by the founding mother of the resident professional theatre movement. Founder and artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and chair of New York University’s Graduate Acting program. Gathers Fichandler’s most prescient writing about that movement, ranging over such topics as The Institution as Art-Work, the Profit in NonProfit, Race and a Deepening Aesthetic, and Creativity and the Public Mind. Also includes intimate portraits of artists with whom she frequently collaborated and director’s notes from the major productions that defined her vision. 320 pages.

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Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

Released: 2024