Drama

As an experienced artistic and stage director, I am interested in plays that speak to the current conditions of our society – from local to global. The audience, who become part of the story told on stage, must clearly understand why that particular play is being performed and why it is being performed at this point in time. I am drawn to playwrights that tell a compelling story, yet speak on multiple levels, e.g., Shakespeare, Miller, Brecht, Pinter; this allows me as a director to address meaning and pose questions to the audience beyond the narrative of events. The idea of tragedy has changed over the centuries from Aristotle — imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude to Mel Brooks — tragedy is when I cut MY finger . . . comedy is when YOU fall into an open sewer and die.  What is constant is that theatrical drama is storytelling that has a compelling meaning for a  living audience.