In Plays and Playwrights 2008 we published Daniel Talbott’s play, What Happened When. In the same book we published two other plays directed by Daniel. These two plays are site specific.
Crystal Skillman’s, The Telling Trilogy, was specifically written and directed to be produced at Seventh Street Small Stage — a long room behind a bar/restaurant. The audience sits around the side of the room with the action going on next to them, around them and in front of them.
Daniel Reitz’s, Fall Forward, was originally staged at a Methodist Church just a few blocks from the World Trade Center. Here the audience congregates in the courtyard joined by one of the actors. They are then led into the church, seated on benches and the action takes place in the pews facing them.
Both of these are examples of many of the innovative site specific productions that Daniel stages and directs. And this summer he is teaching a class at Primary Stages’ Einhorn School of Performing Arts to a group of young directors. Wanting to learn more about the class, the topic and what these directors think about the process, we invited Daniel to record a podcast with six of his students. Tune in – it’s a chance to listen to the teacher and the students, all with slightly different thoughts.
And Daniel is also directing a new show Keep Your Baggage With You (At All Times) as part of the Dream Works Festival. It begins performances August 6.
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