From DC Theatres to the Nation’s Stages: Developing National Theatre Artists Inside the Capital City

June 26, 11:30am
Source | 1835 14th Street NW

Join Source Festival for a conversation with dramaturgs, producers, and other DC-area artists as we discuss developing new work inside the nation’s capital.  How does our location within this global city affect the work we develop and put on stage?  How are our conversations about theatre and art informed by being “inside the beltway?”  In what ways are local artists being served in DC, and how are we engaging artists from across the country in our city?

Moderator:

Adrien-Alice Hansel, Literary Director, Studio Theatre
Adrien-Alice Hansel recently joined The Studio Theatre as its Literary Director, having spent seven years at The Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she spearheaded solicitation, development, and production dramaturgy for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. At Studio, she’s working with new Artistic Director David Muse as Studio expands its new play and international programming.

Panelists:

Gregg Henry, Artistic Director, KCACTF
Gregg Henry is artistic director of KCACTF and its Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards program, artistic associate for new works and commissions for Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences, the curator of the annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, and produces the annual MFA Playwrights’ Workshop at the Kennedy Center in association with NNPN.

David Dower, Associate Artistic Director, Arena Stage
David Dower is the Associate Artistic Director at Arena Stage and is obsessed with the #newplay sector of the American theater.

Jacqueline Lawton, Director of New Play Development, Active Cultures
Jacqueline E. Lawton is a freelance dramaturg, playwright, and teaching artist. She serves as Director of New Play Development at Active Cultures; Artistic Associate and Resident Dramaturg at African Continuum Theatre Company; and is a full-time visiting faculty member in theater at the University of the District of Columbia.

Abel Lopez, Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre
Abel Lopez, Associate Producing Director of GALA Hispanic Theatre, is Vice President of Americans for the Arts, Treasurer of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, and on the board of directors of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, In Series, Black Women Playwrights Group, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Helen Hayes Awards, and the Performing Arts Alliance. He has directed for theaters in Washington, Arizona, California, Georgia, and Latin America.

Jason Loewith, Executive Director, National New Play Network
Jason Loewith is the Executive Director of the National New Play Network, based in Washington, DC.  He is also a playwright, a director, a recovering artistic director, an expectant book author, and a very frequent (and cross-country) panelist during the June conference season.

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