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14:49
Cara Greene Epstein
How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics
6:49
Daniel Alexander Jones
What to do when everything feels broken
17:12
Jo Michael Rezes
A playful exploration of gender performance
4:35
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"?
4:26
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
5:03
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read "Waiting for Godot"?
13:10
Oskar Eustis
Why theater is essential to democracy
6:09
Brendan Pelsue
Why should you read "Macbeth"?
5:00
Adong Judith
How I use art to bridge misunderstanding
14:02
Andrew Russell
Why live theatre is more important now than ever before
13:22
Jude Kelly
Why women should tell the stories of humanity
18:02
Adam Driver
My journey from Marine to actor
14:58
Wendell Pierce
Theater healed my community after Hurricane Katrina
18:36
Sarah Jones
What does the future hold? 11 characters offer quirky answers
4:00
Amanda Mattes
Kabuki: The people's dramatic art
15:52
Uri Alon
Why science demands a leap into the unknown
9:06
David Binder
The arts festival revolution
5:55
Danielle de Niese
A flirtatious aria
18:28
Julie Taymor
Spider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge
18:11
Handspring Puppet Co.
The genius puppetry behind War Horse
12:44
Ben Cameron
Why the live arts matter
18:42
Joshua Prince-Ramus
Building a theater that remakes itself
14:39
Natasha Tsakos
A multimedia theatrical adventure
21:00
Sarah Jones
A one-woman global village
6:47
Patsy Rodenburg
Why I do theater
19:24
Liz Diller
The Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture
23:05
Anna Deavere Smith
Four American characters
20:25
Eve Ensler
Happiness in body and soul
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