In this episode, Rachel chats with Taylor Reynolds - one the most in demand theater directors currently working off-Broadway, and a producing artistic leader of The Movement Theatre Company. This season her work included: Tambo & Bones at Playwrights Horizons, Man Cave by John J. Caswell Jr. presented by P 73, and Songs About Trains playing at the New Ohio Theatre through April 18.
Rachel & Taylor talk about:
- Taylor's approach to these larger than life theatrical new works
- How Taylor made her way as a director, forgoing the assistant/associate route
- Taylor's relationship to the 'white gaze' and how it's continually changing
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Intro & Outro Music:
Angle Of Light by David Hilowitz
Underscore:
Arcadia by Dream-Protocol
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