Rachel chats with playwright & screenwriter, Anchuli Felicia King, whose play Golden Shield is currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club through June 12. Her work also includes White Pearl which world premiered at the Royal Court in London and has received productions at the Studio Theatre in DC, as well as Sydney Theatre Company earlier this year. She is also on the writing team of the new HBO Max original series The Baby.
In this episode Rachel & Felicia discuss:
- how Felicia ended up becoming a writer, despite not having set out to be one
- Felicia's relationship to writing BIG plays and tackling global issues in multiple languages
- her ambitions, which actually fall outside the realm of theater
Tickets and info for Golden Shield can be found HERE. Did you know if you are under 35 you can access $30 tickets at MTC? Learn more HERE.
The article in Howlround Rachel mentions briefly HERE.
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Intro music by David Hilowitz
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