Lynne Meadow is a theatre producer, director and a teacher. She has been the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club since 1972. In that position she has directed and produced more than 450 New York City and world premieres of plays by American and international playwrights, including Terrence McNally, Beth Henley, John Guare, Athol Fugard, and John Patrick Shanley. Under her leadership, MTC has been honored with every prestigious theatre award, including Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, Obie Awards, and Drama Desk Awards, New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Theatre World Awards. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Her directing credits include Sally and Marsha, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Absent Friends and The Commons of Pensacola (2013).
I asked her a whole bunch of other questions about how she built MTC into the institution it is today. Listen in to hear her talk about:
- The day she challenged The Yale School of Drama’s policy on accepting women (you won’t believe what they said to her)!
- How she creates a season . . . and how it’s not like going to a buffet.
- Why she is one of the few Artistic Directors of a major Non-Profit that actually directs!
- How to get your script in her hands.
- Starting a theater company? Hear her advice.
Tune into this master pod-class on . . . well . . . on so many things. Because Lynne is not only one of the few people that do it all . . . but she does it all so very, very well.
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