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American Conservatory Theater
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American Conservatory Theater is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke. Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness. A.C.T. values inclusion, transformational learning, participation and rigorous fun. A.C.T. is a Tony Award-winning nonprofit theater serving almost 200,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area annually through theater, training, education, and community programs.

Episodes

  1. Fefu and Her Friends: Preshow Discussion

    04/20/2022

    Fefu and Her Friends: Preshow Discussion

    Before you watched María Irene Fornés's "Fefu and Her Friends" at the Strand Theater, check out this preshow discussion between A.C.T.'s Director of New Works Joy Meads, and artist Lisa Ramirez for some context around the play and a little bit of dramaturgical prepwork.

    24 min
  2. Fefu and Her Friends: Postshow Discussion

    04/15/2022

    Fefu and Her Friends: Postshow Discussion

    After you've watched María Irene Fornés's "Fefu and Her Friends" at the Strand Theater, check out this postshow discussion between A.C.T.'s Director of New Works Joy Meads, and artist Lisa Ramirez.

    40 min
  3. A Great Last Minute Deal

    01/27/2022

    A Great Last Minute Deal

    Text and narration by Anthony Fusco Sound Design by James Ard What if the life you’re living now, is actually your second chance? Content warnings: this program contains a description of a near-death experience and “Hawaiian” music For a transcription of this performance, click here: https://res.cloudinary.com/a-c-t/image/upload/v1643402873/Uploads/About/Commissions/Projects/A-Great-Last-Minute-Deal-transcript-final..pdf

    9 min
  4. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 8: It makes the art better

    06/23/2021

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 8: It makes the art better

    In this episode, Pam talks with Mx Justin Vivian Bond, who made history as the first actor who identifies as transgender to play a trans character on Broadway. They discuss highlights of Vivian’s career as well as the importance of trans representation and diversity in the industry.

    35 min
  5. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 7: Showing, Not Talking so Much

    04/20/2021

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 7: Showing, Not Talking so Much

    In episode 7, A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon, set designer Allen Lee Hughes, and sound designer and composer Jake Rodriguez talk about their theater origin stories, and asking the right questions in the rehearsal room.

    30 min
  6. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 6: Grateful and Inspired

    03/24/2021

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 6: Grateful and Inspired

    In this episode of Place: Here. Time: Now, Pam MacKinnon talks with Awoye Timpo and Arminda Thomas about their work on A.C.T.'s virtual production of Alice Childress's "Trouble in Mind," as well as their work with CLASSIX, an organization that strives to present more work by Black artists. (See theclassix.org for more information.)

    29 min
  7. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 5: Praying for Beauty and Love... Hope.

    01/21/2021

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 5: Praying for Beauty and Love... Hope.

    A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon talks with new Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Artistic Director Margo Hall and outgoing Magic Theatre Artistic Director Loretta Greco about their common origins at Catholic University, their career paths in the Bay Area, and what’s next.

    36 min
  8. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 4: Exciting and Exhausting

    11/26/2020

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 4: Exciting and Exhausting

    On episode 4 of Place: Here. Time: Now., we talk to playwright James Ijames (A.C.T.'s Moon Man Walk) and director Morgan Green about their origin stories (from comic books to A.C.T. acting classes!), the state of the arts, and the art of instilling pleasure in an audience.

    34 min
  9. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 3 : Practicing Empathy

    10/20/2020

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 3 : Practicing Empathy

    Broadway stars Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale join A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon to talk about acting, voting, and making a plan for Election Day. https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/

    33 min
  10. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 2 : A Ten Year Plan

    09/02/2020

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 2 : A Ten Year Plan

    A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon chats with playwrights Larissa FastHorse (The Thanksgiving Play–up next at A.C.T.) and Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park, Downstate) about what’s on their minds, from where their plays come from to the neuroscience of storytelling.

    36 min
  11. Place: here. Time: now. Episode 1 : When We Know a Thing

    07/24/2020

    Place: here. Time: now. Episode 1 : When We Know a Thing

    A.C.T. Artistic Director and Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon sat down with two long-term friends and artistic collaborators, playwrights Lydia R. Diamond and Craig Lucas. They discuss the underbelly of critical acclaim, how to combat anti-Blackness in the theater, and where theater needs to go next in the era of COVID-19.

    37 min
  • 11 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
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About

American Conservatory Theater is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke. Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness. A.C.T. values inclusion, transformational learning, participation and rigorous fun. A.C.T. is a Tony Award-winning nonprofit theater serving almost 200,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area annually through theater, training, education, and community programs.

Information

  • Creator
    American Conservatory Theater
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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