23 min

Tamilla Woodard, Director, Co-Artistic Director of the Working Theater The DRAMA Podcast

    • Performing Arts

Tamilla Woodard studied in the acting program at Yale. Now she is the Co-Artistic Director of the Working Theater, Associate Director of the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Hadestown and a prolific artist. In this moment, the theaters are closed and will likely remain closed for months to come. What happens to the people who create art? In this interview we discuss the Yale Cabaret, social justice, Donetta Lavinia Grays’ Where We Stand, and the nature of grief and joy in New York.

Tamilla Woodard studied in the acting program at Yale. Now she is the Co-Artistic Director of the Working Theater, Associate Director of the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Hadestown and a prolific artist. In this moment, the theaters are closed and will likely remain closed for months to come. What happens to the people who create art? In this interview we discuss the Yale Cabaret, social justice, Donetta Lavinia Grays’ Where We Stand, and the nature of grief and joy in New York.

23 min