Shotgun Spotlight: Lance Gardner

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Marin Theatre's Artistic Director, Lance Gardner, discussing his recent productions and the future of the Bay Area theater scene.

Marin Theatre's Artistic Director, Lance Gardner, is a busy man. In the last couple of months, he has directed and starred in back-to-back productions. If our Bay Area theater scene is going to continue its resurgence, we'll need more visionaries like Lance in leadership positions. I'll be interviewing many interesting folks in the coming months, but I have to say it's been a real treat to interview fellow artistic directors Michael Moran and Lance Gardner in consecutive events. I was fascinated to learn from and appreciate their distinct paths to establishing their careers and finding success. This episode of Spotlight was recorded in front of a live audience at the Shotgun Studios on February 6th. As always, your feedback and suggestions are welcome at patrick@shotgunplayers.org Marin Theatre: https://www.marintheatre.org/

People in this episode

Host: Patrick

Guest: Lance Gardner

Topics covered

• theater
• artistic direction
• interviews
• performing arts
• leadership

Keywords

• Lance Gardner
• Marin Theatre
• Bay Area theater
• artistic director
• performing arts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marin Theatre

Places: Bay Area

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