TNT artFORUM

TNT: ArtForum is back! Help us kick off Season 2 as our Executive Director, Vida Williams discusses Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit Trilogy with Guest Artistic Producer Katrinah Carol Lewis and Director Dr. Tawnya Pettiford Wates. And join us THIS THURSDAY night (11/17/22) at the Historic Hippodrome for the final installment of the series (Tickets here)! Keep your eyes open for 2023 dates for our New Play Incubator and our spring TNT Reading Series. Thank you for checking out TNT: artFORUM. Subscribe to hear more of what is next for The New Theatre. This podcast is produced, edited, and directed by Hannah Sikora and Kaelen Williams. Theme music by Julian Evans  www.julianevans.info

'Red Bike' Playwright, Caridad Svich and Director/Writer, Kareem Fahmy talk to TNT about working and developing new works in the theatre industry- what needs to change and where to start. Caridad discusses how to make climate aware art with a transmedia design in mind. Kareem goes on to say that artists are the vanguard to change. – and so much more in this discussion with TNT Artistic Director, Nathaniel Shaw. ARTIST BIOS: Caridad Svich received a 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement. Her work as a playwright, translator, lyricist, and essayist has been seen in print, live and digital stages at diverse venues across the US and abroad. Key plays in her extensive repertoire include 12 Ophelias, Iphigenia Crash Land Falls…, Red Bike and The House of the Spirits (based on Isabel Allende’s novel). Theatrical digital world premieres in 2021 have included The Book of Magdalene at Main Street Theater, Houston, and Theatre: a love story at Know Theatre, Cincinnati. Memories of Overdevelopment was developed at The Goodman Theatre’s Future Labs Reading Series this summer. As a screenwriter, her first feature film (as co-screenwriter, based on her play) Fugitive Dreams has been seen at the Fantasia, Austin, Tallinn Black Nights, Manchester (UK) and Maryland Film Festivals. Among her recognitions are an American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize, the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, and National Latino Playwriting Award (which she has received twice). She has edited several books on theatre. She most recently authored a book about Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Routledge). Her second feature film Abilene (as screenwriter) is currently in post-production. Her new book Toward a Future Theatre was published in December 2021 by Methuen Drama. Follow Caridad on Twitter @Csvich. Make sure not to miss their new play THE HOUSE ON THE LAGOON, based on Rosario Ferre's novel, premieres at GALA Theatre in Washington D.C. February 3-27, 2022. …… Kareem Fahmy is a Canadian-born director and playwright of Egyptian descent. His plays, which include American Fast, A Distinct Society, Dodi & Diana, Pareidolia, The In-Between, and an adaptation of the acclaimed novel The Yacoubian Building, have been developed at Atlantic Theatre Company, The Denver Center, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Northlight Theatre, The Magic Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, New York Stage & Film, and more. Current commissions: Artist Repertory Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Colt Coeur. Former Sundance Theatre Lab Fellow, Yaddo Literature Fellow, Phil Killian Directing Fellow (OSF), and TCG Rising Leader of Color. Co-founder/Chair of the Middle Eastern American Writers Lab at The Lark. MFA (Theatre Directing), Columbia. www.kareemfahmy.com …… Thank you for checking out TNT: artFORUM. Subscribe to hear more of what is next for The New Theatre. This podcast is produced, edited, and directed by Hannah Sikora and Kaelen Williams. Theme music by Julian Evans  www.julianevans.info

Featuring guests Philip Crosby and Katrinah Carol Lewis. The inaugural episode of the TNT Art: Forum features our guests Phillip Crosby, Executive Director of the Richmond Triangle Players and Katrinah Carol Lewis, Artistic Director of Museum Theatre at Colonial Williamsburg. Our co-hosts Nathaniel Shaw and Vida Williams sit down with them to discuss the genesis of their careers in the city of Richmond and the future of it’s arts community. A city full of complex history, these four discuss how to examine and grow by using our tools of creativity and community. Thank you for checking out TNT: artFORUM. Subscribe to hear more of what is next for The New Theatre. Follow us on all social media platforms for updates on what’s next for The New Theatre! Like what you hear? Have questions for Vida and Nathaniel? Follow and message us on socials or email us at info@ thenewtheatrerva . org. This podcast is produced, edited, and directed by Hannah Sikora and Kaelen Williams. Theme music by Julian Evans  www.julianevans.info Episode One was recorded at Common House: Richmond. Follow Phil and his work at The Richmond Triangle Players www.rtriangle.org IG:  @TrianglePlayers Facebook:  facebook.com/rtriangle https://www.facebook.com/rtriangle/ Katrinah IG: @ katrinahcarol