This conversation took place on Thursday, February 10th. If you would like to watch a video replay of this conversation, please click this vimeo link.
Join us on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET when we will be having our third SDCF Conversation Series: Returning to Rehearsal panel with Justin Emeka, Resident Director at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Marya Sea Kaminski, Artistic Director at the Pittsburgh Public Theater.
As live productions resume across the country, theater artists and managers are working to reopen for audiences. There are several conversations they must respond to—namely the ongoing pandemic and calls for action for equity and inclusion. This series will elevate those conversations, hearing from a group of theater leaders, directors and choreographers about their experiences on returning. This event will be in webinar format and ASL interpretation will be provided.
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Justin Emeka is the Resident Director at Pittsburgh Public Theater where he is currently preparing to direct August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. He has worked at many theaters around the country including: Yale Rep, Old Globe, Karamu House, Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Philadelphia Theater Company, Seattle Theater Group and Classical Theater of Harlem. He has taught or directed at Juilliard, NYU Grad Acting, Skidmore, University of Washington and presented workshops to many different theater programs. Some of his favorite directing projects include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo n Juliet, Wedding Band, The Bluest Eye, Death of a Salesman, Paradise Blue, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sweat, Sunset Baby and Macbeth. He is a member of Equity and SDC and holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington. At Oberlin College he is an Associate Professor of Theater and Africana studies.
Marya Sea Kaminski currently serves as the artistic director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater. She combines her experience as a director, writer, producer, and scenic designer to create detailed theatrical experiences that connect us more deeply to one another and to this unique moment in history. She is a founding co-artistic director of the Washington Ensemble Theater, where she produced over a dozen regional and world premieres. At Seattle Rep, Kaminski served as the associate artistic director and founded Public Works Seattle, an artistic initiative that creates large-scale works of participatory theater founded in authentic, long-term civic partnerships. She is a member of SDC, AEA, and SACD. Marya has taught Theater at Hollins University, the University of Washington, and at Cornish College of the Arts; and has received a Genius Award from The Stranger, a 2021 Regional BroadwayWorld Award for Best Direction of Play, and has been recognized as an Artist of the Year by Seattle Magazine.
