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- Category: Awards
- “Mr. Abbott” Award Gala Leadership Announced (02/17/2017)
- 2015-2016 Joe A. Callaway Award Winners (11/01/2016)
- In Celebration of the 2016 Zelda Fichandler Award (10/28/2016)
- 2014-2015 Joe A. Callaway Award Winners (10/29/2015)
- SDCF Names 2015 Zelda Fichandler Award Recipient (09/24/2015)
- 2013-14 Callaway Award Winners Announced (10/08/2014)
- 2014 Fichandler Recipient Announced (10/02/2014)
- 2014 Fichandler Nominations (05/08/2014)
- 2013 Zelda Fichandler Award in Cincinnati (10/21/2013)
- 2013 Callaway Award Winners & Finalists Announced (10/21/2013)
- Category: Breaking News
- SDCF Observership Video (04/25/2014)
- 2014 NEA Grant Awarded (04/16/2014)
- Category: Conversation
- First Mondays of the Month (09/07/2021)
- Designer and Director & Choreographer Networking Series (09/07/2021)
- SDCF Panel: Choreographing in the Time of COVID (03/10/2021)
- Third Roundtable Conversation (02/07/2021)
- One-on-One Conversation with Sheldon Epps and Seret Scott (09/29/2020)
- SDCF’s second Roundtable Conversation (08/25/2020)
- Insight on Deaf POC Theater Artists & Our Industry (08/05/2020)
- Financial Behaviorist Jacquette M. Timmons (07/10/2020)
- SDCF Roundtable Conversation (07/02/2020)
- Showcasing Deaf Talent: Incorporating ASL on Stage (07/02/2020)
- One-on-One Conversation: Producing Theatre for an Ageless Audience (05/08/2019)
- One-On-One Conversation with Erica Schmidt & Davis McCallum (04/05/2019)
- One-on-One Conversation with Mandy Moore and Walter Painter (09/08/2018)
- An Artists Conversation: The Team Behind SOFT POWER (05/03/2018)
- One-on-One Conversation with Liesl Tommy and Stephanie Ybarra (01/31/2018)
- One-On-One Conversation with Sam Gold and David Caparelliotis (12/06/2017)
- One-on-One Conversation with James Lapine and Lonny Price (11/15/2017)
- One-on-One Conversation with Rachel Chavkin and Jacob G. Padron (06/22/2017)
- One-on-One Conversation with Giovanna Sardelli and Rajiv Joseph (04/18/2017)
- One-on-One Conversation with Kwame Kwei-Armah & Patricia McGregor (12/29/2016)
- Category: Current GAI Opp
- Stay tuned… (10/01/2014)
- Category: DCN
- Directing Classics with Davis McCallum (04/19/2016)
- SDCF Roundtable on Self Producing (03/10/2016)
- SDCF Roundtable with Casting Directors (02/23/2016)
- SDCF Industry Event (01/28/2016)
- SDCF Master Class Series: Anne Bogart (01/20/2016)
- New! SDCF Master Class Series (11/13/2015)
- Playwrights Center and SDCF Roundtable Discussion (07/15/2015)
- June DCN: Freelance Director/Institution Relationship (06/08/2015)
- May DCN: The Art of the Pitch (05/04/2015)
- April DCN: Choreographers Preparing for First Rehearsal (04/08/2015)
- DCN: Contracts with Mauro Melleno & Randy Anderson (01/15/2015)
- DCN: Maximizing Your Finances in the Artistic World (10/16/2014)
- DCN: Creating A Theatre of Inclusion (06/11/2014)
- February DCN: Branding, Personal Styles, and the Pitch (02/21/2014)
- February DCN: REIMAGINING A CLASSIC (01/27/2014)
- DCN: January 27, Live Theatre and Concert Capture (01/22/2014)
- Category: Fichandler Award
- Fichandler Award Nominations (06/01/2015)
- Category: Masters of the Stage
- Masters of the Stage: The Founder’s Series with Anne Kauffman, Jonathan McCrory and Sade Lythcott (05/20/2020)
- Masters of the Stage: The Founder’s Series with Anne Kauffman and Emily Mann (04/21/2020)
- Masters of the Stage: Careers in the Classics with Ethan McSweeny + Geoffrey Kent (01/03/2020)
- Masters of the Stage: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith and Erven Odcikin (12/12/2019)
- Masters of the Stage: Careers in the Classics with Ethan McSweeny + Eric Tucker (11/20/2019)
- Sharon Ott: Masters of the Stage, Careers in the Classics with Ethan McSweeny (08/23/2019)
- Harold Prince: A Director’s Life (08/09/2019)
- Elizabeth Williamson: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (07/24/2019)
- Sheldon Epps and Robert O’Hara: A One-on-One Conversation. (07/08/2019)
- Bill T. Jones: Masters of the Stage, In Motion with Wendy Seyb (06/25/2019)
- Robert Moss: Masters of the Stage, Founder’s Series with Anne Kauffman (06/13/2019)
- From the Archives: One-on-One Conversation with Taylor Mac and Lee Breuer (06/06/2019)
- Jeremy B. Cohen: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (05/31/2019)
- Tony Taccone, a One-on-One Conversation (05/23/2019)
- Jon Tracy: Masters of the Stage, Regional Original with M. Graham Smith (05/02/2019)
- Victor Malana Maog: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (04/24/2019)
- Conversation Replay with Tony Taccone (04/23/2019)
- ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP, DIRECTING INTERNATIONALLY, AND ADVANCING THE CRAFT (04/18/2019)
- Hana S. Sharif: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (04/10/2019)
- Pam MacKinnon: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (02/26/2019)
- Shelley Butler: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (01/29/2019)
- Leah C. Gardiner: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals in conversation with M. Graham Smith (01/10/2019)
- Camille A. Brown: Masters of the Stage, In Motion with Wendy Seyb (12/14/2018)
- Lavina Jadhwani: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (12/10/2018)
- Chay Yew: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (11/16/2018)
- Blanka Zizka: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (11/16/2018)
- Chase Brock: Masters of the Stage, In Motion with Wendy Seyb (10/23/2018)
- Nataki Garrett: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (04/24/2018)
- Torange Yeghiazarian: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (04/10/2018)
- Robert O’Hara: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (03/06/2018)
- Raymond Bobgan: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (02/20/2018)
- Wendy C. Goldberg: Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith (02/06/2018)
- Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Seth Rozin (01/23/2018)
- Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Kwame Kwei Armah (01/09/2018)
- Masters of the Stage, Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Mina Morita (12/12/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Dawn Monique Williams (11/28/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Bill Rauch (11/14/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Carey Perloff (10/31/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: Trailer (10/24/2017)
- One On One: Rachel Chavkin and Jacob G. Padron (09/21/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: James Lapine (03/20/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall (03/03/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: George C. Wolfe (02/20/2017)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: Thomas Kail and Stafford Arima (11/23/2016)
- Masters of the Stage: Marshall W. Mason Keynote Address (11/07/2016)
- DCN with May Adrales, Anne Kauffman, and Lonny Price (10/19/2016)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: Thomas Kail and Lear deBessonet (09/26/2016)
- Masters of the Stage: Bartlett Sher and Rachel Chavkin (09/12/2016)
- Jennifer Tepper and Michael Grandage (08/22/2016)
- Jennifer Tepper and John Doyle (06/20/2016)
- Jennifer Tepper and Jerry Mitchell (06/06/2016)
- Masters of the Stage: Annette Bening and Tom Moore (04/25/2016)
- Masters of the Stage: Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Justin Emeka (04/11/2016)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: Thomas Kail and Moisés Kaufman (03/21/2016)
- Masters of the Stage Replay: Julie Taymor and Bartlett Sher, Moderated by Anne Bogart (03/07/2016)
- Susan Stroman at the 2014 Musicals Symposium (02/29/2016)
- Jack O’Brien at the 2014 SDCF Emerging Artists Symposium (01/29/2016)
- Thomas Kail and Lear deBessonet (01/07/2016)
- Thomas Kail and Leigh Silverman (01/07/2016)
- Thomas Kail and Rachel Chavkin (01/07/2016)
- Thomas Kail and Stafford Arima (01/07/2016)
- Category: Opportunity Bulletin
- April Opportunities (04/06/2015)
- February Opportunities (02/09/2015)
- January Opportunities (01/15/2015)
- December Opportunities (12/01/2014)
- October Opportunities Bulletin (10/09/2014)
- September Opportunities Bulletin (10/01/2014)
- August Opportunities (08/06/2014)
- July Opportunities (06/30/2014)
- June/July Opportunities (06/03/2014)
- March 2014 (03/07/2014)
- February 2014 (01/27/2014)
- Category: Past GAI Opp
- GAI Op: Unv. of Illinois (08/06/2014)
- GAI Op: Ithaca College (08/06/2014)
- Carrie: Michigan State U. Seeking Director/Choreographer (11/20/2013)
- Category: Programs
- Category: Fellowship
- 2017-2018 Denham Fellowship Now CLOSED (06/01/2017)
- Kurt Weill Fellowship (01/07/2014)
- The Shepard And Mildred Traube Fellowship (08/29/2013)
- The Mike Ockrent Fellowship (08/29/2013)
- The Sir John Gielgud Fellowship (08/29/2013)
- The Denham Fellowship (08/29/2013)
- The Charles Abbott Fellowship (08/29/2013)
- Category: Live-on-Screen
- Live-on-Screen Fellowship Opportunity: Sweeney Todd (12/27/2013)
- Category: Fellowship
- Category: Symposia
- Staging Intimacy Symposium (07/02/2020)
- Choreography in Collaboration Symposium (07/02/2020)
- Directing Comedy Symposium (04/20/2016)
- SDCF Symposium: Musicals (05/26/2015)
- Category: Uncategorized
- Deaf Artists in Theater: History, Representation and the Future (11/24/2020)
- Press Release: 2020 Zelda Fichandler Award (10/20/2020)
- SDCF Symposium: The Art of Collaboration Now Accepting Applications (04/08/2015)
- NYC Emerging Artist Symposium: Plays (05/12/2014)
- Emerging Artist Symposium: Musicals (02/07/2014)
- Festival Season 2013 (06/06/2013)
- LA Stage Day (04/23/2013)
- Current Programming News (04/23/2013)
Events
- SDCF Panel: Choreographing in the Time of COVID
- Third Roundtable Conversation
- One-on-One Conversation with Sheldon Epps & Seret Scott
- SDCF's second Roundtable Conversation
- Insight on Deaf POC Theater Artists & our Industry
- Conversation with financial behaviorist Jacquette M. Timmons
- SDCF Roundtable Conversation
- One-on-One Conversation
- DCN
- Abbott Application Deadline
- DCN
- DCN: Branding, Personal Style, and The Pitch
- GAI Application Available Online
- One-on-One with Sean Mathias and Derek McLane
- Symposia: Emerging Artists
- Observership Application Available Online
- DCN
- Symposia: Musicals
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- Fast of the 17th of Tamuz
- Tisha B'Av
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- Rosh Hashanah
- Fast of Gedaliah
- Eve of Yom Kippur
- Yom Kippur
- Eve of Sukkot
- Sukkot
- Shemini Atzeret (Israel: Simchat Torah)
- Simchat Torah (except Israel)
- Chanukah
News
- Disney ABC DGA Directing Program application deadline
- Kurt Weill Foundation Grant Program
- U. of Vermont Theatre faculty position application review begins
- Penn State Musical Theatre faculty position application deadline
- Presentation of the Zelda Fichandler Award
- Observership with Michael Kahn application deadline
- Presentation of the Joe A. Callaway Award
- Michigan: Guest Artist Initiative announcement
- DCN: Contracts for Directors and Choreographers
- Fichandler Award selection announced
- SDCF Masters of the Stage - "Assistant No More"
Staff
- Doug Hughes -Treasurer
- Justin Emeka
- Seema Sueko
- Victoria Traube
- Dan Knechtges
- Dani Barlow
- Carrie Jablansky
- Michael John Garces
- Eric Ting
- Liz Diamond
- Walter Bobbie
- Kathleen Marshall
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Rachel Chavkin
- Jo Bonney
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- Anne Kauffman - Vice President + Secretary
- Robert O’Hara
- Casey Stangl
- Meredith McDonough
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- Pam MacKinnon
- Michael Wilson
- Evan Yionoulis
- Ted Sod
- Mary Robison
- Sue Lawless
- John Dillon
- Chay Yew
- Bartlett Sher
- Seret Scott
- John Rando
- Sharon Ott
- Robert Moss
- Laura Penn
- Mark Lamos
- Linda Hartzell
- Wendy C. Goldberg
- Liza Gennaro
- Sheldon Epps
- Marcia Milgrom Dodge
- Joe Calarco
- Christopher Ashley
- Oz Scott
- Leigh Silverman
FAQ
- SDCF Live-on-Screen Initiative
- The Kurt Weill Fellowship
- Do you have any tips on applying to the program?
- If I am not a Member of SDC, do I have less chance of an Observership?
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- Since this program is flexible, why can I not miss some rehearsals?
- If I am accepted into the Observership Pool, how long am I committed to this program?
- If I am accepted into the Observership Pool, do I need to move to New York?
- Will I be the assistant on the production?
- A theatre has hired me to direct a production, but there is no money for my assistant. Can I hire my assistant as an Observer on the production?
- A director/choreographer who I have been trying to work with for years says (s)he will hire me as an assistant but does not have funding for me. Can I do this through the Observership program so that I can afford to do this?
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Testimonials
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