Carol Dunne's guest appearances

Carol Dunne

EnTrance Theatre Talk

The Sydcast

Donald Trump

Cal Newport

Howard Anderson

Jake Sullivan

Kirsten Wyatt

Jeff Grant

Bernie Madoff

Michael Kushner

Sam Kennedy

Carol Fishman Cohen

Maynard Webb

Dariush Mozaffarian

James Kennedy

Adam Gopnik

Jonathan Wolff

OwlTail

Carol Dunne is the Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage, regional non-profit LORT-D professional theater company in Vermont with a mission to change lives, one story at a time. Now in her sixth season, she brings a wealth of experience from her former position as Producing Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse, a company she transformed from a semi-professional summer stock theater to one of the most successful summer theaters in New England. Since 2013, Dunne and her team have overseen the $9.2 million Campaign for Northern Stage, which culminated in the opening of the theater’s new home, the state of the art Barrette Center for the Arts. During Carol’s tenure, she has introduced the development of new plays to the Northern Stage repertoire with New Works Now, an annual new play festival, and directed many times on the mainstage. In 2017, Dunne received a $1.25 million grant from the Pussycat Foundation to further women in the American theater, which she used to start the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, a cohort of five professional leaders run by women to support female artists and leaders in the field. Dunne also serves as an award winning Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth College. She joins us today from White River Junction, Vermont.

Carol Dunne is the Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage, regional non-profit LORT-D professional theater company in Vermont with a mission to change lives, one story at a time. Now in her sixth season, she brings a wealth of experience from her former position as Producing Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse, a company she transformed from a semi-professional summer stock theater to one of the most successful summer theaters in New England. Since 2013, Dunne and her team have overseen the $9.2 million Campaign for Northern Stage, which culminated in the opening of the theater’s new home, the state of the art Barrette Center for the Arts. During Carol’s tenure, she has introduced the development of new plays to the Northern Stage repertoire with New Works Now, an annual new play festival, and directed many times on the mainstage. In 2017, Dunne received a $1.25 million grant from the Pussycat Foundation to further women in the American theater, which she used to start the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, a cohort of five professional leaders run by women to support female artists and leaders in the field. Dunne also serves as an award winning Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth College. She joins us today from White River Junction, Vermont.

Carol Dunne is the embodiment of a leader - revitalizing two moribund theaters into central focal points of their respective communities, championing women in theatre leadership, and showing lots of people what can be done when you really want it. I can’t act, and I can’t sing, but Carol Dunne sure can. She can also resurrect failing regional theatre troupes, manage two organizations at the same time, and recruit and mentor leaders who happen to be women in the artistic world. I learned a lot from talking to Carol, who is honest, sharp, and engaging. Listen as we talk about her life, how she got into music and theatre in the first place, how she’s dealt with enormous challenges and some failures, and what it means to be a leader in a creative industry.

Carol Dunne is the embodiment of a leader - revitalizing two moribund theaters into central focal points of their respective communities, championing women in theatre leadership, and showing lots of people what can be done when you really want it.  I can’t act, and I can’t sing, but Carol Dunne sure can. She can also resurrect failing regional theatre troupes, manage two organizations at the same time, and recruit and mentor leaders who happen to be women in the artistic world. I learned a lot from talking to Carol, who is honest, sharp, and engaging. Listen as we talk about her life, how she got into music and theatre in the first place, how she’s dealt with enormous challenges and some failures, and what it means to be a leader in a creative industry.

Carol Dunne: Singer, Builder, Actor, Mentor