Egla Hassan's guest appearances

Egla Hassan

Beltline to Broadway

Shereen Ahmed

Kristin Chenoweth

Beau Clark

Nina Simone

Erin Sullivan

Elizabeth Doran

David Wood

Nicole Williams

John Ritter

Ed Asner

Joseph Anthony

Glynn Turman

Hal Prince

Laura Heywood

Stephen Schwartz

OwlTail

Lauren Gunderson

To read a transcript of the RDU on Stage interview with Lauren Gunderson, click here.Note: The music used in this episode was written by Jenny Giering for the play Silent Sky.About the GuestsLauren Gunderson is a playwright, screenwriter and short story author from Atlanta, GA. She received her BA in English/Creative Writing at Emory University and her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. She was named the most produced playwright in America by ‘American Theatre Magazine’ in 2017, was awarded the 2016 Lanford Wilson Award from the Dramatist Guild, the 2016 Otis Gurnsey Award for Emerging Writer, and was awarded the prestigious 2014 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for her play, I and You. By my count, she has written or co-authored 20 plays, including The Revolutionists, Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight (Sonorous Road, March 29th – April 14th), and Silent Sky (Burning Coal, April 2020). She has been commissioned by South Coast Rep (3 times), San Francisco Playhouse (2 times), The Denver Center Theatre Company, Crowded Fire, CentralWorks, The Kennedy Center, The Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project, Marin Theatre Company, Actors Express Theatre, Dad’s Garage Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, City University of New York and Synchronicity Performance Group. Gunderson lives in California with her husband (a scientist) and two children.Egla Hassan is an accomplished director and professor of theatre whose 34-year career at Western Illinois University included heading the Master of Fine Arts in Directing program and helping young theatre artists to find their own voice. She has spent most of her adult life engaged in some form of theatrical pursuit. Whether that was exploring the relationship between religion and drama during her time at Christian Theological Seminary, performing with a small theatrical group in Pennsylvania, or writing plays for special audiences, Hassan says that she has always looked for the ways in which theatre speaks about the human condition. Hassan is now retired from teaching but still works as a freelance director. In 2017, Hassan directed Sonorous Road’s production of Straight, White, Men.'Connect with Beltline to Broadway:Facebook – www.facebook.com/beltlinetobroadwayTwitter – www.twitter.com/beltlinetobwayInstagram – @beltlinetobroadwayWeb www.beltlinetobroadway.org

<a href="https://rduonstage.com/2019/03/24/transcript-lauren-gunderson-on-science-and-storytelling/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">To read a transcript of the RDU on Stage interview with Lauren Gunderson, click here.</a>Note: The music used in this episode was written by <a href="https://www.jennygiering.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jenny Giering</a> for the play Silent Sky.About the GuestsLauren Gunderson is a playwright, screenwriter and short story author from Atlanta, GA. She received her BA in English/Creative Writing at Emory University and her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. She was named the most produced playwright in America by ‘American Theatre Magazine’ in 2017, was awarded the 2016 Lanford Wilson Award from the Dramatist Guild, the 2016 Otis Gurnsey Award for Emerging Writer, and was awarded the prestigious 2014 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for her play, I and You. By my count, she has written or co-authored 20 plays, including The Revolutionists, Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight (<a href="https://sonorousroadrep.org/emilie" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sonorous Road</a>, March 29th – April 14th), and Silent Sky (<a href="https://burningcoal.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Burning Coal</a>, April 2020). She has been commissioned by South Coast Rep (3 times), San Francisco Playhouse (2 times), The Denver Center Theatre Company, Crowded Fire, CentralWorks, The Kennedy Center, The Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project, Marin Theatre Company, Actors Express Theatre, Dad’s Garage Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, City University of New York and Synchronicity Performance Group. Gunderson lives in California with her husband (a scientist) and two children.Egla Hassan is an accomplished director and professor of theatre whose 34-year career at Western Illinois University included heading the Master of Fine Arts in Directing program and helping young theatre artists to find their own voice. She has spent most of her adult life engaged in some form of theatrical pursuit. Whether that was exploring the relationship between religion and drama during her time at Christian Theological Seminary, performing with a small theatrical group in Pennsylvania, or writing plays for special audiences, Hassan says that she has always looked for the ways in which theatre speaks about the human condition. Hassan is now retired from teaching but still works as a freelance director. In 2017, Hassan directed Sonorous Road’s production of Straight, White, Men.'Connect with Beltline to Broadway:<ul><li>Facebook – <a href="http://www.facebook.com/beltlinetobroadway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/beltlinetobroadway</a></li><li>Twitter – <a href="http://www.twitter.com/beltlinetobway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/beltlinetobway</a></li><li>Instagram – @beltlinetobroadway</li><li>Web <a href="http://www.beltlinetobroadway.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.beltlinetobroadway.org</a></li></ul>

Ep. 12: Science and Storytelling with Lauren Gunderson and Egla Hassan