From Newark to New Orleans: Richard Schechner’s Backstory
The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
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The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
A designer who continually remade the Performing Garage and the Wilma, he was also a ready teacher, mentor, and problem-solver.