Wicked Smart: Engage with Our Best Thinkers

Diane Paulus

Cancelled

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Wicked Smart is an ongoing series of interviews at the historic Brattle Theatre conducted by Janis Pryor.

Diane Paulus

Empowering the Audience

Recently appointed as artistic director of the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Diane Paulus is an award-winning director of opera and theater. Under her leadership, the A.R.T. has developed a new focus that seeks to include the audience's total theater experience, giving audiences a voice, a sense of ownership, and a feeling of importance in the theatrical event. This audience-driven vision recognizes that theater is not just a play on the stage, but also a social occasion for people to come together and experience community.

Ms. Paulus's recent theater work includes The Donkey Show, which ran for six years Off-Broadway, and the 2009 Tony award-winning Broadway revival of HAIR. Among her current projects is Death and the Powers, a new opera by composer Tod Machover, with libretto by Robert Pinsky and story by Randy Weiner.

Wicked Smart is co-sponsored by WUMB 91.9 FM's Commonwealth Journal. Diane Paulus will be interviewed by Commonwealth Journal host Janis A. Pryor, and excerpts will be aired on Commonwealth Journal at a later date. For more information, visit commonwealthjournal.org.

Janis A. Pryor, a longtime resident of Cambridge, is a veteran professional in politics and media. Her award-winning work and diligence have taken her around the world. In addition she has taught at Wheelock College and the Institute of Politics at Harvard regarding race, gender, and power.