In this episode we are joined by Maureen Freedman, talking all things performance design. A South African designer for performance, Maureen has worked with production teams in the US and abroad creating spaces and crafting characters for theatre, object theatre, opera and dance. Some notable work includes The Exalted at BAM with Carl Hancock-Rux and Theo Belckmann, Anne Bogart, Freedman's directing credits include Collider Classroom with Dr. Christopher Emdin at Lincoln Theatre Studio, The Wolves at the Window by Toby Davis for Brits off Broadway, and several collaborations with Yael Rasooly including The House by the Lake (Israel & touring), Silence Makes Perfect (UK) and upcoming Burning Blue in Norway. Maureen is a Linbury Prize finalist, Cheek by Jowl young Professional alum, NYFA IAP fellow and in May this year she and her team presented their winning design for Orfeo ed Euridice in Opera America’s L. B. Tobin Director-Designer award for 2021-22.
https://www.maureenfreedman.com/
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Thanks to David Zieher who composed our music.