Denise continues her intimate conversation with actress, director and producer Lisa Gay Hamilton.  A graduate of the Juilliard School’s 18th class Lisa Gay Hamilton is known for her film about the life and work of Beah Richards, Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as well as her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama The Practice, and for her critically acclaimed performance as young Sethe in Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved. Her theater credits include Measure for Measure (Isabella), Henry IV Parts I & II (Lady Hotspur), Athol Fugard’s, Valley Song and The Ohio State Murders. Hamilton was also an original cast member in the Broadway productions of August Wilson’s, The Piano Lesson and Gem of the Ocean.What You Will HearLisa’s connection with Beah RichardsChoosing projects and setting limitsAaron SorkinDepth, truth and meter in scriptBeah RichardsBeah: A Black Woman SpeaksWhat Beah wanted for young peopleBeing a student at JuilliardQuotes“This connection you have with people sometimes, it's because of your age, it's because of your journey and it's because of the experience that you've had. It's also how you see the world and what you want from the world and what you want as an artist and how you want to tell that story and what stories you don't want to tell and what stories you do want to tell.“Deep investigation, that is so necessary because iambic pentameter and poetry is just fluff and words if you don't start from that place.”“I think it's so important to have a sense of the world and to have an opinion about it andnot be afraid of it.”“Speak it into existence” - Beah Richards“Giving voice to the truth is all that we have and it's the most powerful thing we have as artists.”“Our greatest political being in the theater community, the film community next to Harry Belafonte is Danny Glover”.MentionedLisaGayHamilton.comBeah RichardsMarie Louise and William PattersonPaul RobesonAlice ChildressFrancis WilliamsWatch Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksHarry BelafonteDanny GloverRobert WilliamsEdith Skinner Liz SmithTim Monick