Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals

Welcome to Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals. Theater is a community event and it takes a village to operate. From actors to designers to company managers to teaching artists to data nerds and dramaturgs and everything in between. So join me weekly to learn more about each person's journey and the "hustle" we call theater as we go Beyond the Lights.

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Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals

27. CARMEN RIVERA - Playwright

February 22, 2021 • Mary Beth Smith

On today’s show, I speak with playwright Carmen Rivera. If you recognize Carmen’s name it’s because her play La Gringa is one of the longest-running off-Broadway shows in history. Get this, La Gringa celebrates its TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR at the Spanish Repertory Theatre this year. Carmen and I have a really insightful conversation around new play development, why she believes La Gringa continues to have such a long and successful life, and what teaching theater in the time of COVID really looks like.

For a full transcript of today's episode go to beyondthelightspodcast.com.

Mentioned in this Episode
[00:04:01] Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
[00:13:25] The Women’s Project
[00:14:28] Watch La Gringa
[00:14:29] Spanish Repertory Theater
[00:14:55] René Buch

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