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.
Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals
43. CÁNDIDO TIRADO - Playwright
On today's show, I speak with Cándido Tirado a playwright, teacher, and chess master. Cándido and I discuss his time at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, why there is a rumor that he punched a critic after a bad review (spoiler, he didn't punch a critic), his status as a chess master, and how that informs his approach to theater.
For a full transcript of this episode visit beyondthelightspodcast.com.
Mentioned in this Episode
[00:05:12] Míriam Colón
[00:05:14] Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
[00:12:20] INTAR
[00:13:24] Maria Irene Fornes
[00:31:17] Bobby Fischer and the Game of the Century
[00:36:03] Play Chess Online
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