Working in the Theatre: Programming

What does it take to build a theatre season of new work? Resources: financial resources, human resources, physical resources, and technological resources. "The biggest challenge in making new work is finding the resources to make the work the way that the originating artist wants to make it." - Joseph Melillo. Take a look behind the curtain of BAM's New Wave Festival and the Women's Project Theater as they assemble their new projects and deal with the artistic challenges head on.

American Theatre Wing’s Working in the Theatre documentary series features the most fascinating people on the stage, behind the scenes, and in the audience. From Tony Awards® and Obie Awards® winning artists to the next generation of theatre makers, we capture theatre’s inner-workings, industry luminaries, and unique stories that surround important work.


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[techgamer]

Nice video! I appreciate how the one lady interpreted their plays less like their own creations and more like them showing off the original to more people and spreading the word of the play's quality.

[noconintended]

6:27...love the painting projected onto the back of the stage and the artist seen painting!

[Brian_Miranda]

Amazing how theatre and musical have come from back then and how Brooklyn has the oldest place where theater was first at in the us

[jenniferchristensen]

i like how the dudes cheek jiggles when he shakes his head in the intro

[mand.]

It’s interesting that the BAM theatre is one of the oldest theatre in the U.S

[litsylopezrivera]

I had never heard about theaters focused on women. I loved hearing about how the creator wanted women to have a place in the industry after finding out about how low of a percentage of women worked in it.

[ae-nukl]

Something I appreciated was I didn't know women were not mentioned in theatre, but a women which was Julia decided change that with a group of Women to also allow women to write and create for theatre Also, to know that back in 1860, men and women wanted performing arts to exist to they decided to create a theater. - A.E