The “prodigiously inventive” and “galvanic” Karin Coonrod (as noted by the NY Times) joins Andrew in the ITBR to kick off the Spring 2023 season! Karin is a theater director that teaches at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. She has an academic background in English at Gordon College and Theater Directing at Columbia University. Additionally, she has founded not one, but two theater companies: Arden Party (1987-1997) and Compagnia de’ Colombari (2004-present). Karin’s show-stopping experience in theater grants us a chance to learn about her process of a play’s production and how the ancient Greek god Dionysus influences the way she sees theater.
Karin takes us back to her early days of theater, which started when she taught at an all-boys school. She reminisces about her production of a variety of musicals such as “South Pacific” and “Man of La Mancha.” She also emphasizes her strong belief in producing a theatrical work from scratch. Instead of duplicating Broadway’s productions, Karin believes in making a production your own.
Karin mentions how she views theater as the blurring of boundaries and identities. It is the place where people of all different backgrounds and talents come together to put on a show. She refers to Dionysus, the god of theater, and how he “shakes things up.” Therefore, she believes that we have the task of shaking up our environment in the world of theater.
In relation to shaking things up, Karin also leaves us an important piece of advice that she shares with her students: “Be polite offstage, but don’t be polite onstage.” Theater shouldn’t be a controlled environment- it should be chaotic, creative, and taking us to places we’ve never been before.
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