E08 Part One: Pre-Show | Sam White introduces Wedding Band
Audiences may remember Sam White as the assistant director on Antoni Cimolino’s production of The Tempest starring the late Martha Henry as Prospero. This season, she returns to the Festival as the director of Wedding Band by Alice Childress. Through this play, White sets out to pay homage to all the women who have inspired her during her life and career. Listen as she speaks about how this work resonates with her personally, and why she believes Childress’s play to be a seminal achievement, still relevant 50 years after its first publication—a true standout in how it presents the many shades of humanity.
Episode Transcript
WEDDING BAND
By Alice Childress
Directed by Sam White
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