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Inspired Every Day
Jared Dixon: Inspired Every Day Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family. Where did you grow up? I was born, and raised for the most part, in New York City. My mother and I lived in different …
Pacienca y Fe
Carolyn Saxon: Pacienca y Fe Tell us about Abuela Claudia, the character you play in IN THE HEIGHTS. Who is she? Abuela is the wonderful, warm and loving matriarch of the tight-knit Latino community at the center of the show. …
Community Organizing
Community Organizing Putting together a new musical means handling a lot of moving parts: the story, the script, the music, the lyrics, and the performances are each enough on their own to keep even the hardest-working artists busy full-time. So …
Building the Heights
In the Heights > Special Features Jenna McFarland Lord: Building the Heights Jenna McFarland Lord designed scenery for SpeakEasy Stage’s productions of Moonlight Room, Theatre District, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Great American Trailer Park Musical, and The Drowsy Chaperone. …
The Right Place at the Right Time
Diego Klock-Perez: The Right Place at the Right Time What was your first time on stage? My public debut, for people other than my family, that is, was as a gambling gangster in Guys & Dolls in the fifth grade …
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Composer & Lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda A Tony winner at the age of 28 for his musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up in northern Manhattan just across Dyckman Street from Washington Heights, the neighborhood celebrated in the show. …
“We Can Make It Through Anything”
Santina Umbach: “We Can Make it Through Anything” How does it feel to be back at SpeakEasy for In the Heights? SpeakEasy is my home and it will always have a special place in my heart. There is no other …
Double Duty
Marvelyn McFarlane: Double Duty By playwright Bruce Norris’ design, actress Marvelyn McFarlane plays two very different roles in each of the two acts that comprise Clybourne Park. In the first act, set in 1959, Marvelyn plays Francine, a domestic servant …
Important Stories
Michael Kaye: Important Stories You might recognize the name “Karl Lindner,” either from memories of great American literature or recent Boston theatre. He is the one character shared by Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun and Bruce …
Behind the Scenes of Clybourne Park
Behind the Scenes of Clybourne Park Scenic Designer Cristina Todesco had a unique challenge withClybourne Park. To show one house, in two acts, separated by fifty years. Act 1 of playwright Bruce Norris’ script takes place in 1959, in the …
Up & Coming: Arshan Gailus
Up & Coming: Arshan Gailus You may not know it, but you’ve probably heard Arshan Gailus’ work in Boston theatres. Sound Design can be an incredibly subtle (and incredibly important) element of an audience’s experience. In his work for SpeakEasy …
Race and the City: Chicago
Race and the City: Chicago This is an excerpt of an article that first appeared in 2011 inWords on Plays, the performance guide series of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). Dan Rubin is the editor of Words on Plays …
