The artistic director of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, talks about American theater, including the often-overlooked musical, her commitment to new play development, and her vision for the newly-renovated Center.
Author Jeffrey Sweet talks about the revitalization of theater in Chicago through the Second City and other theater companies, as well as his own experience as a playwright and the art of theater and musical theater.
Rudolfo Anaya talks about the writing of his acclaimed novel "Bless Me, Ultima" as well as in the influence of the oral tradition and folk tales on his writing and his life growing up in New Mexico.
NEA Literature Fellow and National Medal of Arts recipient Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigrant experience.
Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of translation and the Basque language.