Five questions with: Director Anne Bogart - Little Village

I often joke that it may be more accurate to call me a ‘darkness designer.’ My contributions bloom from design dramaturgy, space, and surprise. I especially enjoy developing new works and reigniting classics. I hope my designs activate elemental layers in stories, heightening our listening and empathy. I’m fascinated by the uncanny and delight in t... See more

Sunday ran for 604 performances, including previews, just shy of a year and a half. I happened to be at the theater one night after the show and the doorman told me that there was a group outside that would be thrilled to meet me. I walked out and was greeted by the St. Peter’s Girl Scout Troop No. 156 from Mansfield, Ohio. I visited with them and

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Finally, here are 5 lessons I learned from directing in 2024 (if you have time, please send me the lessons you learned this year from your own practice):

5. If you are scared of something, have great collaborators and they will pull you towards it.**

4. You can never know what is going on with someone else and since it is usually more than you can i... See more

I believe that’s why the theater is actually going to grow in the twenty-first century, because it forces us to slow down. The circadian rhythms are being lost, technology is speeding up, so we have to go somewhere and literally have a one-to-one relationship with the tick-tock of the clock.