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Additional authors

1. Smith, Molly D
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. Walker, Adam
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Molly Smith, artistic director of Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage theater company, discusses her career with Newsday theatre critic Linda Winer. The conversation traces Smith's life and career from her early days in Alaska, where she founded the Perseverance Theatre, to her undergrad years in Washington, D.C., where she began her association with Paula Vogel, to her eventual selection as artistic director of D.C.'s Arena Stage, and her subsequent work there. She specifically examines her collaborations with Vogel and her production of Wendy Wasserstein's An American daughter.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with Notable Women in American Theatre

Subject

1. Women in the theater
2. Interviews
3. Talk shows
4. Women theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
5. Perseverance Theatre
6. Arena Stage (Organization : Washington, D.C.)
7. Smith, Molly D > Interviews
8. Television
9. Theater > Washington (D.C.)
10. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
11. Vogel, Paula > Friends and associates
12. Theater > Alaska

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Television.
3. Talk shows.

Call number

1. NCOX 1966

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.

Credits (note)

1. Production manager, Adam Walker.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 16, 2003.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Molly Smith [videorecording] / Produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins and Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York, c2003.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Credits

1. Production manager, Adam Walker.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 16, 2003.

Local note

1. Gift of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Smith, Molly D, interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. Walker, Adam, production manager.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1966