{"product_id":"painting-the-stage-with-people","title":"Painting the Stage with People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn unprecedented study of the craft and artistry of one of the most important American stage directors of late twentieth-century theater.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarland Wright was one of the most important yet least well known directors and producers in the American theater between 1970 and 1998. An artist of great-albeit sometimes perplexing-vision and intellect Wright emerged as a leader of the first wave of directors who matured in the American \"regional system.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring his fifteen-plus-year relationship with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis Wright explored and delivered some of his most significant contributions to the regional landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e as his touchstone Wright promoted artistry and process not popularity or finance as the heart of his theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePainting the Stage with People\u003c\/em\u003e author Thomas Woldt has sewn together an extraordinary tapestry of facts intriguing opinions-and Wright's own compelling words-to yield an unprecedented study of an American director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Woldt\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and Theatre from South Dakota State University an M.F.A. in Directing from Minnesota State University Mankato a Ph.D. in Theatre History\/Literature from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and he interned in Stage Management and Directing at the Guthrie Theater. His vocational journey has included over twenty years of work in theatre education as a professor director and department chair at Doane College Simpson College and University of South Dakota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers society (SDC) has directed productions for college and professional theatre companies around the country and founded \u003cem\u003eACTION Talent Group\u003c\/em\u003e a professional artists' talent agency. His research has been presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE ) the Mid-American Theatre Conference (MATC ) and in \u003cem\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a past regional and national officer for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) and in 2010 received the John F. Kennedy Center \u003cem\u003eGold Medallion\u003c\/em\u003e for Excellence in Theater and Education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526314709267,"sku":"9781635052305","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/img_proxy_c3decba0-df36-4603-85a9-b93a9e9ab1a1.jpg?v=1785850586","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/painting-the-stage-with-people","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}