Please join us to listen to award-winning directors and producers, Jack O’Brien and Margo Lion, to talk about the state of contemporary theater in the U.S.!
Jack O’Brien has won three Tony awards (and was nominated for an additional seven!) and five Drama Desk awards. He has directed and produced several successful musicals/plays such as Hairspray, The Coast of Utopia, Hamlet and The Full Monty. O’Brien served as Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theater (San Diego, CA) for over 25 years.
Margo Lion’s productions have earned 20 Tony Awards, 4 Olivier Awards and one Pulitzer Prize. They include Hairspray, Caroline, or Change, and Angels in America. Lion also serves as Co-Chairman of the President’s (Obama) Committee on the Arts and Humanities.