Rebecca Taichman

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Rebecca Taichman is an American theatre director. In 2017, she received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Indecent.[1]

Life and career

Taichman attended

Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night (2008),[5] The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline (2011). The Washington Post reviewer wrote of her work: "Taichman has a proven knack for framing difficult plays in tantalizing ways. Her saucy, la dolce vita The Taming of the Shrew in 2007 remains one of the smartest nights of Shakespeare the company has offered."[6][2]

Playbill noted that Taichman cannot be put in a category: "...her career is marked by an eclectic range of works—from new plays to outdoor operas. Taichman said that 'The end goal of it all...is to open people’s hearts.' ”[7]

She has directed several

The Winter’s Tale in 2013. She said: "With Shakespeare, there's obviously no playwright telling me what he wants to see or how he wants to see it. In a sense, it's extremely liberating, if also lonely. When directing Shakespeare, I'm looking for my deepest, most authentic possible connection to the play and trusting that way in."[8]

Work (selected) as stage director

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database;[9] Internet Broadway Database[10]

  • Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, 2007 at Woolly Mammoth Theater, DC (world premiere)[11]
  • Second Stage Theatre
  • The Evildoers by David Adjmi, 2008 at Yale Repertory Theatre
  • Orlando by Sarah Ruhl, 2010 at CSC Theatre
  • Milk Like Sugar by Kirsten Greenidge, 2011 at Playwrights Horizons
  • Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge, 2013 at Claire Tow Theater (Lincoln Center)
  • Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi, 2013 at Soho Repertory Theatre
  • Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl, 2014 at Playwrights Horizons
  • The Oldest Boy by Sarah Ruhl, 2014 at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (Lincoln Center)
  • Familiar by Danai Gurira, 2016 at Playwrights Horizons
  • Indecent by
    Cort Theatre
    (Broadway)
  • How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl, 2017 at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
  • American Airlines Theatre
    (Broadway revival)
  • School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh, November 2017 at Lucille Lortel Theatre

Work as opera director

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ "Tony Awards 2017 updates: Kevin Spacey's opening is a hit; 'Dear Evan Hansen' gains momentum with multiple wins". Los Angeles Times. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Onofri, Adrienne. "BWW Interview: A Women's History Month Special with 'Familiar' Director Rebecca Taichman" broadwayworld.com, March 23, 2016
  3. ^ "Rebecca Taichman Bio" lct.org, retrieved September 28, 2017
  4. ^ Grodejan, Eric. "Meet the Directors" The New York Times, January 31, 2013
  5. ^ Pressley, Nelson. "Rebecca Taichman Gets a Big Palette to Fill Directing 'Twelfth Night' " The Washington Post, December 8, 2008
  6. ^ Marks, Peter. " 'Cymbeline': A fairy tale without magic" The Washington Post, January 26, 2011
  7. ^ Clement, Olivia. "Tony Winner Rebecca Taichman On Why 'Time and the Conways' Was the Perfect Next Project" Playbill, September 16, 2017
  8. ^ " 'Winter’s Tale' at McCarter" mccarter.org, retrieved September 28, 2017
  9. ^ "Rebecca Taichman Off-Broadway Credits" lortel.org, retrieved September 28, 2017
  10. ^ " Indecent on Broadway" ibdb.com, retrieved September 28, 2017
  11. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Sarah's Ruhl's 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' Begins World Premiere at D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth" Playbill, June 4, 2007
  12. ^ "Press Release: 'Time and the Conways' Cast and Creative Team Announcement" theoldglobe.org, March 24, 2014
  13. ^ Tommasini, Anthony. "One Man, Five Wives and Lasting Questions" The New York Times, November 10, 2011
  14. ^ Tommasini, Anthony. "City Opera’s Unabashed Underworld" The New York Times, May 13, 2012
  15. ^ "Awards 2017" obieawards.com, retrieved September 29, 2017
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