Joe Dowling
Artistic Director of The Guthrie Theatre.
Guthrie Theatre Artistic Director Joe Dowling talks about the company’s move from its historic home into a brand new facility, including the reaction of the Minneapolis audiences to the shift; his own training as an actor at Ireland’s Abbey School of Acting and his swift rise to the position of artistic director at the Abbey at age 29 — only to depart seven years later; why his post-Ireland career took him to America instead of England; his first New York productions — an acclaimed Translations for Manhattan Theatre Club and a panned Playboy of the Western World for Roundabout; why he particularly enjoyed working with American actors when he arrived — even more than with their Irish counterparts; and why he believes there will never be an American national theatre on the European model.
Original airdate - June 8, 2007.
Running time - 58:4.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Joe Dowling program page.
You can also download the Joe Dowling program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
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