Ep. 151: Wendy Hall

Welcome, Wendy Ann Hall, AKA Wendy Hall, the Executive Producer for New Bedford Festival Theatre and who has also produced The Best of Times, The Last Five Years, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and last December's (2022) highly acclaimed Irving Berlin's White Christmas as well as several online performances and interviews.

She also had the privilege of presenting Evita Loca, starring John Michael Dias, as the first live performance back at the Z - Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in June 2020. Wendy's director/choreographer credits include NYC, Boston, and Florida. As a choreographer, she has won an IRNE award for Best Choreography for Crazy for You (2008), as well as nominations for Fiddler on the Roof (2008) and Showboat (2016). Showboat won the Elliot Norton Award for Best Large Musical at the Shubert Theatre in Boston.

As a director, her 2008 production of Romeo and Juliet was named "One of the 20 Best Productions in New England." Wendy is a graduate of New Bedford High School and The Boston Conservatory With a BFA in Musical Theatre with a concentration in Directing.

Wendy talks with The Artist Index performing artists host, Scott Bishop, about her background, music, travels, and lots more. The next production of the New Bedford Festival Theatre is Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on July 21 through July 30, 2023

The In-Focus Podcasts are up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters, and cultural impresarios of the remarkable creative community of South Coast Massachusetts including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport, and beyond.