EPISODE · Jun 2, 2023 · 44 MIN
Tori Sampson — THIS LAND WAS MADE
from The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers · host Tori Sampson, Dan Rubins
Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.This Land Was Made is playing off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. Find out more at https://vineyardtheatre.org.If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org
What this episode covers
How do you crack open an moment of American history onstage? Tori Sampson joins the podcast to talk about This Land Was Made, her play that offers a solution to a 50-year-old mystery involving Huey Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, in late-60s Oakland. Don't miss this fascinating deep dive into Sampson's creative process, from how she developed This Land Was Made as a graduate student at the Yale School of Drama to why she always watches her play from a seat with an obstructed view.
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