"Always Be Blossoming": Director Mary Zimmerman in Conversation with Ann M. Shanahan

Abstract: The keynote address at the 2024 Comparative Drama Conference was a conversation with Mary Zimmerman, multi-faceted theatre and opera director, playwright and adapter, winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction for her adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses (2002), and Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. She was interviewed by Ann M. Shanahan, Professor of Theatre and Drama and Artistic Director of University Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Comparative drama
Published
2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1353/cdr.2025.a962000
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American and British Literature Analysis
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"Always Be Blossoming": Director Mary Zimmerman in Conversation with Ann M. Shanahan

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"Always Be Blossoming": Director Mary Zimmerman in Conversation with Ann M. Shanahan

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Abstract: The keynote address at the 2024 Comparative Drama Conference was a conversation with Mary Zimmerman, multi-faceted theatre and opera director, playwright and adapter, winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction for her adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses (2002), and Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. She was interviewed by Ann M. Shanahan, Professor of Theatre and Drama and Artistic Director of University Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Comparative dramaVol. 59(1-2)
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American and British Literature Analysis
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