Upstage Left | Intimate Conversations with New York Theater
Rachel Lin speaks with the theater artists shaping the landscape of American Theater today. Join her, as she chats with the most exciting theater makers of our generation about their careers, the challenges, and how they lead a life in the arts.
Upstage Left | Intimate Conversations with New York Theater
An Interview with Actor, Teacher, & Director: Maria Dizzia
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Rachel Lin
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Season 1
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Episode 18
A special Mother's Day episode with Tony Award nominated actor, Maria Dizzia.
The celebrated stage & screen actor, director, & teacher chats openly and honestly with Rachel about her career, and the challenges she faced early on. They talk about how she got an 'unsatisfactory' in grad school, her experience playing Eurydice in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, and how being a mom has changed her work.
In this episode:
- On school: "I knew as a person who did well in institutions... I knew I needed to have a little sense of "fuck you"-ness."
- On moving to New York: "I was very fortunate, but I was not having a good time."
- On her first job: "I was scared the whole time. I was terrified. I was afraid people were going to discover I didn't know what I was doing and fire me."
We're so excited to share this episode that is filled to the brim with anecdotes & wisdom. AND, listen to the end to catch a very special surprise guest!!
Mentioned in the episode:
Actors at Work
The Neighbor's Window
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Music: David Hilowitz