Carey Perloff on Controversial Modern Theater

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Partner:: Grace Cathedral
Location:: Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 05.25.08
Speakers:: Rev. Alan Jones,; Carey Perloff
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Summary: Reverend Alan Jones and Carey Perloff engage in conversation about the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), where Perloff is artistic director, and its new production, the 17th century 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore.

A.C.T. explores dangerous territory with this rarely staged Jacobean tragedy. Set in a decadent society that prefers scandal and revenge to true love, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore pits the hot-blooded violation of a sexual taboo against the dirty machinations of a corrupt church and state. The result is passionate and poetic, violent and sardonic, and a classic that is mordantly fresh - Grace Cathedral

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Rev. Alan Jones

Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco since 1985.

Jones was formerly the director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.

Jones is the author of several books, most notably, Soul Making, The Desert Way of Spirituality, Passion for Pilgrimage and most recently, The Soul's Journey: Exploring the Three Passages of the Spiritual Life with Dante as a Guide. He is widely known as a gifted preacher and travels throughout the world preaching, lecturing, and leading retreats.

Carey Perloff

Carey Perloff is celebrating her 16th season as artistic director of A.C.T., where she most recently directed acclaimed productions of Philip Kan Gotanda's After the War (an A.C.T. commission that premiered in March), Tom Stoppard's Travesties, Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill's Happy End (including a critically acclaimed cast album recording), and A Christmas Carol (a new adaptation by Perloff with dramaturg Paul Walsh).

Known for directing innovative productions of classics and championing new writing for the theater, Perloff's work at A.C.T. also includes the West Coast premiere of her own play, The Colossus of Rhodes. Her latest play, Higher, was developed at New York Stage & Film in June.

Before joining A.C.T., Perloff was artistic director of the Classic Stage Company in New York. She studied classics and comparative literature at Stanford University and was a Fulbright Fellow at Oxford.

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58 min 27 sec

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01.: Alan Jones Introduction

02 min 04 sec

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02.: Meeting Alan Jones

02 min 34 sec

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03.: The BART Controversy

01 min 32 sec

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04.: Challenging Theater: Making Room for Nuance

02 min 37 sec

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05.: 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore

02 min 38 sec

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06.: Everything is Permitted, and Nothing is Forgiven

03 min 38 sec

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07.: The Nature of Love

04 min 51 sec

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08.: The Search for Self

03 min 14 sec

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09.: Morality in a Toxic World

01 min 39 sec

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10.: The Moral of the Story

04 min 10 sec

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11.: The Music and Setting

04 min 25 sec

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12.: Marketing and Theater

04 min 30 sec

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13.: Q & A

00 min 22 sec

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14.: Q1: Elitism and Theater

04 min 00 sec

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15.: Q2: Returning to Nuance

04 min 16 sec

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16.: Q3: Pushing the Envelope

03 min 19 sec

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17.: Q4: John Ford

03 min 01 sec

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18.: Q5: Directing

05 min 17 sec

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Carey Perloff Describes 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore

03 min 08 sec

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Carey Perloff Discusses the Dilemma of Marketing Theater

04 min 52 sec

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Carey Perloff on the Inherent Elitism of Theater

04 min 10 sec

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58 min 27 sec

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