Where Do I Leave Off and Where Do You Begin?
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.“ John Muir The DNA of the theater is human connection. Both creating and… more
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The Waltz of Control and Letting Go
As a young director during the 1970’s, I occasionally, surreptitiously followed Robert Wilson on the streets of New York City. I am pretty sure that he did not know that I was following him. To me,… more
Poetry as a Catalyst for Sense and Sensation
I first encountered director Andrei Serban and composer Elizabeth Swados’ interpretation of Euripides’ classic drama The Trojan Women in 1975 and, at the time, the production felt both ancient and… more
Construction, Re-Construction and Deconstruction
"We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation, rather than share it." Amanda Gorman
Lessons from Site-Specific Theater for a Post-Covid World
I graduated from Bard College in 1974 and moved to New York City which, in those days, was still affordable. More than anything in the world I wanted to be a theater director. That was my plan,… more
Art and Politics
Recently during a public Zoom conversation with the choreographer Bill T. Jones, I mentioned that his work has always seemed political to me, rooted in the big social issues of the time, including… more
Ensemble as Lighthouse
I would like to thank you for your warmth and support regarding SITI Company’s recent announcement outlining our upcoming transition. In two years time, during the 2022-23 season, we will reach our… more
Hi, I’m Samuel.
After many years of working with the ensemble, the members of SITI Company recently invited me to join the company and I couldn’t be happier! I wanted to share just a little bit about how I first… more
The Tentpoles of Our Future
I travelled from New York to London on March 11, 2020 carrying a small suitcase and expecting to stay for one week with my wife Rena. Now it is mid-August and I am still in the UK with no idea about… more
Don’t Miss It
All philosophical problems are linguistic confusion - Ludwig Wittgenstein Some years ago, my long time friend and SITI Company member Leon described an idea for a book he wanted to make. It was a… more
Shining Light Into Dark Places
I am working towards completion of a new book of essays entitled “The Art of Resonance.” As part of the process over the past several months, I have been writing about the centrality of… more
The Illusion of Control
But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the… more
A Beautiful Container
These days you might be experiencing much the same as so many of us, and finding yourself cleaning drawers, pulling shoeboxes out from under the bed, pouring over old photographs, or, like me right… more
Intentional Civics Revisited
For his thesis production, a third-year Columbia director chose to stage T. S. Eliot’s 1935 verse drama Murder in the Cathedral in St. John’s Cathedral on the upper west side of Manhattan. For the… more
Language, Love and Code Switching
I find that one of the best, but most difficult, ways for me to learn is to drop my own defensiveness, at least temporarily, and to try to understand the way in which his experience seems and feels to… more
The Art of Forgetting
At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. (Maya Angelou) Until a recent conversation with my colleague and friend Leon… more
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