Arts Behind the Scenes: In Conversation with Randolyn Zinn

Join us on a journey behind the scenes as we gain insight into the world of creativity and hear the artist talk about the inspiration and process of her work. Elizabeth Coleman, the former president of Bennington College, will facilitate the conversation.

Randolyn will discuss what theater asks of and gives to audiences (and the people who create it), what it’s like to work on Broadway and off-off Broadway, how Randolyn taught Harvey Keitel to dance, LRT’s origin story, her new play that LRT is presenting this summer, and wherever else their conversation might lead.

Guest – Randolyn Zinn

Randolyn Zinn has served in the theater as a writer, director, choreographer and actor, and is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Living Room Theatre (LRT) in North Bennington with her husband Allen McCullough. She has directed plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Strindberg, Mee, Miller, and Lorca. Several of her own plays have been produced in New York, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Living Room Theatre.

Interviewer:
Elizabeth Coleman, serving as interviewer, is one of the country’s leading innovators in higher education and former president of Bennington College. A scholar of Shakespeare and Henry James, she has served on several boards and throughout her career she has addressed a wide range of audiences – educators, journalists, designers, and policymakers.