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Working in the Theatre: Adaptation

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Working in the Theatre is featured in our new book, “American Theatre Wing, an oral history: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles.“ Learn more about the book at Adapting work to the stage can be a thrilling experience. As Dave Malloy, creator of the Great Comet of 1812 says, “The most interesting thing about reading old texts, you know texts that were written a hundred years ago, 500 years ago, thousands of years ago, is how little humans have changed. You know how in all of these classic texts you see these characters doing things and thinking things and saying things that you yourself said just yesterday, or you had friends who did those things as well.“ In this episode of “Working in the Theatre,” we explore the process of adaptation in the theatre. With exploration of the amazing work of Kate Hamill and her adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility at Bedlam in 2016 (directed by Eric Tucker) and traveling through the minds of Dave Mal

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