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David Henry Hwang, Jennifer Lim, Leigh Silverman, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenny Leon, David Ives, Douglas Carter Beane and More at The Drama Desk & Fordham University Theatre Program’s “Anatomy of a Breakout” Panel
(L-R) Douglas Carter Beane, Lewis Flinn, Liz Mikel, Dan Knechtges, Leslie Blake, David Ives, Kenny Leon, Samuel L. Jackson, Randy Gener, David Henry Hwang, Leigh Silverman and Jennifer Lim attend the 2011 Drama Desk and Fordham University Theatre Program Panel Discussion: Anatomy of a Breakout at Fordham Law School on November 13, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Lia Chang)
The Drama Desk & Fordham University Theatre Program co-sponsored a lively panel discussion on November 13, 2011, in the Pope Auditorium at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York. The discussion, titled “Anatomy of a Breakout,” addressed the remarkable trend of breakthrough productions and breakout performances on the New York stage in 2011, was moderated by theater critic Randy Gener and Leslie (Hoban) Blake, the Drama Desk’s Vice President.
Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Drama Desk’s Vice President, Jennifer Lim, actor, Chinglish, Samuel L. Jackson, actor, The Mountaintop, Leigh Silverman, director, Chinglish, David Henry Hwang, playwright, Chinglish, Kenny Leon, director, The Mountaintop and Stick Fly and Randy Gener, George Jean Nathan Award winning editor/critic Photo by Lia Chang
Gener assembled an all-star lineup of panelists including actor Jennifer Lim, playwright David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman fromChinglish; Douglas Carter Beane, book writer, Lewis Flinn, composer/lyricist, Liz Mikel, actor, Dan Knechtges, director/choreographer from Lysistrata Jones; playwright David Ives(Venus in Fur); and actor Samuel L. Jackson (The Mountaintop) and director Kenny Leon (The Mountaintop and Stick Fly).
Actors Liz Mikel, Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Lim Photo by Lia Chang
Samuel L. Jackson and Randy Gener Photo by Lia Chang
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman Photo by Lia Chang
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang, director Leigh Silverman and Jennifer Lim Photo by Lia Chang
Lysistrata Jones actor Liz Mikel and director/choreographer Dan Knechtges Photo by Lia Chang
The Mountaintop director Kenny Leon and actor Samuel L. Jackson Photo by Lia Chang
The Mountaintop actor Samuel L. Jackson Photo by Lia Chang
Chinglish actor Jennifer Lim Photo by Lia Chang
Venus in Fur playwright David Ives Photo by Lia Chang
David Henry Hwang, Matthew Mcguire and Randy Gener Photo by Lia Chang
Chinglish director Leigh Silverman, actor Jennifer Lim and playwright David Henry Hwang Photo by Lia Chang
Lysistrata Jones book writer Douglas Carter Beane and composer Lyricist Lewis Flinn with Chinglish director Leigh Silverman photo by Lia Chang
Lysistrata Jones: Dan Knechtges, director/choreographer, Douglas Carter Beane, book writer, Liz Mikel, actor, Lewis Flinn, composer/lyricist actor Photo by Lia Chang
Samuel L. Jackson and Randy Gener Photo by Lia Chang
Directors Kenny Leon (The Mountaintop, Stick Fly) and Leigh Silverman (Chinglish) Photo by Lia Chang
The Mountaintop actor Samuel L. Jackson and director Kenny Leon Photo by Lia Chang
The Mountaintop actor Samuel L. Jackson Photo by Lia Chang
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Lia Chang is an actor, performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multimedia journalist. Click here for the Lia Chang Articles Archive and here for the Lia Chang Photography Website.