Helen E. Richardson

Director, Playwright, Dramaturg, Maskwork, Educator

Where do you look for inspiration?  Nature, people, music, philosophy, the Théâtre du Soleil.

What’s your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleasure / cocktail?  Life of Pi by Yann Martell/ Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky or Fanny and Alexander by Bergman/”Mine would, sir, were I human.” Ariel,
The Tempest/MI-5/sparkling cranberry.

What play or production changed your life? 1789 by the Théâtre du Soleil

Is there anything you still dream of doing? Yes, creating a US civic theatre.

I feel most like myself when I listen to music.

What is your best escape? The ocean.

What’s the one thing nobody knows about you? ????

Helen E. Richardson Currently: Artistic Director, Global Theatre Ensemble, Associate Professor of Theatre, Brooklyn College, Formerly Artistic Director of the Stalhouderij Theatre Company, Amsterdam, an award winning international actor ensemble creating new works. Recently: Co-created performance highlighting international sex trade for the UN. Training: Théâtre du Soleil and Peter Brook Company.

Tobie S. Stein, Ph.D.

Performing Arts Management Educator
New York, New York USA

I am an international performing arts management educator and find inspiration in creating cross-cultural dialogues and partnerships among professional arts organizations and graduate students in nonprofit and performing arts management.

I just finished reading The Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. It is a sensational book about the use of social media in the nonprofit world.

I went to Emerson College in Boston, MA, and while I was a student I saved the Wilbur Theatre, a legitimate commercial theater, from being torn down. I was the youngest person to speak in front of the Boston Landmarks Commission. The cast of Wings, starring Constance Cummings, attended the hearing. The Wilbur Theatre is now a Boston landmark.

Tobie S. Stein, Ph.D. Tow Professor (2011-2012). Director, MFA Performing Arts Management. Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.