SDC Journal

CELEBRATING THE CRAFT

Published by Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, SDC Journal is distributed to SDC Members nationwide and is available to industry constituents, theatre education programs, and the theatre-going public at large. SDC Journal’s mission is to give voice to an empowered collective of directors and choreographers working in all jurisdictions and venues across the country, encourage advocacy, and highlight artistic achievement.

LATEST ISSUE

Fall 2024

Vol. 12 | No. 3

The Fall 2024 issue includes in-depth interviews and features that take readers inside the artistic lives of some of the field’s most audacious theatremakers, often through the lens of a younger generation reflecting on their lasting influence. Ruben Santiago-Hudson shares powerful insights in an interview with director Awoye Timpo; Joseph Haj’s rehearsal room for Shakespeare’s History Plays at the Guthrie is illuminated by Kate Pitt; Lucy Gram considers Zelda Fichandler’s enduring legacy; and Sonya Tayeh talks with Camden Gonzales about the gift of endless possibility.

The issue also includes columns—Madeline Sayet on her influences and inspirations, Kristjan Thor on innovation, and Michael John Garcés on the Russian play Finist the Brave Falcon—and speeches by Lifetime Achievement Tony Award winners George C. Wolfe and Jack O’Brien and SDC Foundation honorees Anne Bogart and Raymond O. Caldwell, as well as remembrances of John Dillon, Arthur Faria, Nagle Jackson, and former SDC Executive Director Barbara.

Read the full issue here.

FALL 2024

Volume 12 | No. 2

From the President
By Evan Yionoulis

From the Executive Director
By Laura Penn

COLUMNS

Muses & Musings
With Madeline Sayet

Innovations
By Kristjan Thor

Theatrical Passports
By Michael John Garcés

FEATURES

Your Art Is Your Song of Immortality
An interview with Ruben Santiago-Hudson
By Awoye Timpo

The Muscle, The Clarity, The Detail: Joseph Haj + Directing Shakespeare’s History Plays at the Guthrie
By Kate Pitt

I Was Just Going to Do Plays: Reflections on Zelda Fichandler
By Lucy Gram

A Big, Bright, Colorful World
An interview with Sonya Tayeh
By Camden Gonzales

2024 Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement
The Work That We Do
By George C. Wolfe

A Fragile Web of Belief
By Jack O’Brien

PEER-REVIEWED SECTION

Edited + Introduced By Ann M. Shanahan + Emily A. Rollie

SDCF-PRS Book Review
To Repair the World: Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater
By Mary B. Robinson
Review By Evangeline Jiménez

SDC FOUNDATION

The 2024 SDC Foundation Awards

SDC LEGACY

John Dillon

Arthur Faria

Nagle Jackson

Barbara Hauptman