To Repair the World

Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater

Mary B. Robinson

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Routledge
05 April 2024

Performance art; Theatre Studies; Dance; Social & cultural history; Oral history

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book is a biography in the form of an oral history about a woman whose founding of Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 1950 shifted live professional theater away from Broadway and inspired the creation of non-profit theaters around the country. Dianne Wiest, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, and Jane Alexander, among many others, share their memories of this intrepid pioneering woman during Arena Stage’s early years.

As Head of New York University’s Graduate Acting Program for 25 years, Zelda Fichandler also trained a younger generation of gifted actors. Marcia Gay Harden, Rainn Wilson, Mahershala Ali, and other developing actors who became “artist-citizens” under her guidance, talk about the ways in which she transformed their lives.

Theater practitioners who have lived during Zelda Fichandler’s time will find this book a fascinating and entertaining read––as will all theater lovers, especially those in Washington, DC. And through this vivid and compelling oral history, students and aspiring artists will come to grasp how the theatrical past can shed essential light on the theater of today and tomorrow.

By: Mary B. Robinson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 875g
ISBN: 9781032564630
ISBN 10: 1032564636
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 05 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary B. Robinson headed an undergraduate directing program at New York University (under the auspices of Playwrights Horizons Theater School) from 1999–2014. She has directed 70 productions at non-profit theaters (including Arena Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, and Seattle Repertory Company), from 1981 to the present. She was one of 50 directors (along with Zelda Fichandler) featured in American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century (University of Illinois Press, 2008). Author of Directing Plays, Directing People: A Collaborative Art, published by Smith & Kraus in 2012.

Reviews for To Repair the World: Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater

“Zelda Fichandler’s mind and personality spring to life in To Repair the World, a riveting oral history filled with moving recollections and surprising anecdotes on every page. Zelda’s path-breaking career and tenacious vision continue to inspire.” ––Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director Emeritus, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company “Zelda curated an environment for growth and self-reflection, and I’m deeply grateful for that. She inspired you on your journey to find your life tools.” ––Mahershala Ali, Academy Award-winning actor “To Repair the World deftly weaves together interviews with Zelda Fichandler’s own writing to provide an invigorating, nuanced, and timely look at the birth of a movement that changed the way Americans think about theater.” ––Carey Perloff, former Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theater