# Anne Bogart

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March 23, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mahler's "Song of the Earth" at the BLO, and "Busing the Buffer Zone"

Republicans are advancing the SAVE Act, a bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Supporters frame it as election security, while critics warn it could block millions of eligible voters—raising new questions about access and  democracy. Imari Paris Jeffries, President…

BoD Episode 14: Mikhael Tara Garver

Mikhael Tara Garver is a pioneering force in immersive storytelling and fandom-driven experience design, shaping how audiences gather, participate, and imagine together at the intersection of live experience, technology, and culture. For over two decades, her work has brought thousands into transfo…

BoD Episode 16: Anne Hamburger

Anne Hamburger is the Founding Artistic Director of En Garde Arts, which she established in 1986. Widely credited with pioneering the site-specific theatre movement in the United States, Hamburger has spent four decades redefining how and where performance happens, transforming city streets, histor…

Make Braver, More Embodied Art, with Alexandra Beller, Choreographer, Director, Educator, Author

On Your World of Creativity, we travel around the world talking with creative practitioners who turn ideas into impact. Today we’re stepping into the studio with a guest to explore what it really means to trust yourself, dismantle habits, and make braver, more embodied art. Welcome choreographer, d…

BoD Episode 24: Copeland Woodruff

Copeland Woodruff is currently the Mary and Michael Jaharis Director of Opera Studies at Lawrence University, Conservatory of Music. He has been on the directing and production staffs of the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Yale Opera, Atlantic Coast Op…

DMA#56: The Patron Saint of the Scary Email with Carly Valancy

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.newyorkcartoons.com Carly Valancy beamed in from Valencia, Spain. Some of you will remember Carly. She interviewed me on her Substack, A Good Omen, a while back. This week I got to return fire. Four years ago, Carly reached out to th…

The thing that's blowing my mind and will likely blow yours

I'm reading a fantastic book by Anne Bogart called A Director Prepares. In it she explores a decision-making concept that has blown my mind on the molecular and galactic level. Listen in as I explore something that is sure to change the way you view and act on every single decision you make. Conn…

Bonus Episode: Audience Making

What happens when we stop thinking of the audience as the people who simply show up to watch? In this special episode of The Board of Directors, I’ve gone back through conversations with more than thirty directors I’ve interviewed over the years and pulled together their thoughts about audiences: w…