Notes On Directing With John Manfredi and Suzi Regan Of The Performance Network

When

Monday November 9, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

Executive Director John Manfredi and Artistic Director Suzi Regan of Ann Arbor's premiere professional theatre, Performance Network, will host an evening discussion on directing theatrical productions. They will discuss the process by which they choose, cast, design, produce and maintain the plays they direct, pulling from their collective 55 years of professional experience.

John Manfredi is an award winning actor, director, writer, teacher, arts advocate and has been producing theatre in Michigan for over 30 years. He is owner of Etico Productions LLC, a Michigan theatrical consulting and production company. You may have seen him as an actor on the Performance Network stage many times in some of their most recent box office successes such as An Iliad, A Picasso, and K2; at the Williamston Theatre in Lion In Winter where he also directed Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune; or at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre in The Scullery Maid.

Suzi Regan has been an actor, director, writer, sound designer, arts advocate and teacher in and around the Detroit area for 25 years. She has worked on or around every professional stage...Meadow Brook, JET, Williamston, Purple Rose... in the area including Performance Network where you many have seen her in Good People, Time Stands Still, and The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead. She was most recently seen on stage at Williamston Theatre in Outside Mullingan and is currently the director of Performance Network's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.