Drama, Democracy & Hamilton with Oskar Eustis
Oskar Eustis founded his first theatre company at the age of 16. From Tony Kushner's Angels in America to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, Eustis has been intimately involved in the creation and development of many of the greatest works of American theatre of the past 30 years. Oskar and I sat down in his office at the Public Theater in February to talk about important teachers, Shakespeare, drama, democracy, Hamilton, the state of civil discourse ... and a few new ideas on the horizon.
04:25 "... raised by communists ..."
07:21 Oskar as Modern American Drama professor
10:45 On an influential teacher
14:45 Drama in the typical grade 7-12 curriculum
19:03 Giving kids a taste of drama as performance
22:47 The relationship between drama and democracy
27:48 Empathy and capitalist hegemony
32:58 Theatre as a place in the U.S. where various groups lay claim to citizenship
36:14 The core of HAMILTON
43:48 How theatre can promote civil discourse
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