Staging Ford in New York, 2015: An Interview with Jesse Berger, Artistic Director of the Red Bull Theater

Abstract

2015 was a good year for John Ford in New York City. Three years after Theatre for a New Audience staged The Broken Heart and Cheek by Jowl brought ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore to BAM, the Red Bull Theater celebrated Ford with not only a full production of ’Tis Pity (April 14-May 16, 2015, but also accompanying staged readings of Perkin Warbeck (March 9, 2015) and Love’s Sacrifice (May 4, 2015). In conversation with Tanya Pollard (Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY), Jesse Berger discussed the process of developing a season of Ford, and the experience of directing ’Tis Pity.