We Need Great Administrators As Much As We Need Great Artists

Susan Medak, longtime managing director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, speaking at the TCG National Conference: “At the risk of being run out of this room on a rail, I would argue that great art alone is not going to make the American theatre healthy again. We need great artistic leaders and, more than ever, we need administrative leaders who will help us navigate these uncertain times. … After all, where would Zelda have been without Tom Fichandler, or Joe Papp without Bernie Gersten?”