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Craft & Career with Ari Edelson ’98, Producing Artistic Director, The Orchard Project

Craft & Career with Ari Edelson ’98, Producing Artistic Director, The Orchard Project

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

We welcome back producer, director and artistic director for The Orchard Project, Ari Edelson ’98, to take the ongoing pulse of NY theater and media, and consider the unavoidably entrepreneurial nature of the creative professions.

Craft & Career with Ari Edelson ’98, Producing Artistic Director, The Orchard Project

Craft & Career with Ari Edelson ’98, Producing Artistic Director, The Orchard Project

Welcome back to the Craft & Career series, where we connect with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, inviting our guests to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their career, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

This week we’ll be discussing the current landscape of the NY theater and artistic non-profit space with Ari Edelson ’98, producer, director and artistic director for The Orchard Project.

Gina Gionfriddo – Playwright, TV writer (Law & Order, The Alienist, Cold Case, House of Cards)

Gina Gionfriddo – Playwright, TV writer (Law & Order, The Alienist, Cold Case, House of Cards)

Award-winning playwright and TV writer Gina Gionfriddo joins Aaron for an extensive discussion about TV and theatre writing. They talk Law & Order, the politics of TV writers’ rooms, and how to tackle a scene. Gina is a recipient of a WGA award, an Outer Critics Circle award, a Guggenheim fellowship, and she’s a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.