Tonight, we talked with Lane Savadove, the Founding Artistic Director of EgoPo Classic Theater about performing during pandemic, EgoPo’s upcoming season Awakenings and Transformations, and much more, featuring several special appearances by his daughter on location attending a very special birthday party (https://www.egopo.org).
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Lane Savadove is the Founding Artistic Director of EgoPo Classic Theater, now in its 27th season.
Lane has directed over 40 shows for EgoPo, Off-Broadway, regionally in San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Provincetown, Philadelphia and on National Public Radio. He was the resident director of the National Cultural Center of Indonesia (1996-7), Artistic Director of Jean Cocteau Repertory (2004-5), and Associate Artistic Director of the Living Theater (1989-90).
An Independence Foundation Fellow, Drama League Directing Fellow, Shubert Fellow, Henry Luce Fellow, TCG Leadership recipient. His works include: Beckett’s Company (NPR and 6 cities); world premiere of Tennessee Williams’ House Not Meant to Stand (Southern Repertory); Wedekind’s Spring Awakening (Phila, New Orleans), Maeterlinck’s Bluebird (Phila.), the world premiere of John Guare’s 10-hour Lydie Breeze Trilogy.
Savadove's staging of Chekhov’s Seagull won the company the 2017 Barrymore award for Best Production. He holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University and BA from Haverford College. Lane was a Professor of Acting and Directing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, The National University of Indonesia, and Head of Directing at Loyola-New Orleans. He is currently Head of Acting and Directing and Full Professor of Theater at Rowan University in New Jersey.
Creating in Philadelphia: "It can be easy to accept the estimation that we’re not a place that’s bursting with deep thinkers because so many outsiders see us strictly as inhabitants of a blue collar city...and, of course, that’s complete nonsense. It’s been my experience that there’s plenty of brain power generated on a daily basis, and I think that’s particularly evident when you look at theater companies and what they’re collectively trying to convey to us, namely, that it’s perfectly acceptable to seek answers and apply your findings for the good of so many.” - Lane Savadove
Ego Po Classic Theater Season 2021-2022
Awakenings and Transformations
Alice: not your child's wonderland
Based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Adapted by Dane Eissler & Jenna Kuerzi
Directed by Dane Eissler
At Glen Foerd, public park and museum, 5001 Grant Ave
Season Launch Event: Tuesday, September 28th
Fringe Performances: Wednesday and Thursday, September 29th and 30th
Tickets and more info at www.egopo.org/alice
Wine in the Wilderness
by Alice Childress
Directed by Damien J. Wallace
Performs Jan 19-30 at the Louis Bluver at the Drake
Life is a Dream
Based on the play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Created by Brenna Geffers & Felipe Vergara
Directed by Brenna Geffers
Performs March 16-27 at Theatre Exile
Curse of the Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Lane Savadove
Performs June 15-26 at Drexel's URBN Center Annex Black Box
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