<p>Robert and Eric share their perspectives on the narratives surrounding BIPOC leadership, the roles of allies versus accomplices, and disrupting dominant culture legacies and systems in non-profit arts organizations.</p> <p>Mr. Ting is an Obie Award-winning director, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater. He previously served as Long Wharf Theatre Associate Artistic Director. Recent credits include the world premiere of Sam Hunter’s <em>Lewiston</em> (Long Wharf Theatre), <em>To Kill a Mockingbird </em>(Cincinnati Playhouse), <em>The World of Extreme Happiness </em>(Manhattan Theatre Club / Goodman), <em>Appropriate</em> (Mark Taper Forum), Kimber Lee’s <em>Brownsville Song</em> (LWT / Philadelphia Theatre Co), <em>A Great Wilderness</em> (Williamstown), Nora Chipaumire’s <em>Miriam</em> (BAM Next Wave), Jackie Sibblies Drury’s <em>We Are Proud to Present a Presentation</em>… (world premiere, Soho Rep / Victory Gardens) and <em>Rising Son</em> (world premiere, Singapore Rep). Ting is a founding member of the artists’ collective INTELLIGENT BEASTS. Upcoming: <em>Othello </em>(Cal Shakes), Octavia E. Butler’s <em>Parable of the Sower</em> with Toshi Reagon (National Tour) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ <em>An Octoroon</em> (Berkeley Rep). He is a recipient of a TCG New Generations fellowship, a Jerome &amp; Roslyn Milstein Meyer Career Development Prize, a NEFA National Theatre Project grant, and (with Meiyin Wang) a MAP Fund Award. Additionally, he has served on grant panels including the Doris Duke Charitable Trust, Jerome and McKnight Foundations, NEA, TCG, PONY, Creative Work Fund and Alpert Awards.</p> <p>📚 References:</p> <p>California Shakespeare Theater: <a href="https://calshakes.org/"><u>https://calshakes.org/</u></a></p> <p><u>The Third Wave</u> by Alvin Toffler (1980)</p> <p>The People’s Institute for Survival &amp; Beyond: <a href="https://www.pisab.org/"><u>https://www.pisab.org/</u></a></p> <p><em>Macbeth, 1969, </em>directed &amp; adapted by Eric Ting (Long Wharf Theatre, 2012): &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYVg0NZcz0"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYVg0NZcz0</u></a></p> <p><u>Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare</u> by Geoffrey Bullough (1975)</p> <p><br></p> <p><em>Actors Theatre of Louisville: </em><a href="https://actorstheatre.org/"><u><em>https://actorstheatre.org</em></u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ActorsTheatreofLouisville"><u><em>https://www.facebook.com/ActorsTheatreofLouisville</em></u></a></p> <p><em>📷 Instagram: @actorstheatre, @robertbarryfleming</em></p> <p><em>🐦 Twitter: @atlouisville, @flemingrobertb3</em></p> <p><em>Produced by Elizabeth Greenfield</em></p> <p><em>Edited by Paul Doyle</em></p> <p><em>Cover art by Mary Kate Grimes</em></p> <p><em>Original music by Omega Latham III</em></p> <p><em>Opening song written &amp; performed by Erica Denise</em></p>