{"product_id":"backstage-with-evalyn-hansen-9798844229718","title":"BACKSTAGE with Evalyn Hansen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver 300 interviews with extraordinary theater artists.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, BACKSTAGE columnist Evalyn Hansen, M.A., interviewed prominent actors, directors, designers, writers, musicians, and filmmakers personifying Ashland, Oregon's flourishing theater scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat makes a great actor or director? What makes a great play?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompany Evalyn Hansen as she visits hundreds of celebrated theater artists. Through casual conversations, they reveal their personal life stories, describe their passion for their art, and disclose their personal artistic practices, theories, and techniques. They portray the vision, authenticity, and strength of character it takes to produce life-changing significant theater. They bring new insights into the history of Ashland's enduring Oregon Shakespeare Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough fascinating anecdotes, theater's most creative talents relate personal pivotal moments leading them into a life in theater. They depict the unique lifestyle vital to thriving in professional theater. They relate the sacrifice and steadfast determination required to succeed in this everchanging and competitive art form. They speak of the trust, discipline, and commitment it takes to deliver world class theater. Their delightful performance stories bring out their overwhelming excitement and love of shared creativity - when artists meet on stage to produce - a play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lifelong, passionate, and dedicated enthusiast of theater in its many different forms, Evalyn Hansen initially heralds from the San Francisco Bay Area where she earned a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from UC Berkeley and an M.A. in Creative Arts Interdisciplinary from San Francisco State University. Author of numerous plays and adaptations, she trained as an actor at The American Conservatory Theatre; performed with San Francisco's Magic Theatre and the Berkeley Improvisation Ensemble; directed plays for the Ashland Contemporary Theatre and Oregon Stage Works; and is Co-founder (with Ann Beckom) and Director of Oregon's Literacy Theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15568591\"\u003eEvalyn Hansen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798844229718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8844229714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011000\"\u003eTheater | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432271048941,"sku":"8844229714","price":24.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9ea5f7ad-776c-4ccb-a6bc-52d328ecf0ad.jpg?v=1700040884","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/backstage-with-evalyn-hansen-9798844229718","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}