David Schweizer and Tim Robbins: Allies and Rivals at the Gang
From the article:
"On a Monday afternoon during tech week, with the 2012 presidential election less than two months away, a decidedly avant-garde director of opera and theater and the leader of arguably the most politically conscious theater company in Los Angeles are sitting around and talking about… …a respite from the weighty stuff? "The time period is so precarious and nervous-making and the Actors' Gang is known for its political consciousness," says director David Schweizer of the rationale behind staging a revival of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 'The Rivals' at the Actors' Gang. "There was the decision to do something spirit-lifting and in a sense escapist to just help people through this moment.""
"On a Monday afternoon during tech week, with the 2012 presidential election less than two months away, a decidedly avant-garde director of opera and theater and the leader of arguably the most politically conscious theater company in Los Angeles are sitting around and talking about… …a respite from the weighty stuff? "The time period is so precarious and nervous-making and the Actors' Gang is known for its political consciousness," says director David Schweizer of the rationale behind staging a revival of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 'The Rivals' at the Actors' Gang. "There was the decision to do something spirit-lifting and in a sense escapist to just help people through this moment.""
