Danya taymor biography of martin luther

Written by Victoria Myers

Photography by Miranda Barnes

March 21^st,

Recently, the new play “Daddy”by Jeremy O. Harris has been getting a lot of buzz. Last summer, the new play Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu got a lot of buzz when it reached New York City after a successful—and at times complicated—run in Chicago where the production was filmed by Spike Lee for Amazon.

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And in the winter of the new play queens by Martyna Majok was highly anticipated and the writer went on to win the Pulitzer, albeit for a different play. One of the things all of these productions have in common is they have all been helmed by Danya Taymor, a director on the brink of firmly establishing herself as no longer emerging, but a sought after interpreter of new work.

For the last few years, she’s worked consistently on a wide range of new plays that have caught audiences’ attention and produced numerous conversations among theatre-goers. I recently spoke with her about working on “Daddy”, her Danya Taymor on the Rise BUG