Please join us for a fascinating in-depth conversation with two of the most influential women in theatre today, Emily Mann and Blanka Zizka, Artistic Directors successfully balancing careers as artists, presented with SDC Foundation as part of their One-on-One Conversation series. Multiple award winner Ms. Mann, now in her 22nd season asArtistic Director of New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre, has been at the center of national theatre for the past 35 years, producing, directing, writing, and adapting plays and productions around the country. Ms. Zizka, Artistic Director and Founder of The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, directs across the country, has collaborated with playwrights ranging from Tom Stoppard to Dael Orlandersmith, and was recently chosen by a panel of peers as the recipient of SDCF’s 2011 Zelda Fichandler Award. Topics to be discussed include these artists’ visions and methods of artistic leadership, personal career influences and challenges, thoughts on fostering both creativity and successful collaboration, and their approaches to directing.