Welcome to a virtual conversation with Theater Director Amanda Charlton and Screenwriter/Playwright Molly Smith Metzler.                                                    

The program is implemented in partnership with GITIS Russian Institute of Theater Arts, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, and the American Center in Moscow.

In English, with Russian interpretation. Moderated by Natasha Warner.

Amanda Charlton is a New York based theater director who worked as an Artistic Associate for ten years at the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theater Festival. She also served as the Ar-tistic Director of their Professional Training Program for young artists. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, she has directed at the Atlantic Theater Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Naked Angels, Cherry Lane, EST, Juilliard, The Geffen Theatre, Merrimack Rep The-atre, Geva Theater, and White Heron Theatre.

Molly Smith Metzler is a playwright and screenwriter who has written and produced numerous television shows, including Shameless (Showtime), Casual (Hulu), Orange Is the New Black (Netflix), and Codes of Conduct (HBO). She has written film features for Universal, Disney, and Fox 2000, and currently is adapting a new show for Universal. She has written multiple award-winning plays and is the recipient of three Kennedy Center playwriting awards. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center.

Natasha Warner is a New York based actor and director. Natasha has appeared in new and devel-oping work at MCC, The Lark, HERE Art Space, and New York Performance Space (for-merly PS 122), the White Heron Theatre, and The Cape Cod Playhouse, among others. Natasha has directed at PlayMakers Rep, The Vineyard, and The Juilliard School, among others. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

This event will be livestreamed as part of the AMC Online programming on the AMC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/acmoscow/ 

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