Half Hour

Half Hour is a Steppenwolf Theatre produced, ensemble member hosted, interview-style podcast that uses the most magical amount of time there is in the theatre — the half hour before a show begins — to sit down and make connections between artists in the Steppenwolf family. To hear their stories. To learn about their processes. And to discover what motivates them to create theatre. Hosted by Cliff Chamberlain, Audrey Francis, James Vincent Meredith, Caroline Neff, and Karen Rodriguez, five of Steppenwolf’s newer ensemble members, Half Hour takes audiences behind the scenes for candid, intimate, one-on-one conversations between members of the nation’s premier ensemble theatre. For more information visit www.steppenwolf.org

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S2 Ep5 - Clint Ramos: "Misfit Toys"

May 25, 2021 • Steppenwolf Theatre Co. • Season 2 • Episode 5

Half Hour welcomes its first designer on the show: Tony Award-Winner Clint Ramos. Audrey Francis interviews Ramos, and their conversation largely centers on how Clint aims to transform the American theatre to be more equitable and just. The pair also discuss the designer’s process, and how Clint balances his twin niches of costume and scenic design. Plus, Ramos shares insights from his childhood watching street theatre in the Philippines.

Interview begins at 2:39

Clint Ramos is a designer, educator, activist, and creative producer. He is the recipient of a TONY Award for Best Costume Design of a Play for Eclipsed making him the first person of color to win that category. He is a current 2020 TONY double nominee for his scenic design for Slave Play and costume design for The Rose Tattoo. Prior TONY nominations were for his designs for Once On This Island and Torch Song. He also is the recipient of two OBIE Awards, including one for Sustained Excellence in Design, three Lucille Lortel Awards, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, two American Theater Wing Henry Hewes Awards, TDF Irene Sharraf Young Master Award, Helen Hayes Award, Craig Noel Award, among other honors. He is the recipient of the Ani ng Dangal Presidential Medal for dramatic arts from the President of the Philippines—he received this honor twice. He is the producing creative director for Encores! at New York City Center. Steppenwolf Credits include: Downstate, and The Doppelgänger (an international farce) (costumes) and The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington and Marie Antoinette (scenic).

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A transcript of this episode can be found HERE