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ATLANTA IS IN THE HOUSE: ADAPTING WORKING FOR A 2021 AUDIENCE We chatted with Tamilla Woodard, the Director of our upcoming concertstyle reimagining of Working: A Musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more. Take a look! STORY BY
Kathleen Covington What drew you to want to direct a concert staging of Working: A Musical? I wanted to tell the stories of the everyday people who keep a city going and to celebrate those folks who are often unseen, overlooked, or undervalued. We’ve been witnessing it for a year now — the folks who don’t have the luxury to work from home but make it possible for those of us who do. I wanted to use the theater as a way to acknowledge and say thank you to those whose collective labor is the very fabric of a city — of any community. Why is this work important for audiences right now in this moment? We need to gather right now. We need to gather around stories that remind us of our humanity, of the vitalness of our communities,
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of how we need each other even in the expressed conflict of our differences. The theater is one of the few places besides sporting events where people from all walks of life may find themselves in the same room, sitting next to perfect strangers leaning in and towards the same thing. In the theater, we can experience the full radius of our emotions in 90 minutes or two
