The departure of Ethan McSweeny from the American Shakespeare Center was only one among many over the past year. Taken as a whole, the protests and departures/firings raise issues that all of us must grapple with, on both sides of the footlights. The culture of entitlement, the idea that directors are a breed apart, and […] The post On toxic artistic leadership (part two): Training actors to be abused appeared firs…
