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Interview: TSC New Play Festival Embraces the Challenge of Virtual Performances

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published March 19, 2021 at 5:00 AM EDT

Theatre performances have moved to an online stage over the last year and the Tennessee Stage Company is embracing the challenge. Its annual New Play Festival is fully virtual this year. Associate Director Caitlin Corbitt and Literary Manager Harrison Young spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the evolution of theatre performed for a virtual audience.

You can register to see the New Play Festival performances here.

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Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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