Interviews: "John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven", The Final Development Milestone

Cal Shakes / Octavio Solis / Word for Word's "John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven" is a Distinguished New Play Development Project that has just completed its fifth development workshop.  The world premiere will be opening CalShakes' 2010 mainstage season June 2 - June 27. Click here for the Cal Shakes' blog posts related to the project and Click here for a history of the development milestones.

The following interviews were conducted on Sunday just after the final public reading  --

Vijay Mathew:  How would you describe Word for Word's collaborative role in developing this project?

JoAnne Winter, Co-Artistic Director with Susan Harloe of Word for Word Performing Arts Company:

Vijay Mathew: What is Cal Shakes' "New Works / New Communites" program and how did you design the development process for "The Pastures of Heaven"?

Jonathan Moscone, Artistic Director of Cal Shakes: