New School for Drama graduate Sherri Eden Barber (2009) received a director position for the Old Vic/New Voices US/UK Exchange. She will fly to London later this year and be paired with playwright Kenneth Emson to develop his play Sonnerkommando.

The Old Vic’s innovative US/UK Exchange program develops relationships between the best writers and directors in London and New York, and has been instrumental in securing these practitioners their first productions overseas as well as affording them countless development opportunities in their home countries. During the Exchange, a UK writer and director are paired with their US counterparts; through intensive rehearsals, these transatlantic creative teams develop new plays over the course of one week. The week culminates in open readings, followed by feedback sessions for artists and audiences. The Exchange also includes a series of dynamic workshop and master classes with senior practitioners on a variety of Anglo-American themes.

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