The life changing power of live theater | Andrew Russell | TEDxSeattle

For thousands of years, live theater has captivated the human mind. In this funny and revealing talk, Andrew shows why we respond so strongly to the stage and why recognizing its superpower is more important now than ever.
Andrew is the Producing Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre and directs extensively in Seattle, New York City, and regionally. With a focus on directing stage productions celebrating outsiders and those on the fringe, he conceived and directed Stu for Silverton, a new musical about America’s first transgender mayor heralded as “groundbreaking” and the “best of 2013” by The Seattle Times. Stu for Silverton has been developed further, under Andrew’s direction, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and Theatre Latte Da in Minneapolis. In addition to his work as a producer, writer, and director, he is also a Vice President of Storytelling with Edelman and has done many workshops and lectures on the power of storytelling and the usefulness of theatre skills within the workplace for the company. He’s also done corporate training, consulting, or lecturing for companies such as Juniper Networks, ISES and Microsoft.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@JonesJr876]

“Theater, this the gather of humans in a room telling stories, allows that which is gone unsaid to be spoken. Not only is it spoken, but a path forward is proposed.” - Andrew Russell.
Thank you Andrew! AMAZING WORDS!!!

[@peterfranklin7439]

This guy absolutely nails it. What a pleasure it was to hear him speak!

[@JonesJr876]

“Thanks to the all American musical, we asked audiences to step inside the lived experience of someone else, and that my friends is called empathy. And when you enter a theatre, whether you are ready for it or not, it happens.” - Andrew Russell. Wow, The life changing power of live theatre in a sentence. Thank you Andrew.

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This guy was so passionate it gave me chills at the end

[@Daniel-pw6zv]

Thank you for helping to further my passion of surrendering to theatre. Thank you for the reminder of my super power. I hope I never make the mistake of thinking I've ever arrived.

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It's been 3 years...
I'm back to see/hear this great video again.

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Excellent! Loved this message.

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Can we all agree how handsome he is. His voice and appearance and ability to keep the audience entranced had me me a fan. i hope i can meet him one day

[@carissagillespie7212]

Great TEDTALK and on the money! TImeless, especially now!

[@judichristopher4604]

I love this man...
He is totally right...
Our family has been in
Acting on Stage and film for
over 25 years and I saw first
hand how, especially in our
drama dept. in a very small town
in Ruidoso New Mexico... Our world
renowned Acting Director from New York
would take the "Problem Students" and totally
turn them around, and become a "STAR" in the
meanwhile... I am an Acting Director now... and I hope
I'm as good as Andrew Russell... because this man is phenomenal...
"Bravo"

[@judichristopher4604]

"Bravo ... Andrew Russell... Bravo"

[@lesanne8661]

The last part hit me so hard

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Awesome 👌

[@kronos3805]

Empathy is the name of the game

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that's inspiring for me

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Andrew!!!

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Best Ted Talk hands down

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I’m doing a project idk why I’m here other than that 😌

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our teacher show this to us

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please Indonesian subtitles

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