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Sharon Greene

About: The Neo-Futurists are a collective of wildly prolific writer/director/performers who make theater that is honest, political and audience participatory. The company is best known for their late night Chicago performance, "Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes". New plays are written, selelcted and rehearsed 50 weeks a year by a stable ensemble who also guide most of the administrative tasks of the company. And we do it all via a collaborative process that has been working for 19 years.

Sharon Greene has been a Neo-Futurist since 2003 and has been honored to serve as their Artistic Director from 2005-2007. She is also a Teaching Artist for About Face Youth Theater, and co-author of "The Home Project," a collaboritively made performance that guided young adults struggling with homelessness and sexual identity to make a play that educated the adults around them about their lives. She received her undergraduate education from Northwestern University.

Title Artistic Director
Organization The Neo-Futurists
Which design practices are most important to your organization We are an Artistic Collective that makes most decisions via consensus.
What organization challenges do you face when adopting better design practices Slow adoption of any change, wariness of power flowing away from the artists and towards an administrative staff.
What question would you most like others to ask you How do you keep a high pressure work environment creative, innovative, and on schedule?

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Comments

Anthony Decanini:

I was really impressed with the level of concurrent flexibility, ownership, and accountability in your process. Also if you get that pizza thing figured out, let me know.