Fathers and Sons

Elam features Thomas and Lloyd Richards. Lloyd was a theatrical innovator and visionary. The first black director on Broadway and credited with "discovering" August Wilson while at the O'Neill Playwrights Festival, Lloyd brought the first six Wilson plays to the Broadway stage. Thomas, now with the Workcenter, has also become a theatrical pacesetter, honing original work, directing his company toward a deeper understanding of the principles of his other theatrical father, the late Jerzy Grotowski. While Lloyd coached actors to discover inner psychological truths, his son equally urges his company to access the inner self by using song and music as a conduit.