Christopher Ashley

As we're speaking now, we're just starting day one of the second week of Two Weeks of Tech.

As we're speaking now, we're just starting day one of the second week of Two Weeks of Tech.

As we're speaking now, we're just starting day one of the second week of Two Weeks of Tech.

I did systems analysis in foreign exchange, which I enjoyed for a while until I realized, oh, actually my job is to figure out how to shield people's money from tax liability. And I was like, that doesn't seem like a way to spend a life to me.

I did systems analysis in foreign exchange, which I enjoyed for a while until I realized, oh, actually my job is to figure out how to shield people's money from tax liability. And I was like, that doesn't seem like a way to spend a life to me.

I did systems analysis in foreign exchange, which I enjoyed for a while until I realized, oh, actually my job is to figure out how to shield people's money from tax liability. And I was like, that doesn't seem like a way to spend a life to me.

I was a freelance director for most of my 20s and 30s. It felt like dating audiences all the time. My interaction with them was two hours long, and then they would move on and I would move on. Part of why being artistic director for me was I didn't really want to date audiences. I wanted to have a relationship. I wanted to talk to them across six plays in a season.

I was a freelance director for most of my 20s and 30s. It felt like dating audiences all the time. My interaction with them was two hours long, and then they would move on and I would move on. Part of why being artistic director for me was I didn't really want to date audiences. I wanted to have a relationship. I wanted to talk to them across six plays in a season.

I was a freelance director for most of my 20s and 30s. It felt like dating audiences all the time. My interaction with them was two hours long, and then they would move on and I would move on. Part of why being artistic director for me was I didn't really want to date audiences. I wanted to have a relationship. I wanted to talk to them across six plays in a season.

That's a much richer, fuller conversation about the world than one play for two hours.

That's a much richer, fuller conversation about the world than one play for two hours.

That's a much richer, fuller conversation about the world than one play for two hours.

There are a bunch of hats on my desk. You're totally right. Together with Debbie, we run the theater. Artistic directors are kind of the – primary responsibility for programming and figuring out what's on the stage. At La Jolla Playhouse, it's also very much intended that I direct there, and I do one or two shows a year. All the education and outreach also falls within artistic director purview.

There are a bunch of hats on my desk. You're totally right. Together with Debbie, we run the theater. Artistic directors are kind of the – primary responsibility for programming and figuring out what's on the stage. At La Jolla Playhouse, it's also very much intended that I direct there, and I do one or two shows a year. All the education and outreach also falls within artistic director purview.

There are a bunch of hats on my desk. You're totally right. Together with Debbie, we run the theater. Artistic directors are kind of the – primary responsibility for programming and figuring out what's on the stage. At La Jolla Playhouse, it's also very much intended that I direct there, and I do one or two shows a year. All the education and outreach also falls within artistic director purview.

So we're out in the schools with a new play every year, which is an amazing experience to watch eight-year-olds see their first play, just like the flight of imagination that is happening in their heads. And then I also produce, along with our artistic producing director, each of the individual shows.

So we're out in the schools with a new play every year, which is an amazing experience to watch eight-year-olds see their first play, just like the flight of imagination that is happening in their heads. And then I also produce, along with our artistic producing director, each of the individual shows.

So we're out in the schools with a new play every year, which is an amazing experience to watch eight-year-olds see their first play, just like the flight of imagination that is happening in their heads. And then I also produce, along with our artistic producing director, each of the individual shows.

It's maybe a little bit like being a general in a war. You're not making the individual decisions on the battlefield, but you're saying what the goals are and what the strategy is.

It's maybe a little bit like being a general in a war. You're not making the individual decisions on the battlefield, but you're saying what the goals are and what the strategy is.