Jerry Mitchell In-Conversation with SDCF on March 3

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's "One-on-One Conversation Series" will feature Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell with moderator Hal Luftig (producer, Legally Blonde) on Monday, March 3 at 6:30 PM at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Mainstage (312 W. 36th Street).

SDCF's "One-on-One Conversations Series" explores the careers and creative processes of the theatre's foremost directors and choreographers. These evenings provide the rare opportunity to interact with masters of the theatre and hear them speak on a broad range of topics. Each 90-minute session is an in-depth interview of artists by the moderator, with questions from an audience of directors, choreographers, students, theatre artists and theatre enthusiasts.

Jerry Mitchell (Director/Choreographer) is currently making his Broadway debut as Director with the new hit musical, Legally Blonde, for which he also served as Choreographer and was nominated for both the Tony and Drama Desks Awards for his choreography and the Drama Desk Award for his direction.  Jerry received the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for his dazzling choreography created for the 2005 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of La Cage Aux Folles, having also been nominated for the Tony Award in the same category for the smash hit musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  Previously, Jerry had received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Astaire Award nominations for choreographing Broadway's Tony Award-winning Hairspray and Tony, Drama Desk and Astaire Award nominations for choreographing The Full Monty, both shows having been directed by his cherished collaborator, Jack O'Brien.

Past participants of the series have included such renowned artists as John Doyle, Doug Hughes, Daniel Sullivan, Kathleen Marshall, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marshall Mason, Lanford Wilson, Sir Peter Hall, Harold Prince, Jack O'Brien, Susan Stroman, James Lapine, Stanley Donen, Robert Wilson, and Jerry Zaks.

To reserve a ticket, please contact Tracy Mendez at 212-391-1070 x 252 or foundation@ssdc.org. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for SSDC Members and Associate Members, Students and Seniors.

Jerry Mitchell (photo by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd)