Artistic Director Emily N. Wells

10/31/23 • 59 min

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On this episode, host Rodney Veals talks with Emily N. Wells, the Artistic Director for The Human Race Theatre Company, about the importance of art, storytelling, & access as well as how Emily's origins tie back to the city of Dayton.
Learn more about The Human Race Theatre Company on their website:
https://www.humanracetheatre.org

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Rodney Veal’s Inspired By - Artistic Director Emily N. Wells

Transcript

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[00:00:29] Rodney Veal: Hello everyone. I'm Rodney Veal. I'm the host of the podcast. Rodney Veal's Inspired By, and today I get to fan boy out from a theater perspective because we're having a conversation today with the artistic director of the human rights theater, Emily Wells. Full caveat we have, we have a history because I was on the search committee to bring Emily to Tate and, and, and it's the best decision I think we've ever made.</