Interview with Alstrael "Al" Evans, December 1, 2020
Project: Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Houston, Texas native Alstrael "Al" Evans describes her experience of being a playwright in New York City as a graduate student in the Tisch School of the Arts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. She talks at length about how she came to Tisch, how the faculty and students dealt with the fast-paced changes brought on by the global lockdown, and her views of the theater and arts industries of the future.Interview Accession
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New York University NYU Tisch School for the Arts Creative writing Playwrights Music composition Theaters Acting Collaboration New York City (N.Y.) Manhattan (N.Y.) COVID-19 (Disease) Broadway Musical theater Musical theater writing Graduate schools Pandemics Lockdowns Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Interview LC Subject
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Epidemics Pandemics and COVID-19 COVID-19 (Disease) Actors with disabilities Authors with disabilities People with disabilities Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Autism spectrum disorders Autism Composition (Music) Writing Creative writing People with disabilities in higher education Students with disabilities New York (N.Y.)Interview Rights
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Evans, Alstrael Interview by Kopana Terry. 01 Dec. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Evans, A. (2020, December 01). Interview by K. Terry. Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Evans, Alstrael, interview by Kopana Terry. December 01, 2020, Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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