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Darren is the Producing Artistic Director of SoHo Playhouse, one of New York City's most historic and storied theatres. Since 2004, Darren Lee Cole has produced over 150 shows that have constantly pushed the envelope in NYC theatre. In this capacity, he has been nominated for multiple Drama Desk awards, Obie awards, and has been featured in over 50 publications. The SoHo Playhouse has been at the center of the downtown theatre scene for almost 100 years where it has served as home to Edward Albee, Sam Shepherd, Terrence McNally, and Tracy Letts.
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Darren has been an executive producer and curator of the Fringe Encore Series for the past 13 years. The series showcases the top 20 shows of the over 3000 shows from various Fringe Festivals around the world. Often many of the top shows end when the festivals end. Darren wanted to change that and give these excellent shows a future life. To that end, the Series presents these shows to the New York audience. Many of them have gone on to Off-Broadway and international success.
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Darren Lee Cole is the Artistic Director of Teatro Jaco, a theatre in Playa Jaco, Costa Rica. When Darren first found the inspiration to open a theatre on Costa Rica's central pacific coast, the reaction was confusion. Why Jaco? Because it was desperately needed. Teatro Jaco has now been in existence for over 10 years, and has featured over 50 shows. Bringing Darren's unique style of Off-Broadway theatre to this locale (SoHo Playhouse South), has changed the social and economic dynamic of the entire community.
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Darren Lee Cole (acclaimed producing artistic director of SoHo Playhouse) interviews an artist after their show every single week. He wants to bring one of the true pleasures of attending theatre, the conversation after the show, to everyone. He will be interviewing performers, producers, singers, and a lot of other folks who spend their lives making theatre. You are going to hear about the artistic visions, how they are developed, what the challenges are in getting produced, how ultimately the deals are made, and the stories behind the art and the artist.
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DARREN LEE COLE HAS TRANSFORMED THEATRE.
Having influenced Off-Broadway and the theatre industry as a whole for the past 35 years, Darren Lee Cole has built his career around producing groundbreaking works, directing stellar performances, and teaching some of the world's finest actors.
Darren truly learned about theatre from the legendary John Houseman and has been inspired through him in his producing, acting, and directing. Darren has produced over 150 productions through his various production companies. New York, Los Angeles, Sweden, Canada, England, Scotland, and Costa Rica are just some of cities and countries Darren has brought his work to. He became Producing Artistic Director of SoHo Playhouse in 2004, where has produced or directed an additional 50 groundbreaking works, many of which has won some of Off-Broadway's most prominent theatre awards. Darren also brought the unique New York Off-Broadway style of theatre to Costa Rica, where he founded Teatro Jaco in 2010. In doing so, he has significantly impacted the country through an infusion of international culture and arts. In recent years, he has become an executive and artistic producer of the Fringe Encore Series, taking the best of the many Fringe Festivals across the world and encoring them through his Off-Broadway theatre or international tours. |