Seema Sueko is a Washington, D.C.-based director who until December of 2020 served as Deputy Artistic Director of Arena Stage. A fervent believer in the power of communities to contribute to and transform theater and vice-versa, in 2004 she co-founded Mo’olelo Performing Arts in San Diego, a theater company whose mission included telling diverse stories researched in and drawn from a multiplicity of communities. She then went on to become the Associate Artistic Director at Pasadena Playhouse, all along directing theater at some of the country’s best-known companies.

In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, she describes how the events of 2020 led her to recommit to her values and make a significant career change, one that will allow her to continue finding new and inventive ways to bring the healing and transformative art of storytelling to a wide array of audiences and communities.

https://www.seemasueko.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei30oAtgrXY&t=4859s