{"id":110223,"date":"2024-05-29T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=110223"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:07:40","slug":"roz-bevan-a-directing-hit","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2024\/roz-bevan-a-directing-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Directing Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-left-middle has-text-position-x-left has-text-position-y-bottom has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Rising-Star_Roz-Bevan_0475_PRINTABLENOTFORWEBUSE_photo-by-Ken-Yotsukura-Photography-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Ken Yotsukura<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">CFA Alumni<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Directing Hit\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">\u201cI love coming-of-age stories\u2014how we\u2019re all healing that inner child,\u201d says stage director Rosalind Bevan.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 29, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/authors\/steve-holt\/\">Steve Holt<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph magazine-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-large\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Rosalind Bevan smiles widely, her eyes glimmering with joy. She\u2019s talking about theater. The independent director, producer, and casting director of stage productions started acting while in high school, but soon imagined herself giving other cast members performance notes. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Her theater teacher complimented her eye for direction, and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosalindbevan.com\/about\">Bevan<\/a> (\u201919) tried her hand at it, codirecting her senior musical. She fell in love with it. At CFA, she directed productions as an undergraduate. But she didn\u2019t entirely give up acting; she registered for physical acting courses\u2014where movement is the primary mode of storytelling\u2014that would help her connect with actors. \u201cI needed a language, a way for myself physically,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Right out of college, Bevan joined Boston\u2019s Huntington Theatre as a casting and producing apprentice while also working on side projects. In October 2023, she directed the CFA Fringe Festival production of Tarell Alvin McCraney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/featured-work\/marcus-or-the-secret-of-sweet\/\"><em>Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet<\/em><\/a>, about a young gay man coming of age in Louisiana. That same month, feeling the urge to branch out as an artist and pursue her directing dream, Bevan moved to Los Angeles. Projects are already rolling in. Early in 2024, Bevan was associate director of IAMA Theatre Company\u2019s production of Catya McMullen\u2019s <em>Arrowhead<\/em>. This summer, she is associate directing Mike Lew\u2019s <em>tiny father<\/em> at the Geffen Playhouse, working with director Moritz von Stuelpnagel (\u201900).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\u201cI am so, so honored and grateful to be part of the Boston theater community,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s so rich, but I was just ready to be flung out to see who I am as an artist in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>What does your typical day look like as an independent director?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">I read a lot of plays. I\u2019m trying to figure out what works speak to me and what I want to pitch to other theaters, making connections with playwrights, going to readings. What are my friends doing next? What do we want to produce? How can we raise money? How can I make a connection with another theater out here? Do they need assistance? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">[I\u2019m] really just working my artistic community, which is a hard but exciting thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Favorite stories to direct?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">I am super drawn to the messy and the complicated\u2014and finding the beauty in the messy and complicated. I keep thinking about what is igniting the lover and the fighter in me. I think love is really at the core of any story, if you look hard enough. I\u2019m also drawn to resilience and legacy and building something, so I love coming-of-age stories\u2014how we\u2019re all healing that inner child, that part of us that we tend to shove away without even knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>What do you love about the stage?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">It\u2019s literally different every single night, even if it\u2019s happened for a long run. There\u2019s something about that collective experience, that sharing of energy, that saves us a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-collection-billboard magazine-block-editorial-collection-billboard\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-intro-title\">This Series<\/h3>\n\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-article\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"collection-navigation-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Kasey-Yu-StudioLaLa-thumbnail.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Kasey-Yu-StudioLaLa-thumbnail.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Kasey-Yu-StudioLaLa-thumbnail-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-media-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2024\/bold-music\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-media-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>Bold Music<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-small-title\">Also in<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/rising-star-2\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Rising Star<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"collection-billboard-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 15, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2026\/entrepreneurial-spirit-sarah-coleman\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Entrepreneurial Spirit<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 18, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/plays-the-thing\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Play\u2019s the Thing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">May 31, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2023\/niko-cohen-designing-figure-skating-costumes\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Designing for the Ice<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/rising-star-2\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Series home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her theater teacher complimented her eye for direction, and eventually Bevan (\u201919) tried her hand at it, codirecting her senior musical. 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