Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda will speak with Stan Lai about his creative process, and the influence of his Berkeley years, both as a graduate student in the 1980s and as a Regents Lecturer in 2000.

Stan Lai (Lai Sheng-Chuan) earned his Ph.D. in Dramatic Arts at UC Berkeley in 1983 and is the author of thirty plays and a best-selling book on creativity. He has received Taiwan’s National Arts Award twice and has been inducted into the Chinese Theater Hall of Fame. Lai is a 2013 Avenali Resident Fellow in the Departments of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies.

Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, where Philip Kan Gotanda is a visiting professor, and the Arts Research Center.