Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Snehal Desai

I Think About How We Can Use All the Tools at Our Disposal

Snehal Desai is the Center Theatre Group’s artistic director. He previously served as the producing artistic director of East West Players. Before taking part in the Zócalo, Thomas Mann House, and L.A. Review of Books program “How Should Arts Institutions Navigate the Culture Wars?”—part of the two-day conference “Arts in Times of Crises”—Desai joined us in the green room to talk about his one-man show, same-sex intimacy in India, and what he misses about Atlanta.

If Only It Were as Simple as ‘Make Art Not War’

Commerce and Politics Battle for the Hearts and Minds of 21st-Century Artists

“Is it an obligation of the artist to address war in a time of war?”

Artillery editor Tulsa Kinney opened a Zócalo/MOCA discussion in front of an engaged and curious crowd …