Audiences may remember Sam White as the assistant director on Antoni Cimolino’s production of The Tempest starring the late Martha Henry as Prospero. In 2023, she returned to the Festival as the director of Wedding Band by Alice Childress. Through this play, White sets out to pay homage to all the women who have inspired her during her life and career. Listen as she speaks about how this work resonates with her personally, and why she believes Childress’s play to be a seminal achievement, still relevant 50 years after its first publication—a true standout in how it presents the many shades of humanity.