For 19 years Rachel  Lampert has been the innovative and creative Artistic Director of one of

Ithaca’s most popular and forward thinking local theatre’s, The Kitchen Theatre Company. A small,

intimate community company that brings in first-rare directors and debut plays by some of

today’s best playwrights. Lampert has also written many popular plays and musicals, including,

The Soup Comes Last, which was produced off-Broadway in 2004.

We’ll talk to Lampert about her writing, vision and her work at the helm of the Kitchen,

which celebrates it’s 25th Anniversary this year.