Dramaturg Sara Brookner interviews actor/director Megan Simcox about equitable casting, and why they founded ACTive Roles Theatre Company.

Emily Snyder encourages playwrights to write juicy, complex characters for people who have not historically been cast in leading roles.

Director Lavina Jadhwani summarizes conversations about casting she's been involved with in the past, and offers advice to artists and producers who find themselves facing criticism for their choices.

Playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson and director Claire Syler discuss their collaboration on The Green Duck Lounge, a play that delves into Kansas City, Missouri’s civil rights history.

Director Erin Ortman loves musical theatre, new plays, theatre families, and William Ball’s idea of “positation” that celebrates the “yes” in artistic collaborations. The development process for One Thousand Nights and One Day produced by Prospect Theater Company in New York City provides a view of Ball’s philosophy in action.

US director and health and wellness educator Molly Schenck describes five useful rehearsal techniques for ensembles to adapt when creating work around difficult topics. 

Dramaturg Sara Brookner kicks off a new series of interviews with theatremakers with chronic illnesses.

Tadashi Suzuki and Anne Bogart in conversation at the Symposium on the Suzuki Method with SITI Company—New York City, June 3, 2017.

Porsche McGovern discusses the third phase of her study on LORT theatre designers.

Director and educator Ashleigh Worley talks about process versus product, advocating for giving students opportunities to grow as artists.

Zach Weinberg writes about discovering his role as an adaptor, collaborator, and director.

Alyssa White writes about being an early career director in Chicago, and re-discovering her love of the work.

Director Carol Ann Tan explores her reaction to the question of whether it's easier for her to get work because she's Asian.

Director Andrew Watkins writes about getting to the heart of Strindberg's problematic classic. 

Cassandra Snow writes about the challenges and opportunities involved in producing theatre in non-traditional spaces.

Ramona Ostrowski speaks with director Gary Hynes about Druid Theatre Company, revisiting Beauty Queen of Leenane twenty years after its first production, and new political movements within Irish theatre.