Case Study: Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer (Lighting Design)
She admired his work from afar as a teenager. Now they’ve partnered for 20 years.
Category Archives: Education
Mrs. Worthington’s Daughter’s Dilemma
Actors are subject to both the pleasures of imitation and the rigors of an exalted calling—an excerpt from “Letters to a Young Actor.”
The Michael Chekhov Twist
The playwright’s nephew tried to capture acting’s transcendent dimensions—an excerpt from ‘The Other Chkehov: A Biography of Michael Chekhov.’
Acting and the Black Imagination
Ground zero is the actor’s own life and cultural experiences—a conversation with Douglas Turner Ward.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
A round-table conversation between six actors who teach, including F. Murray Abraham, Gary Sinise, and Fiona Shaw.
The Lying Game
So you want to be an actor? The first step is figuring out why in the world you’d do such a thing.
Boot Camp With David Mamet
Out of the rigors of actor training emerge a theatre company and school.
Balancing Acts
Anne Bogart and Kristin Linklater debate the current trends in American actor-training.
You Can’t Tell a Dramaturg by Her Title
A kaleidoscopic look at a discipline that still gets no respect.
A Sampler of Graduate Dramaturgy Programs in the U.S.
Places to study how plays are made.
