Every facet of the actor’s craft is discussed, from education and training to collaborating with authors and directors to challenges such as stage fright, typecasting and balancing one’s personal life with the rigorous demands of the stage.

Explores the unique challenges of the institutional artistic director, from their personal creative ambitions to their role as producer, fundraiser and community leader.

Delves into the creation of dance for the theatrical stage, both in conception and execution, including collaborations with authors, directors and the performers themselves.

The interpretive role of the director is considered in program that highlight the director’s role at the hub of theatre productions, bringing together authors, actors, and designers to create a show.

“Downstage Center” offers in-depth single subject interviews with theatre artists, producers and others in the field, addressing their most recent work as well as providing an overview of their careers.

The many aspects of musical production, from composition and lyric writing to musical direction and orchestration, are tackled in these programs.

Details the business side of theatrical production in both the commercial and not-for-profit arena, along with the specific tasks that support those efforts, including general management, company management and stage management.

In-depth looks at the development of individual productions, with members of the producing and creative teams, offers a detailed glimpse into how noteworthy productions came together.

“Working in the Theatre” has a three-decades-long tradition of bringing together the top professionals in theatre for provocative and revealing discussions about the making of theatre.

Explores the central role in any theatrical production, the creation of the text, with the writers themselves, tackling topics from getting a first production; to learning how to communicate with directors and actors; and to defending one’s work from the countless opinions that are offered by directors, dramaturges, actors and even the audience.