Playwright, Director & Choreographer

The panelists -- playwright Douglas Carter Beane ("As Bees In Honey Drown"), director/choreographers Kathleen Marshall ("Kiss Me Kate") and Rob Marshall ("Damn Yankees", "She Loves Me"), director Vivian Matalon ("Morning's At Seven"), and playwright John Pielmeier ("Agnes of God") -- discuss the impact of efficient cast sizes, casting for multi-talented performers, respectfully auditioning and rejecting performers, their individual performing backgrounds, compromising with producers, and collaborating with playwrights and directors. Pia Lindstrom & George White moderate.