May 17, 2008

Table of Contents

Features:

Albee Sizes Up the Dark Vast
Older, wiser and as prolific as ever, the much-honored playwright still chooses his words with immaculate care
An interview by Carol Rocamora

SPECIAL SECTION: APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING

Shaping the Independent Actor
8 master acting teachers investigate the crucial balance between classroom rigor and personal discovery
Interviews by Ellen Orenstein


For Working Actors, the Readiness Is All
Actors in search of their distinctive voices create a new brew from ingredients they've gathered over time
by Charlie Hensley

Madness in the Methods?
Companies in New York and Texas take on a plethora of techniques in workshop productions about actor training
by Eliza Bent

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
Actors and Money

News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes; In Memoriam

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Hamlet at the Actors Guild of Lexington

People
Jay Scheib
by Aaron Mack Schloff

Postmark
Lars Norén and the Swedish Theatre Biennial
by Randy Gener

Reykjavík Arts Festival
by Eliza Bent

Critic's Notebook
Jeffrey Sweet on new releases of archival recordings

Opinion
Naomi Wallace urges playwrights to transgress

Books
John Istel on acting books

Strategies
National New Play Network

Global Spotlight

January On Stage

20 Questions
Teller