Table of Contents
Features:
Designing Women
Eavesdropping on 5 artist-on-artist chats
Moderated by Alexis Greene
APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING: ALL EYES ON DESIGN
The Case for Live Movies
The training of new-media projection designers will mean new aesthetics, new audiences
By Kirby Malone and Gail Scott White
The Design Dilemma
With so many academic programs cranking out new designers, what exactly are we training them for—and how?
Moderated with an introduction by Richard Isackes
Last Call at Ming's (and Betsy's) Clambake
A chorus of voices celebrates the legacy of the annual stage design portfolio review at Lincoln Center
By Randy Gener, with Christopher Barreca, Dawn Chiang, John Conklin, George Tsypin and Nic Ularu
When Designer and Actor Are One
In the designer-centered laboratory of director Dmitry Krymov, young Russian students are taken on as active collaborators
By Adrian Giurgea
The Further Adventures of Monsieur Space
The French designer Jean-Guy Lecat ponders the living intricacies of space, design and performance
By Randy Gener
Departments:
From the Executive Director
New Year, New Models
News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes; In Memoriam
Front & Center
Production Notebook
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the PlayGround Theatre
People
Rick Shiomi
by Sarah Lemanczyk
Opinion
On writing globally
by J.T. Rogers
First Person
On screenwriting
by Charles Evered
Currents
The IfDENTITY project
by David J. Diamond
5 funders speak about philanthropy in tough times
Who Was Shakespeare?
moderated by Robert Brustein
Books
3 diva bios
by Mike Albo
Strategies
Ticketing at the Alley Theatre
by Eliza Bent
Global Spotlight
20 Questions
for Ellie Covan