SPECIAL SECTION: APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING

Learning by Lending a Hand
By Eliza Bent

Supporting Roles
By David F. Chapman
Assisting is a rite of passage for many artists. Are they getting ahead—or just getting coffee?

Design Is Not a Private Affair
By Mike Lawler
And it never has been, say pros who relish their assistants' creativity and appetite for knowledge

I Get a Sidekick Out of You
By Harrison Hill
For one young director, assisting is a tricky balancing act with a great view

On the Job
Theatre pros recall the doors they've opened by assisting (including a few better left closed)

OPINION

The Neutrality Trap
By Joshua Dachs
The great minds of 20th-century theatre wanted to free our thinking about theatre spaces. How did we end up in a black box?

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
Relationships and Resolutions

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

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Phaedra Backwards at McCarter Theatre Center

People
Houston's Rebecca Udden sails on The Coast of Utopia, by Frank Boudreaux

Ed Gero plays Mark Rothko in Chicago and D.C., by Nelson Pressley

First Person
José Cruz González journeys to Mexico in search of The Sun Serpent

Mugwumpin's tricky quest for a San Francisco venue, by Christopher W. White

Elaine Avila finds new meaning in Spanish translation of her plays

Critic's Notebook
The TEAM takes a journey through American history, by Daniel Sack

Books
Laurie Stone peeks into The Journals of Spalding Gray

Rob Weinert-Kendt tries on Stephen Sondheim's Look, I Made a Hat

Strategies
Maintaining a 181-person Odyssey, by Eliza Bent

Global Spotlight

January On Stage

20 Questions
for Norbert Leo Butz