The panelists -- lighting designer Ken Billington (Tony winner for Chicago in 1997), costume and set designer Robert Jones, five time Tony-winning costume designer William Ivey Long, scenery designer Thomas Lynch, costume and scenery designer Tony Walton (Tony Award winner for, among others, Pippin, the original House of Blue Leaves and 1992’s revival of Guys and Dolls), and costume designer David C. Woolard -- discuss the fields of study that led them to design; perceptible styles; the design of Six Degrees of Separation; how actors are effected by design details; how lighting influences audience reaction; contemporary audiences' expectations for brighter, quicker-moving shows; and creating The Yellow Dress in Contact through costume and lighting.